SAP PP-PI XSteps Consultant and Developer, S/4HANA in Pharma GMP Environment

Project overview

A company in pharmaceutical production is implementing SAP S/4HANA and will henceforth map its previously paper-based manufacturing instructions digitally via XSteps. A specialist is sought who has personally conceptualized, built, and brought XSteps to validation documentation in a GMP environment. The start is a pilot on a real product across all steps of a manufacturing instruction, followed by expansion to the entire portfolio. In parallel, internal IT colleagues will be enabled to maintain and set up XSteps themselves later.

• Brief Description
• Project Details
• Start: Immediately
• Duration: Approx. 9 months
• Utilization: Minimum 3 days per week, preferably full-time at the project start (pilot phase over several weeks)
• Location: Baden-Württemberg, approx. 90% remote, a few days on-site in the initial weeks
• Project Language: English or German
• Contract Type: Freelance, Service Contract
• Tasks
• Conception and new implementation of XSteps in SAP S/4HANA PP-PI, from the pilot to the expansion to well over 100 XSteps
• Building reusable templates in the XStep repository from which variants can be derived via parameterization
• Creation of electronic PI Sheets, configuration of process instructions and process messages, integration into recipes and process orders
• Implementation of necessary logic and enhancements in ABAP, including BAdIs
• Testing and documentation of validation-relevant XSteps within the GMP and CSV framework, support for validation
• Coaching one to two internal IT employees so that new setups and mass changes can be handled internally later
• Requirements

Requirements

• Demonstrably self-performed XSteps implementations, from conception through customizing to technical implementation. Pure PP-PI consulting without own XSteps implementation is not sufficient.
• Several years of project experience in SAP PP-PI (recipes, process orders, PI Sheets, process instructions), in S/4HANA or in ECC with knowledge of the differences
• Practical ABAP experience, enhancements will be implemented independently
• Experience in the GMP-regulated environment, including validation-compliant documentation and testing
• Fluent English

Nice to have

Closing

Please send your current profile with your XSteps reference projects, hourly or daily rate, and availability. Discussions with the client are possible this week.

• German language skills
• Knowledge of CSV and GAMP 5
• Experience with Electronic Batch Records as well as PP-PI in conjunction with MES or process control systems
• Experience with template rollouts and knowledge transfer to internal teams

Project details

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 9 Monate
• Remote: remote
• Location: Düsseldorf, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: English, German