SAP FTP Consultant ( Mid-level) -Team Member

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Role: SAP FTP Consultant ( Mid-level) -Team Member (At least 5-6 years of experience)
Start: Immediately
Duration: 6 months (contract to hire). Must be willing to roll perm with a Salary of $150-165K, plus benefits. Do NOT need to relocate, can travel to either Dallas/Tulsa/Memphis
Location: Dallas (Longview) | Tulsa | Memphis
Must work 8-5 CST to support the business.
Please note: Travel as needed (history shows us once a month is likely to Memphis, Tulsa, Longview) most of travel is no more than 3 days
Note: *they strategically ask during the interview explain to me X, walk me through from conception to design, what was your role. They know if you are reading from a script, eye contact, confidence in what you are speaking about, they will sniff it out if it is just buzz words on your resume.
Discreet Manufacturing Experience is Mandatory
Job Description:
The SAP FTP Consultant works on client's Forecast-to-Produce process in SAP. This role supports planning, manufacturing execution, MRP, production orders, routing and BOM integration, production scheduling, shop floor transactions, quality management processes, and cross-functional integration with QTI, EWM, PTP, RTR, MDG, and Engineering systems. The role is critical to stabilizing manufacturing operations, improving demand-to-supply visibility, strengthening in-process and finished-goods quality controls, reducing manual workarounds, and preparing client's for scalable plant rollouts. HVAC industry experience is plus but not mandatory.
At least 7 years of experience
Communication is a must, not just to speak clearly but to be able to speak to the business side in meetings and articulate their needs.
This is not a support role; they need to have hands on implementation experience and be able to talk about what their role was in the implementation process. Needs to help with design requirements for out of box solution and provide input on Enhancements.

Process Scope

• MRP and planning processes
• Production orders and shop floor execution
• BOMs, routings, work centers, production versions, and master data dependencies
• Make-to-order, configure-to-order, and engineer-to-order manufacturing integration
• Production scheduling and capacity-related process support
• Integration with EWM staging, QM inspection and quality notifications, QTI demand signals, purchasing, costing, and MDG

Key Responsibilities

Business Process:

• Partner with Operations, Production Planning, Engineering, Supply Chain, and BPO/GPO stakeholders to identify and resolve process gaps.
• Work on process standardization, adoption, and stabilization across current SAP plants and future rollout locations.
• Analyze MRP behavior, demand signals, production order execution, staging, and completion processes to identify improvement opportunities.

SAP Solution

• Work with team on SAP PP and QM configuration within COE governance.
• Support enhancements involving production order types, MRP parameters, routings, BOM dependencies, production versions, confirmations, backflushing, inspection lots, quality notifications, usage decisions, and related integration points.
• Work with QTI, EWM, PTP, RTR, MDG, technical, and integration teams to help ensure complete end-to-end process design.
• Challenge AMS or project team recommendations when they create unnecessary customization, operational risk, or long-term support complexity.

Stabilization and Continuous Improvement

• Work with team on root cause analysis for recurring planning, production execution, and quality-related issues.
• Improve planning accuracy, shop floor transaction discipline, and visibility to production priorities.
• Support initiatives involving WIP visibility, staged inventory, cycle counts, component consumption, inspection execution, nonconformance handling, and production scheduling improvements.
• Help team to create a roadmap of short-term fixes, medium-term process improvements, and future-state capabilities.

Documentation, Testing

• Help ensure FTP configuration documents, process flows, FS/TS inputs, test scripts, and training materials remain accurate and current.
• FTP testing for releases, fixes, enhancements, and plant rollouts.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years SAP PP, QM, or manufacturing functional experience.
• Hands-on experience with production orders, MRP, BOMs, routings, work centers, confirmations, manufacturing execution, and SAP QM processes such as inspection lots, quality notifications, and usage decisions.
• Experience supporting complex manufacturing environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot production and planning issues across master data, configuration, transactions, and integrations.
• Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA manufacturing experience ( Discrete Manufacturing)
• Experience with CTO, ETO, variant configuration, or project-based manufacturing.
• Experience with EWM staging, SAP QM integration, shop floor mobility, MES, Teamcenter/PLM integration, or advanced planning tools.
• SAP certification in PP, Manufacturing, or S/4HANA Production Planning is preferred