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Senior Business Analyst & Solution Lead – Manufacturing & Quality (SAP PPQM)

Smiths Group


Job Location:

Bengaluru - India

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 15 August 2026 (22 days ago)
Application Deadline: 12 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Purpose:

The Senior Business Analyst & Solution Lead Manufacturing & Quality (SAP PP/QM) is responsible for the global ownership optimization and transformation of Manufacturing and Quality Management business processes. The role combines business analysis manufacturing consulting SAP functional leadership and transformation delivery to ensure manufacturing excellence quality compliance and successful adoption of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA solutions across the organization. It serves as the key link between business stakeholders SAP partners and technology teams to drive operational efficiency standardization and digital transformation. With 1215 Years SAP Experience as BA 8 Years PP/QM Consulting Global Manufacturing Programmes

 

Business Process Ownership

Manufacturing

  • Lead and optimize end-to-end manufacturing processes including:
    • Demand Management
    • Forecasting
    • Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
    • Capacity Planning
    • Production Planning
    • Shop Floor Execution
    • Engineering Change Management

Quality Management

  • Drive quality transformation initiatives covering:
    • Incoming Quality
    • In-Process Quality
    • Supplier Quality
    • Audit Management
    • CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions)
    • Regulatory Compliance

SAP Functional Consulting

Provide subject matter expertise across:

SAP Production Planning (PP)

  • Demand Management
  • Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
  • Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
  • Production Orders
  • Capacity Planning
  • Repetitive Manufacturing
  • Discrete Manufacturing

SAP Quality Management (QM)

  • Quality Planning
  • Inspection Processing
  • Quality Notifications
  • Quality Analytics

Manufacturing Integration

  • PP-MM Integration
  • PP-SD Integration
  • PP-QM Integration
  • PP-CO Integration

Solution Design & Delivery

  • Facilitate global design workshops.
  • Lead fit-gap analysis activities.
  • Develop functional specifications and solution designs.
  • Govern development activities and deliverables.
  • Lead testing cycles deployment activities and post-go-live stabilization.
  • Drive manufacturing transformation and adoption of best practices.

Transformation & Governance

  • Act as Global Process Owner for Manufacturing and Quality processes.
  • Establish governance forums steering committees and design authorities.
  • Drive process harmonization standardization KPI improvement and compliance.
  • Lead digital transformation initiatives and SAP S/4HANA programs.
  • Govern AMS providers SAP partners system integrators and third-party vendors.

Qualifications :

Technical Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

SAP Functional Expertise

SAP PP

  • Demand Management
  • MPS
  • MRP
  • Production Orders
  • Capacity Planning
  • Repetitive Manufacturing
  • Discrete Manufacturing

SAP QM

  • Quality Planning
  • Inspection Processing
  • Notifications
  • Quality Analytics

SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing

  • Embedded PP/DS
  • MRP Live
  • Fiori Manufacturing Applications
  • Predictive MRP
  • Advanced ATP
  • Manufacturing Analytics

Manufacturing & Integration Knowledge

  • Batch Management
  • Classification
  • Variant Configuration
  • ALE/IDoc
  • APIs
  • MES Integrations
  • Manufacturing System Integrations

SAP Transformation Expertise

  • SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA
  • Greenfield Implementations
  • Brownfield Conversions
  • Selective Data Transition
  • RISE with SAP
  • SAP Activate
  • SAP Signavio
  • SAP Best Practices
  • Embedded Analytics

Leadership & Consulting Skills

  • Strategic thinking
  • Manufacturing process consulting
  • Executive stakeholder management
  • Vendor governance
  • Change management
  • Transformation leadership
  • Influencing and negotiation skills

Planning and Decision Making:

The role exercises significant independent judgment and is responsible for:

  • Defining future-state manufacturing and quality operating models.
  • Translating business strategy into scalable SAP-enabled solutions.
  • Evaluating and approving process and solution design decisions.
  • Leading SAP roadmap and investment prioritization discussions.
  • Driving process governance compliance and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Making recommendations on transformation approaches process standardization and technology adoption.
  • Governing vendor performance delivery quality and solution standards

Impact and Scope:

  • Global ownership of Manufacturing and Quality Management processes.
  • Direct impact on production efficiency product quality regulatory compliance and operational performance.
  • Influences enterprise-wide manufacturing transformation and SAP strategy.
  • Supports global manufacturing programs process harmonization and operating model optimization.
  • Responsible for governance across the entire solution lifecycle from requirements and design through deployment hypercare and continuous improvement.
  • Plays a critical role in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives

Key Internal and External Relationships: 

Internal Relationships

  • SAP Delivery Manager
  • Head of CoE
  • Manufacturing & SCM Leadership
  • Manufacturing Directors
  • Global Business Stakeholders
  • Enterprise Architecture Teams
  • SAP Technical Teams
  • Development Teams
  • Quality Teams
  • Production & Operations Teams

External Relationships

  • AMS Providers
  • SAP Consulting Partners
  • System Integrators
  • RISE with SAP Partners
  • Third-Party Vendors
  • Manufacturing Solution Providers
  • MES and Integration Partners

Additional Information :

Join us and well help build your career with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business both locally and globally. Youll experience an inclusive environment with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. Youll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

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Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


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