Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Design Workshops: Facilitate and lead design workshops with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and define integration solutions.
- Architect Integration Solutions: Design comprehensive end-to-end integration architectures using CPI-DS, covering various data sources and targets including customer data lakes.
- Develop Complex HCI Tasks: Build sophisticated HCI tasks enabling data exchange between SAP IBP and systems such as SAP ECC, S/4HANA, APO, HANA, Side Car, flat files, and databases.
- Scripting and Web Services: Apply Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts within CPI-DS tasks; implement web-service based integration, especially for data transfers between IBP and ECC/APO.
- IBP Integration Expertise: Deep understanding of SAP IBP attributes, master data, and planning levels to ensure precise data integration.
- Administration and Scheduling: Manage scheduling and administration of CPI-DS tasks for optimal flow performance and reliability.
- Mentorship and Leadership: Mentor junior CPI team members, enhancing their skills and knowledge.
- Project Delivery: Deliver high-quality integration solutions under tight deadlines with excellent time management.
- Customer Engagement: Lead CPI-DS integration and configuration activities onsite at customer locations.
Required Skills and Experience:
- SAP Integration: Minimum 5+ years hands-on SAP integration experience, including 3+ years with CPI-DS and SAP Data Intelligence (SDI).
- Project Implementation: At least 4 full lifecycle SAP CPI-DS implementations and 1 SAP SDI implementation.
- CPI-DS & SDI Expertise: Proven expertise in CPI-DS and SDI functionalities and best practices.
- System Integration: Skilled in integrating SAP IBP with SAP ECC, S/4HANA, APO, HANA, BW, flat files, and various databases.
- Functional Knowledge: Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BW, and SAP IBP integration.
- XML Proficiency: Solid understanding of XML input/output in CPI-DS tasks.
- ABAP Knowledge: Basic understanding of ABAP programming.
- IBP Add-ons & Extractors: Familiarity with IBP add-ons and data extractors.
Preferred Qualifications:
- HANA Knowledge: Familiar with HANA tables, Virtual Data Models (VDMs), and OData services.
- API Exposure: Experience with API integration, including MuleSoft and RAML specifications.
- IBP Functional Experience: Hands-on experience in SAP IBP modules like Demand Planning, SOP, Inventory Management, and Response & Supply.
- PI/PO Knowledge: Working knowledge of SAP Process Integration (PI) / Process Orchestration (PO).
