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Management Consulting Group

W2 Senior SAP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Architect

Management Consulting Group, Sunnyvale, California, United States, 94087

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W2 Senior SAP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Architect Recruiting and Operations Manager at Management Consulting Group Senior SAP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Architect ISIJP00011264

Duration: 12 months

Client: Intuitive Surgical

Contract/possibility for conversions: Yes

Max W2 hrl rate: $88/hr

Onsite/Hybrid/Remote: Fully Onsite in Sunnyvale, CA

Only Locals/Nonlocals can be submitted: Locals but if you have non local candidates, who are willing to relocate, at their own expense, I will consider

Mode of interview: Phone and Onsite

No of rounds of interview: 2

Top Skills:

SAP Material Requirements Planning (MRP), SAP MRP Exception Management, SAP Material Master Data, SAP Production Planning, SAP Materials Management, MRP Live on HANA

Detailed Job description: Role Overview: We are seeking a highly experienced SAP MRP Solution Architect to analyze and resolve complex MRP exception issues in our global SAP environment. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of SAP experience with deep expertise in Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Materials Management (MM), and integration with Production Planning (PP) and Supply Chain processes. This role is critical to stabilizing our planning and raw material procurement processes and ensuring material availability for production.

Key Responsibilities:

Analyze as-is MRP process and propose best practices, governance for streamlining and optimizing MRP.

15+ years minimum exp with SAP MRP and drive discussion with business team in terms of setting up MRP profiles for ISI materials.

SAP MRP is primarily skills and must have. (MRP experience is critical and cannot be substituted with other modules.)

S/4 HANA exp must needed.

Currently project is the prep phase and haven't really started the blue printing with the business forms (but same time Manager can’t delay of making blue printing) so want to hire candidate ASAP.

The candidate will work closely with two other solution architects and an offshore team.

Lead root cause analysis of MRP exception messages and planning failures across plants and materials.

Design and implement optimized MRP strategies, lot-sizing, and planning parameters to reduce exceptions and improve planning accuracy.

Review and propose remediations to master data issues (Material Master, BOM, Procurement Types).

Propose Engineering Change Order (ECO) best practice recommendations.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (PP, MM, Demand and Supply planning) to ensure end-to-end supply chain integration.

Develop MRP exception dashboards and KPIs for proactive monitoring.

Provide knowledge transfer and training to internal teams.

Required Skills & Experience:

15+ years of SAP experience, with strong focus on MRP and MM.

Proven track record in resolving large-scale MRP issues in complex manufacturing environments.

Expertise in planning strategies, procurement types, special procurement keys, and stock determination.

Strong understanding of integration with PP, MM, and advanced planning tools like O9.

Hands‑on experience with MRP Live in S/4HANA (preferred).

Ability to analyze performance issues and optimize MRP runs.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

SAP Certification in MM or PP.

Experience in Fortune 500 or large‑scale manufacturing environments.

Familiarity with Fiori apps for MRP and planning.

Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type Contract

Job function Consulting

Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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