SSi People ยท 4 days ago
Product Planning Specialist
West Greenwich, RI
Contract
Onsite
Mid LevelSSi People is a company with over 26 years of industry experience, focusing on delivering exceptional experiences for consultants, clients, and internal teams. The Product Planning Specialist role involves providing manufacturing execution support, coordinating production orders in SAP, and driving data-driven reporting and process improvement initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Manufacturing Execution Support
Serve as the primary point of coordination between Manufacturing, Finite Scheduling, and Supply Chain to ensure production orders are managed correctly in SAP
Create, release, monitor, and close production orders in SAP in alignment with approved schedules and execution priorities
Ensure execution data integrity across order status, confirmations, material consumption, and inventory movements
Proactively identify execution issues, data gaps, or process breakdowns and coordinate resolution with the appropriate teams
Support short-term execution changes by ensuring SAP transactions and system updates accurately reflect operational reality
Support and maintain Master Data accuracy
Data Analysis, Reporting & Dashboards
Develop and maintain execution-focused reporting and dashboards (e.g., order status, execution performance, schedule adherence inputs, execution losses)
Analyze execution data to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities
Automate recurring reports and transactional tasks to reduce manual effort and improve data reliability
Provide clear, actionable insights to Manufacturing and Supply Chain leadership through data-driven reporting
Process Improvement & Standard Work
Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing execution and planning-related processes
Define, document, and improve SOPs, work instructions, and standard work related to production order management
Ensure alignment with global standards while improving site-specific execution effectiveness
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Materials Management, Finite Scheduling, and Supply Chain teams
Support site initiatives related to execution performance, digital enablement, and process optimization
Communicate execution risks, data issues, and improvement opportunities clearly and proactively
Provide informal coaching and knowledge sharing to strengthen execution discipline and system usage
Qualification
Required
Strong experience supporting manufacturing execution and production order management in an ERP environment
Advanced SAP experience, preferably including S/4HANA, with emphasis on production orders and execution processes
Experience supporting ERP implementations or major system transitions
Demonstrated strength in data analysis, reporting, and dashboard development (e.g., Excel, Smatsheets, Power BI, SAP analytics)
Experience automating reports or transactional workflows
Familiarity with WERUM MES and SAP integration
Experience with CDOCS, or similar quality systems
Strong problem-solving skills with attention to data accuracy and execution discipline
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Clear communicator capable of translating execution data into actionable insights
Moving to S/4HANA- looking for candidate with SAP experience to assist with that transition
Planning/ MRP experience
SAP manufacturing execution expertise (production order management, S/4HANA)
Advanced data analysis, reporting, and task automation
Cross-functional manufacturing execution coordination and process improvement
Company
SSi People
SSi People, located in Cranberry Township, PA, is an organization with over 25 years of staffing industry experience across various labor verticals in the United States, serving Fortune 1000 companies.
Founded in 1998
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
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