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Role overview

We're seeking a senior SAP IBP Consultant to support and enhance supply chain planning processes across an AMS engagement. The consultant will work with business and IT stakeholders to resolve planning issues, improve solution performance, and support integration between SAP IBP and SAP ECC/S/4HANA. Relevant planning areas may include demand, supply, inventory, response and supply, and S&OP, depending on the client's implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Provide functional AMS support for SAP IBP, including incident, problem, service-request, and change management.
Support planning processes across demand, supply, inventory, and S&OP, based on the implemented IBP modules.
Troubleshoot planning results, planning views, alerts, key figures, master data, planning operators, and planning jobs.
Support integration of master and transactional data between SAP IBP and ECC/S/4HANA, including data validation, error analysis, and reconciliation.
Analyze how planning results are transferred back to ERP for execution, and work with integration and ERP teams to resolve issues. SAP documents integration options for master and transactional data between IBP and ECC/S/4HANA, including real-time integration; the applicable approach should be confirmed for the client's landscape and planning model. ( help.sap.com ) help.sap.com
Work with supply chain business partners and Product Owners to gather requirements and assess impacts to planning processes.
Perform fit-gap analysis and recommend standard IBP capabilities or configuration before proposing custom solutions.
Support planning master data and configuration, such as planning areas, attributes, key figures, time profiles, planning levels, and sourcing data, as applicable.
Coordinate functional specifications and technical changes with integration, development, and platform teams.
Support testing, including functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
Assist with data profiling, cleansing, cutover, release readiness, and post-release stabilization.
Document solutions, operating procedures, known issues, and support handover materials.
Identify recurring issues and recommend improvements to planning stability, data quality, and business processes.Role overview We're seeking a senior SAP IBP Consultant to support and enhance supply chain planning processes across an AMS engagement. The consultant will work with business and IT stakeholders to resolve planning issues, improve solution performance, and support integration between SAP IBP and SAP ECC/S/4HANA. Relevant planning areas may include demand, supply, inventory, response and supply, and S&OP, depending on the client's implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Provide functional AMS support for SAP IBP, including incident, problem, service-request, and change management.
Support planning processes across demand, supply, inventory, and S&OP, based on the implemented IBP modules.
Troubleshoot planning results, planning views, alerts, key figures, master data, planning operators, and planning jobs.
Support integration of master and transactional data between SAP IBP and ECC/S/4HANA, including data validation, error analysis, and reconciliation.
Analyze how planning results are transferred back to ERP for execution, and work with integration and ERP teams to resolve issues. SAP documents integration options for master and transactional data between IBP and ECC/S/4HANA, including real-time integration; the applicable approach should be confirmed for the client's landscape and planning model. ( help.sap.com ) help.sap.com
Work with supply chain business partners and Product Owners to gather requirements and assess impacts to planning processes.
Perform fit-gap analysis and recommend standard IBP capabilities or configuration before proposing custom solutions.
Support planning master data and configuration, such as planning areas, attributes, key figures, time profiles, planning levels, and sourcing data, as applicable.
Coordinate functional specifications and technical changes with integration, development, and platform teams.
Support testing, including functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
Assist with data profiling, cleansing, cutover, release readiness, and post-release stabilization.
Document solutions, operating procedures, known issues, and support handover materials.
Identify recurring issues and recommend improvements to planning stability, data quality, and business processes.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

Significant senior-level SAP IBP experience in implementation, support, or AMS roles.
Strong end-to-end supply chain planning experience, including practical understanding of demand and supply planning, inventory, replenishment, and planning execution.
Experience supporting SAP IBP in a landscape integrated with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA.
Ability to troubleshoot planning and integration issues across IBP, ERP, and connected systems.
Experience with requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, functional specifications, test planning, defect management, and documentation.
Familiarity with AMS processes, including incident, problem, change, release, and service-level management.
Strong communication skills and ability to work with planners, supply chain leaders, Product Owners, and technical teams.

Preferred qualifications

Experience with multiple IBP applications, such as IBP for Demand, Supply Planning, Response and Supply, Inventory, or S&OP.
Experience with order-based planning, time-series-based planning, or both.
Knowledge of IBP integration approaches and related monitoring and error-handling processes.
Experience with supply chain planning in manufacturing, automotive, or another complex, multi-site industry.
Familiarity with SAP planning and ERP master data, including products, locations, resources, sources of supply, and transactional data.
Relevant SAP IBP certification.
Experience supporting ECC-to-S/4HANA transitions or IBP integration changes.

SAP IBP/Supply Chain Consultant