SAP Manufacturing & Production Planning Functional Specialist

Required Skills SAP Material Management Job Description Job Role: SAP Manufacturing & Production Planning Functional Specialist Location: Cleveland OH, highly pref. Cary, NC or Chicago, IL – 4 days a week in office Type – Full Time - Parker Hannifin If you're interested, please send me a copy of your resume and the following details as soon as possible 1st References Name- Title- Company - Contact - 2nd References - Name- Title- Company - Contact - Job Description: SAP Manufacturing & Production Planning Functional Specialist Requirements: Top Must-Haves: SAP Manufacturing & Production Planning Functional Specialist II (MM/PP) Material Management (MM), and Production Planning (PP) For Both openings, responsibilities and scope are the same: Ability to gather requirements, deliver to ABAP dev team Must come from manufacturing domain S4 is preferred, but can accept ECC experience Must have supported an SAP implementation/migration at some point Ability to handle configurations within SAP Must‑Haves (even stricter than SD role) Strong SAP MM and PP experience Material Management Production Planning SAP implementation background: S/4HANA preferred ECC acceptable Candidate must already “know how to manage it in the system” Manufacturing expertise is critical: Discrete manufacturing experience strongly preferred Process manufacturing (chemical/pharma) is acceptable only if candidate can adapt quickly Candidates with no manufacturing background were explicitly flagged as a poor fit [ 7+ years experience (grade‑52 requirement) Expected to operate independently and lead conversations Translate manufacturing planning processes into SAP Partner with ABAP developers as needed Core Responsibilities (MM / PP specific) Define and document MM/PP workflows Support SAP configuration aligned to how plants actually operate Lead functional testing scenarios tied to manufacturing realities Assist divisions during deployment, training, and hypercare periods Experience across both discrete and process manufacturing Background supporting large, multi‑plant environments Exposure to global ERP rollouts How Jin Lu Framed Both Roles Overall These are SAP‑specialized business process roles Comparable to a senior Business Analyst / Product Owner, but deeply SAP‑functional Candidates must come in ready, not train‑up resources Soft skills matter: strong communication with business users and technical teams is expected Parker Hannifin is mid-implementation of S4 Hana, Jin Lu's teams are spearheading this initiative #J-18808-Ljbffr Tech Tandem Inc