Sr SAP Business Analyst – PP/Digital Manufacturing - NSK Americas
The Company
NSK is a global manufacturer of ball and roller bearings, linear motion technology, automotive components and steering systems with both domestic and overseas manufacturing. NSK also offers a full range of services including reconditioning, ball screw repair, product integration, application engineering and predictive & preventative maintenance and reliability services. NSK's products and solutions are everywhere where things are in motion - even under the toughest conditions. NSK's high-precision rolling bearings are used in wind turbines and machine tools, linear components are found in production lines, while our automotive components are installed in the vehicles of almost every well-known automaker.
The Sr SAP Business Analyst – PP/Digital Manufacturing Role
The Sr SAP Business Analyst – PP/Digital Manufacturing plays a key role in leading the design, configuration, and optimization of SAP solutions that support critical business processes. This role requires strong functional expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to translate complex business requirements into effective SAP system solutions. The Sr SAP Business Analyst will also be heavily involved in implementations, system upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives, including SAP S/4HANA projects.
Responsibilities
- SAP PP (Production Planning)
- Configure and support SAP PP including Master Data (Material Master, BOMs, Work Centers, Routings), Demand Management & MRP, Production & Process Orders, Capacity Planning and Long-Term Planning (LTP).
- Support production order lifecycle – creation, release, confirmation, and settlement.
- Integrate SAP PP with MM, SD, QM, CO, WM/EWM.
- SAP Digital Manufacturing (SAP DM)
- Implement and support SAP Digital Manufacturing (DM/DMC) for shop-floor execution.
- Configure Production Processes, Operations, and Resources in SAP DM.
- Enable real-time data capture for production confirmations, quality inspections, scrap and rework, and machine and operator activities.
- Integrate SAP DM with SAP S/4HANA PP, EWM, and QM.
- Support APIs, event-based integration, and message handling between SAP DM and S/4HANA.
- Troubleshoot shop-floor execution issues and support manufacturing users.
- Implementation & Support
- Lead end-to-end SAP DM functional activities, including requirement gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
- Act as a subject matter expert for SAP DM modules.
- Collaborative with business stakeholders to analyze processes and recommend best-practice SAP solutions.
- Configure SAP systems to meet business requirements and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Prepare and maintain functional specifications, process documentation, and configuration documents.
- Support SAP S/4HANA implementations, rollouts, upgrades, and migrations.
- Coordinate with SAP technical teams (ABAP, Basis, Integration) to ensure seamless solution delivery.
- Lead and support testing activities (unit, integration, UAT) and resolve defects.
- Provide post-go-live support, issue resolution, and continuous system improvements.
- Mentor junior consultants and contribute to knowledge sharing and best practices.
- Support change management, user training, and documentation efforts.
- Support or participate in SAP S/4HANA Finance implementations or migrations.
- Work with Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and Fiori applications.
- Assist in data migration and system conversion activities.
- S/4HANA & Cloud (Preferred)
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing.
- Understanding of BTP-based integrations for SAP DM.
- Familiarity with Fiori apps for manufacturing and planning.
- Basic knowledge of PP/DS or Advanced Planning.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain or IT.
- 10+ years of hands-on SAP PP and DM experience.
- 2+ years of hands-on SAP Digital Manufacturing experience.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing execution and shop-floor processes.
- Experience integrating SAP PP and SAP DM.
- Knowledge of discrete or process manufacturing environments.
- Understanding of SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA tables, data flows, and reporting.
- Proven experience in full lifecycle SAP implementations.
- Ability to lead workshops and communicate effectively with business and technical teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP PP and/or SAP Digital Manufacturing certification.
- Experience with SAP ME/MII migration to SAP DM.
- Exposure to SAP BTP, APIs, and event-driven architecture.
- Experience with EWM-DM integration.
- SAP Global Implementation experience.
- Experience in at least one full lifecycle SAP implementation.
- Automotive Supplier and/or Automotive Manufacturing industry experience.
Key Competencies
- Strong stakeholder and client-facing skills.
- Leadership and mentoring capability.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
- Results-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
Work Environment
- Ann Arbor headquarters office or other company facilities.
- May require travel between facilities, sister companies, suppliers, and customers.
- On-call support may be required during critical periods.
NSK is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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