Ford Motor Company

SAP Production Planning (PP) Functional Lead

Ford Motor Company • $99K — $192K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
  • 13+ years of functional/technical experience with SAP Production Planning Module.
  • 4+ years hands-on experience with S/4 HANA ePPDS and iPPE.
  • Strong knowledge of planning processes (Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order, Configure-to-Order).
  • Experience in the Automotive/Manufacturing industry.
  • At least 2 full life cycles of S/4 HANA and Fiori implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Understand current business processes across all regions/plants.
  • Analyze legacy MRP systems for process transformation.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders on system transformation using Industry best practices and SAP PP.
  • Conduct requirements gathering and fit-gap analysis to identify process gaps.
  • Recommend technology/process solutions to close identified gaps.
  • Support various testing and go-live activities, including data migration and post-launch support.
  • Stay abreast of SAP trends and technologies for continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits including fertility treatments and adoption reimbursement.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.
  • Tuition assistance for further education.
  • Active employee resource groups for community engagement.
  • Generous paid time off policy including holidays and community service days.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Material Management Platform is multi-year transformation initiative aimed at transforming Ford's Material Requirement Planning & Inventory Management capabilities. This is part of a larger Industrial Systems IT Transformation effort. This position responsibility of S/4 HANA Production Planning module including PPDS. This is a hybrid position, and the SAP Functional Lead will lead different aspects of the end-to-end delivery, work with large cross-functional team, Systems integrator, manufacturing business subject matter experts, and IT leads from numerous integrating systems.

This is a hybrid position and will collaborate with colleagues and teams in our Dearborn, MI office.

Responsibilities

  • Understand the current business process across all regions / plants.
  • Understand the functionality of current Legacy Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and associated upstream and downstream systems.
  • Work with various stakeholders to study the transformation of current process / legacy systems to Industry best standards / technology/ systems focusing on the SAP PP module including ePPDS and iPPE functionalities.
  • Preform Requirements Gathering, Business Analysis, and Fit-Gap/ Fit-to-Standard Analysis to understand the as-is/to-be states and identify key functionalities /process gaps.
  • Recommend possible technology / process solutions to address gaps.
  • Support system integration test, UAT, cutover activities, data migration, Post Go-Live support.
  • Hands on experience in S/4 HANA ePPDS with knowledge in Product Heuristics, Planning Table, Mix Model Planning, Sequencing, Detailed Scheduling Board, Pegging, Product/Resource/Location Master data integration.
  • Knowledge on iPPE access node, Product Structure, Process Structure, Factory Layout, and Production Version creation in iPPE.
  • Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with Ford's internal S/4 HANA Platform team.
  • Working closely with management to prioritize business goals and information needs.
  • Stay current on SAP trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
  • 13+ years of functional/technical experience with SAP Production Planning Module.
  • 4+ years hands-on experience in designing, implementing business processes end to end, and optimization within S/4 HANA ePPDS and iPPE.
  • Strong knowledge on planning processes Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order, Configure-to-Order.
  • Experience in Automotive / Manufacturing industry
  • Experienced in at least 2 full life cycle of S/4 HANA and Fiori implementation.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • SAP PP integration with other modules MM, IM, QM
  • Experience in integrating with upstream/downstream systems like PLM, MDG, MES, etc.
  • Overall SAP S/4 HANA knowledge
  • Strong project management skills with effective communication and collaboration
  • Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery
  • Support in an onshore/offshore model
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver product roadmap milestones.


You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.


This position is a range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $99,600-$192,900.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Domestic relocation is available for this position.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
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