Senior Business Analyst & Solution Lead – Manufacturing & Quality (SAP PP/QM)

Company Description

Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place. 

Smiths Detection is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.

Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,500 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.  

This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.

Job Description

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 12–15 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 we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll 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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