PROFILEIndependent SAP S/4HANA consultant specialising in Production Planning & Control (PP, PP/DS, PP-PI) and Materials Management (MM). After operational supply chain roles in industry, I have focused on SAP consulting since 2019 and now run my own practice, Saptacular ? SAP Consulting. My core strength is production-critical PP and PP/DS work in complex, multi-system S/4HANA on-premise landscapes with decentralised PP/DS ? roll-outs, post-go-live stabilisation, and CIF integration between ERP and the planning system. Cross-module experience in QM, SD, and Roles & Authorization Management broadens my scope.
TECHNICAL FOCUS- Consulting, requirements engineering, implementation / roll-out, configuration & targeted customizing in S/4HANA (PP, PP/DS, PP-PI, MM)
- Fiori Apps
- Decentralised PP/DS architecture (ERP + separate planning system)
- CIF interface monitoring, error analysis & root cause resolution (ERP ? PP/DS)
- Production planning, detailed scheduling, and finite capacity planning
- Process analysis, process optimisation, and long-term system stabilisation
- Incident, change, and transport management in complex system landscapes
- End-user training, documentation, and structured knowledge transfer
SKILLS & EXPERTISE- Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/ PP-DS)
- Production Planning & MRP
- MRP Run
- Production Order Management
- Capacity Planning
- Detailed Scheduling & Finite Capacity Planning (PP/DS)
- Heuristics
- Pegging
- Production Data Structures (PDS)
- Length-Based Planning
- Make-to-Order (MTO)/ Make-to-Stock (MTS)
- decentralised PP/DS architecture
- CIF integration, monitoring & error analysis (ERP ? PP/DS)
- Process Industries (PP-PI)
- Production Planning for Process Industries
- process orders
- batch determination
- master recipes & resources
- weighing & mixing
- COIS-PI
- MD4C migration
- Materials Management & Procurement (MM)
- Materials Management
- Subcontracting & Intercompany Processes
- Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
- EASYPRO Supplier Portal
- Configuration & Master Data
- Fit-to-standard configuration
- SAP Best Practices
- SAP Customizing (SPRO)
- Material Master
- Routing
- Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Resource Modelling
- Production Master Data (PP, PP-PI)
- Variant Configuration
- Batch/ Serial Number Management
- Product Hierarchies & Material Lifecycle
- Master Data (MM, SD, PP, Business Partner (BP), QM)
- Mass Changes (MASS/MASSD, LSMW)
- recurring error analysis & data cleansing
- Cross-Module, Integration & Authorizations
- QM
- SD
- cross-module integration
- SAP Roles & Authorization Management (PFCG)
- Fiori Apps
- SAP Solution Manager
- ABAP collaboration (debugging, technical/ functional specifications)
- Project Delivery & Support
- SAP Consulting
- S/4HANA Implementation & Roll-out
- Gap Analysis
- Requirements Engineering
- Hypercare
- Post-Go-Live Stabilisation
- On-Premise Application Support
- Key-User Support
- Incident & Change Management (2nd?3rd Level)
- Methods, Documentation & Tools
- Project Management
- Prototyping
- functional documentation & specifications
- end-user training & knowledge transfer
- Generative AI & Prompt Engineering
- GIT, C# & ABAP fundamentals
- Atlassian/ Confluence
- MS Office
- ITIL fundamentals