Lynchburg, VA
Full Time
Mid Level
SAP Solutions Architect
Salary Range: $120,000 - $130,000
OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY:
This role is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing SAP S/4HANA business processes within a cGMP manufacturing environment, with primary focus on Production Planning (PP), Production Planning for Process Industries (PP-PI), and warehouse operations. The analyst will partner with manufacturing, supply chain, warehouse, quality, validation, and IT teams to ensure stable day-to-day operations, resolve system issues, improve business processes, and support ongoing enhancements in a regulated environment. This position requires hands-on functional knowledge of SAP S/4HANA production and warehouse processes, understanding of cGMP expectations, and the ability to translate business requirements into compliant, effective system solutions.
Operational Support: Provide timely functional support for SAP S/4HANA PP, PP-PI, and warehouse-related issues to maintain continuity in cGMP manufacturing and distribution operations.
Process Optimization: Identify opportunities to improve planning, process manufacturing, inventory movements, and warehouse execution while maintaining compliance and data integrity.
Training and Adoption: Support end-user training, SOP alignment, documentation, and knowledge transfer to improve adoption and reinforce compliant system use.
Cross-Functional Integration: Collaborate across PP, PP-PI, warehouse, QM, MM, validation, and related functions to ensure processes work effectively end to end in a regulated environment.
Continuous Improvement: Assist with enhancements, testing, change control, and validation-related activities to support continuous improvement within the SAP S/4HANA environment.
Primary Responsibilities for SAP PP/PI & Warehouse Analyst – cGMP Manufacturing
Support daily SAP S/4HANA PP, PP-PI, and warehouse operations for cGMP manufacturing, including issue resolution, process monitoring, and end-user assistance.
Work with manufacturing, warehouse, quality, and supply chain stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze business processes, and recommend compliant system and process improvements.
Configure and support production planning, process manufacturing, batch-managed processes, material staging, inventory movement, and warehouse-related processes within SAP S/4HANA.
Participate in testing, documentation, training, change control, and validation activities associated with system updates and enhancements in regulated operations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support integrations and end-to-end business processes across manufacturing, warehouse, quality, and supply chain while maintaining compliance and data integrity.
Qualifications:
Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA in Production Planning (PP) and Production Planning for Process Industries (PP-PI).
Fiori experience is a plus
Experience supporting cGMP manufacturing or other regulated process manufacturing environments.
Experience supporting warehouse or inventory-related processes in SAP, including material movements, stock handling, and warehouse execution activities.
Strong understanding of manufacturing and process industry business processes and their integration with warehouse, quality, and supply chain operations.
Experience with SAP configuration, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and user support in a production environment
Working knowledge of related SAP modules such as QM, MM, SD, and FI/CO is preferred.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while supporting compliant processes, change control, validation, and continuous improvement efforts.
Education and Training Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3+ years of relevant SAP experience supporting SAP S/4HANA or ECC manufacturing environments, with direct experience in PP and/or PP-PI.
Experience supporting cGMP manufacturing, regulated operations, or validated environments is strongly preferred.
Experience supporting warehouse, inventory, or supply chain execution processes in SAP is strongly preferred.
Experience participating in implementations, enhancements, validation activities, or continuous improvement initiatives within SAP environments is preferred.
