Business Systems Analyst SAP Manufacturing & Production Operations

Overview

The Business Systems Analyst supports, enhances, and optimizes SAP manufacturing and supply chain solutions in a complex process manufacturing environment. The role partners with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Warehouse Operations, EHS, Finance, and IT organizations and supports enterprise applications, business processes, integrations, deployments, and continuous improvement.

What you'll do

• Support SAP PP-PI processes including production planning, scheduling, process orders, and manufacturing execution.
• Configure and support BOMs, Master Recipes, Production Versions, Resources, Work Centers, and production planning master data.
• Support MRP and MPS and troubleshoot production orders, material consumption, yields, scrap, co-products, by-products, and rework processes.
• Partner with manufacturing teams to improve planning efficiency, production performance, and schedule adherence.
• Own governance and support of manufacturing master data and coordinate master data readiness for plant startups, acquisitions, expansions, and new product introductions.
• Support inventory receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments, returns, physical inventory, cycle counting, reconciliation, governance, controls, and audit requirements.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, stock-status issues, valuation concerns, and ghost inventory situations.
• Support batch traceability, genealogy, classification, determination, and quality-managed manufacturing processes.
• Support SAP Quality Management processes including inspection lots, usage decisions, quality notifications, and defect management.
• Support SAP EHS Substance Volume Tracking and regulatory reporting in partnership with EHS and Regulatory Affairs teams.
• Support subcontracting and toll manufacturing operations, including subcontracting BOMs, special procurement settings, source lists, procurement master data, and subcontractor-held inventory reconciliation.
• Support integrations between SAP and MES, WMS/EWM, and SAP IBP, including production confirmations, material consumption, inventory synchronization, batch genealogy, and warehouse execution processes.
• Troubleshoot cross-system process and data integration issues.
• Coordinate SAP setup, organizational structures, inventory initialization, testing, cutover, go-live readiness, operational readiness, and post-deployment stabilization for plants, expansions, acquisitions, divestitures, toll manufacturing facilities, and warehouse and distribution locations.
• Gather, document, and analyze business requirements; facilitate workshops, process reviews, and solution discussions; and translate requirements into functional specifications.
• Provide application support, investigate and resolve application, process, and data issues, and coordinate resolution with technical teams, AMS providers, and vendors.
• Support incident, problem, and service request management, application performance monitoring, business continuity, and knowledge management.
• Analyze processes and support simplification, standardization, optimization, approved enhancements, system changes, fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration reviews, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Support automation, workflow, analytics, AI-enabled solutions, reporting, data quality, process governance, and data integrity initiatives.
• Develop and execute test plans and scripts, coordinate user acceptance testing, support regression testing, and assist with defect management and issue resolution.
• Partner with stakeholders, the Manager Enterprise Systems, Digital Business Partners, project teams, technical resources, AMS providers, and vendors on governance, planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of SAP functional experience supporting manufacturing and supply chain processes.
• 5+ years of SAP PP-PI experience in a process manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience supporting BOMs, Master Recipes, Production Versions, Work Centers and Resources, and MRP and Planning Data.
• Experience supporting batch-managed and quality-managed materials.
• Experience supporting inventory reconciliation, physical inventory, and cycle counting processes.
• Experience with MRP and MPS.
• Understanding of MES, WMS/EWM, and SAP ERP manufacturing integration concepts.
• Understanding of SAP IBP planning processes and ERP integration.
• Experience supporting manufacturing deployments, plant startups, acquisitions, or major operational changes.
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Experience supporting system enhancements, projects, or technology implementations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Details

• Location: Banglore, India.