Process Architect Plan-to-Produce (m/f/d)

The Process Architect Plan-to-Produce (m/f/d) supports the Process Owner and Global Process Owner in defining future-state business processes, translating business requirements into solution designs, and ensuring the successful deployment of standardized end-to-end production processes across all manufacturing sites. This role acts as the key business expert connecting Production Operations, Quality, Warehouse Operations, SAP S/4HANA, MES, and Integration teams to deliver scalable, compliant, and efficient manufacturing processes. It also has a key role in the areas of testing, training and authorization.

Your Responsibilities

• Act as business process expert for the Plan-to-Produce domain, supporting the Process Owner and Global Process Owner in defining, harmonizing, and governing global production processes.
• Translate business needs from manufacturing sites into clear process requirements, functional specifications, user requirements, and solution design inputs.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, IT teams, MES experts, Quality, Warehouse Operations, Planning, and Production stakeholders to design scalable, compliant, and standardized SAP S/4HANA and MES-enabled processes.
• Support fit-gap assessments, Fit-to-Template workshops, process design workshops, design validation, and decision preparation for template deviations or local requirements.
• Define and maintain process models, process flows, business rules, and documentation for Level 2 and Level 3 Plan-to-Produce processes, ensuring alignment with end-to-end value streams.
• Contribute to master data governance for production-relevant objects such as BOMs, master recipes, routings, work centers/resources, production versions, and planning parameters, in collaboration with Global Data Stewards.
• Support the definition of data migration concepts, cleansing rules, validation checks, and mock-load activities to ensure high data quality for production master data.
• Contribute to SAP-MES integration design by clarifying business requirements, interface behavior, exception handling, and operational impacts across production execution processes.
• Support test strategy and execution, including preparation of test scenarios, OQ/PQ documentation, defect clarification, business validation, and coordination of site testing activities.
• Prepare training materials, deliver process and system training, and support user adoption during deployment, hypercare, and continuous improvement phases.
• Identify process risks, issues, dependencies, and improvement opportunities, and support the Process Owner in prioritization, decision tracking, and project management activities.
• Work in an agile project environment, collaborating across global teams and ensuring timely delivery of process design, documentation, testing, training, and deployment deliverables.

Your Qualifications

• University degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, Life Sciences, or a comparable field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in production, business process management, ERP transformation, or process architecture, preferably in the pharmaceutical, MedTech, nutrition, or other regulated industry.
• Strong end-to-end understanding of Plan-to-Produce processes, including production planning, production execution, shop-floor operations, quality integration, warehouse integration, and master data dependencies.
• Hands-on knowledge of SAP S/4HANA manufacturing capabilities, preferably including PP-PI, ePP/DS, EWM integration, Fiori apps, and related cross-functional integration points.
• Good understanding of SAP-MES integration including electronic batch records, process orders, confirmations, goods movements, and exception handling.
• Experience in process modelling, requirements gathering, functional specification writing, design documentation, test preparation, and training material creation.
• Solid understanding of production master data objects.
• Experience with validation, testing, and documentation practices in regulated environments, including OQ/PQ support, data quality checks, and audit-ready documentation.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex process dependencies and propose pragmatic, standardized solutions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with global, cross-functional, and site-based teams.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate in a team-oriented, agile project environment.
• High learning agility, adaptability to evolving business requirements and technologies, and strong motivation to drive harmonization and continuous improvement.
• Business fluency in English, both written and spoken; additional languages are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel internationally, approximately 30%, depending on project and deployment needs.