Sap Pp Funcional Lead Global Sourcing, Colombia; Global Sourcing, Mexico; Monterrey, Mexico; No...

NEORIS is a digital accelerator with 20 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle of the S/4HANA migration, ensuring best‑practice adoption while managing complex legacy technical debt.
• Directly manage PP functional teams to ensure custom code remediation and interface stability (at least ***** developers).
• Navigate the demands of a global company, communicating effectively with C‑suite executives and local site leads.
• Manage multi‑tier landscapes, ensuring synchronization between general templates and local requirements.
• Maintain project velocity and team morale within tight deadlines and high‑accountability environments.

Technical Competences

• Lead the transition from ECC‑based manufacturing processes to SAP S/4HANA manufacturing best practices, enforcing standardization, simplification, and real‑time production processing enabled by new S/4HANA manufacturing functionality (MRP Live, PPDS, IBP, Digital Manufacturing).
• Strong understanding of CDS Views and S/4HANA Embedded Analytics from a manufacturing perspective, enabling the definition of functional requirements for real‑time manufacturing reporting and guiding the use of standard analytical content.
• Design manufacturing processes and reporting models that leverage HANA in‑memory capabilities, reducing data duplication, reconciliation efforts, and batch processing while ensuring efficient handling of high‑volume manufacturing transactions.
• Guide the adoption of SAP Fiori apps for manufacturing, including production planning, execution, master data, control and costing, capacity management, quality integration, analytics and KPIs, advanced planning and scheduling, ensuring an intuitive user experience aligned with role‑based access, segregation of duties, and standard SAP UX principles.

Migration & Remediation Strategy

• Experience in at least two migrations, expert in tools bridging old and new systems.
• Define PP test strategy (SIT, UAT, Regression, Integration).
• Utilize Data Migration Cockpit (SMC): LTMC and staging tables for large‑scale data ingestion.
• Knowledge of the S/4HANA Simplification List to predict how standard process changes affect custom code.

Integration & Extensibility (The "Clean Core")

• Ownership of PP integration and extensibility under SAP S/4HANA Clean Core principles, ensuring standard‑driven process design and minimizing customizations.
• Governance of integrations between PP and FI, SD, MM, QM and external systems using standard APIs, IDOCs and event‑based integration.
• Definition and control of extensibility strategy (in‑app and side‑by‑side on SAP BTP).
• Knowledge of SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform): Side‑by‑Side Extensibility to build custom apps outside the core ERP.
• Manage the integration team with understanding of iFlows, API Management, and Event Mesh for real‑time data exchange with factory floor systems (MES) or IoT sensors.
• Mastery of legacy protocols (ALE/IDoc, RFC, BAPIs) for integrating with older manufacturing equipment.

Landscape & Governance

• Modernize the transport process using Git‑enabled CTS.
• Performance tuning expertise in ST05 (SQL Trace) and SAT (Runtime Analysis) to prevent production bottlenecks.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years in the SAP ecosystem.
• At least 2 full‑life‑cycle S/4HANA migrations (Brownfield, Greenfield, or Selective Data Transition).
• Deep experience in manufacturing, specifically within building materials or mining sectors.
• Strong background in managing PP cycles and complex system integrations (BTP).
• English (C1‑C2) and Spanish (Native).
• Bachelor's degree in IT management or related field.
• Experience working with distributed teams across time zones and cultures.
• Resilience, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

Work Conditions

• Overtime may be required to meet critical issues, deadlines, and SLAs.
• Extended periods of sitting; physically able to participate in training sessions, presentations, meetings, and project rollout activities.
• Travel required for meetings with clients, stakeholders, and off‑site project activities.