SAP S/4HANA Digital Manufacturing Services (DMS) Consultant

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Deep expertise in complex manufacturing processes, engineering-driven production, and SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing capabilities, with hands-on experience implementing SAP DM in Engineer-to-Order (ETO), Make-to-Order (MTO), Make-to-Stock or complex process & discrete based manufacturing environments.

• Experience with RISE with SAP transformation programs.

• Experience of Working in Global template deployment projects 

• Strong understanding of: Cloud Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), production automation, and integrating these systems with SAP's core ERP modules

• Experience of project execution using Agile or Agile-Hybrid methodology 

• Create technical and functional specifications for custom developments (RICEFW) to meet specific business needs.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Drive solution design and discovery with business stakeholders.

• Define scalable manufacturing and engineering process architecture aligned with SAP Best Practices and RISE with SAP standards.

• Conduct Fit-to-Standard workshops and identify process gaps, enhancements, and optimization opportunities.

• Provide leadership for manufacturing transformation initiatives across engineering, production, quality, and supply chain.

• Configure and implement SAP Digital Manufacturing capabilities including Manufacturing BOMs, Routings and work instructions, Shop floor execution, Production versions

• Support migration from legacy manufacturing systems to S/4HANA.

• Define master data governance standards for manufacturing objects. Lead implementation project from blueprinting through testing (Unit, SIT, UAT), cutover, Go-Live, and hyper-care support.

• Advise clients as a trusted advisor on best practices for manufacturing, particularly regarding production sequencing, constraint management, and manufacturing efficiencies.

 

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Lead workshops and discovery sessions with business stakeholders, solution architects, and cross-functional SAP teams

• Translate business transformation objectives into integrated solution design decisions

• Coordinate with testing, data migration, and legacy system teams

• Manage issue triage, impact analysis, prioritization, and closure for defects

• Communicate risks, dependencies, design decisions, and status clearly to program leadership

• Prepare and review functional documentation, configuration rationale, and training content

• Support knowledge transfer and adoption of standardized S/4HANA processes