SAP FTP Lead - Forecast-to-Produce

Department: Information Technology – SAP COE

Role Level: Functional Lead

Reports To: SAP COE Leadership

Location: Tulsa, OK or Memphis, TN preferred

Travel: 50%

Position Summary

The SAP FTP Lead owns AAON'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 AAON for scalable plant rollouts.

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 Ownership

• Own the FTP process and serve as the internal escalation point for SAP planning and production execution issues.
• Partner with Operations, Production Planning, Engineering, Supply Chain, and BPO/GPO stakeholders to identify and resolve process gaps.
• Drive 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 Ownership

• Own 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.
• Partner with QTI, EWM, PTP, RTR, MDG, technical, and integration teams to 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

• Lead 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.
• Create a roadmap of short-term fixes, medium-term process improvements, and future-state capabilities.

Documentation, Testing, and Mentorship

• Ensure FTP configuration documents, process flows, FS/TS inputs, test scripts, and training materials remain accurate and current.
• Mentor FTP analysts on SAP manufacturing concepts, troubleshooting methods, configuration, and end-to-end process thinking.
• Lead 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.
• Strong business-facing communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA manufacturing experience.
• 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.