Decskill was founded in 2014 as an IT Consulting Company and their main mission is to delivery value through the knowledge. We enable companies to meet the challenges of digital world by providing our clients with business models that ensure technological capacity, flexibility and agility. We are more than 500 consultants with offices in Lisbon, Porto and Madrid.
DECSKILL operates in 3 main areas:
- TALENT, through which we provide our clients with an extension to their IT teams;
- BOOST, through which we provide our client with software development models to increase capacity and optimize Time-to-Market, where we create and manage teams that deliver according to their needs, at the desired speed;
- DECSKILL CONNECT through which we provide our client with consulting services, as well as the implementation and management of information technology infrastructures.
Our practice results in the creation of value for our customers, either by delivering qualified and value-added services, or through highly qualified and motivated professionals, as well as technology solutions that allow us to operate and transform the business of our customers.
SAP PP/DS Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Analyze and document production planning and detailed scheduling processes across discrete, process, or repetitive manufacturing environments.
- Configure and customize the SAP PP/DS module (in S/4HANA or APO) to support key business activities such as demand management, material planning, capacity planning, and order scheduling.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in production, supply chain, procurement, and IT to gather requirements and design effective planning and scheduling solutions.
- Define and implement planning strategies including heuristic- or optimization-based scheduling, pegging, and order prioritization.
- Conduct system testing (unit, integration, UAT) and develop end-user documentation and training materials to support process standardization and adoption.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to planning runs, order creation, capacity constraints, and integration with MES or third-party systems.
- Participate in SAP projects including greenfield implementations, enhancements, upgrades, and global rollouts with a focus on manufacturing planning.
- Ensure seamless integration of PP/DS with other modules such as MM (Materials Management), SD (Sales and Distribution), and QM (Quality Management).
Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with SAP PP/DS in S/4HANA or APO environments.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and planning concepts, including MRP, capacity planning, finite scheduling, and shop floor control.
- Experience configuring planning strategies, scheduling heuristics, production versions, and alternative resources.
- Familiarity with integration touchpoints between PP/DS and modules like MM, SD, WM/EWM, and MES systems.
- Ability to write functional specifications for custom developments, reports, or planning enhancements.
- Hands-on experience with advanced planning tools such as S/4HANA PP/DS (embedded) or APO PP/DS.
- Knowledge of supply chain planning concepts, ATP checks, and production execution workflows is a plus.
- Fluency in English is required; additional language skills are a plus.
If you’re interested in this job please send your CV in English to goncalo.delgado@decskill.com with reference “GD / SAP PPDS”.
Thank you!
Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent, based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being.
