SAP IBP Consultant

EXP: 6-12 Years*

*General skill set:*

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.

Proven track record as an SME in chosen domain.

Ability to come up with Client POC/POV for integrating/increasing adoption of emerging Tech. like Blockchain, AI et al with the product platform they are associated with.

Mentor Junior resources within the team, conduct KSS and lessons learnt.

Flexible to work in stretch opportunities/assignments.

Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.

Ticket Quality and deliverables review.

Status Reporting for the project.

Adherence to SLAs, experience in incident management, change management and problem management.

Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.

Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.

Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.

Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.

Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Demonstrate leadership capabilities by working with clients directly and leading the engagement.

Work in a team environment that includes client interactions, workstream management, and cross-team collaboration.

Good Team player. Take up cross competency work and contribute to COE activities.

Escalation/Risk management.

*Required Skills *:*

Strong Knowledge in:

At least 6+ year experience working in SAP integrated business planning.

Very good knowledge and understanding of different IBP models such as IBP for S&OP and IBP for demand, IBP for supply

Good understanding on IBP for Inventory, IBP for supply and response, IBP for Control tower.

Experience working with integration tools such as HCI/SDI to integrate between different source systems with IBP.

Experience in APO DP and SNP would be an added advantage.

Ability to create Process Definition Document / Design Document (PDD) and Business Process Procedure (BPP) for the solutions provided.

Ability to configure SAP APO DP and deliver work products / packages confirming to the Client’s Standards & Requirements.

Ability to create Process Flows in Microsoft Visio’s for the client’s proposed business processes.

Integration of SAP DP with other SAP APO modules.

Experience in ECC production planning would be an added advantage.

Experience in S/4HANA enterprise management would be an added advantage

Understand client requirements, provide solutions, functional specifications and configure the system accordingly.

Ability to create Process Definition Document / Design Document (PDD) and Business Process Procedure (BPP) for the solutions provided.

Ability to configure SAP IBP module and deliver work products / packages confirming to the Client’s Standards & Requirements.

Strong configuration hands on experience in planning and execution

Integration of the SAP IBP module with other SAP modules such as SAP BPC, ECC and with external applications as well.

Ability to create presentation/workshop decks for Blueprint that need to be conveyed and be able to present them to the client.

Ability to create Process Flows in Microsoft Visio’s for the client’s proposed business processes.

End to End process knowledge for upstream and downstream data modeling.

In addition to the above the candidate should have been involved in the following during the life cycle of SAP implementation:

Unit Testing, Cycle Testing

Integration Testing

User Manual Preparation

User Support activities

Exposure to different implementation methodologies

Regularly interact with the onsite team/client

Provide status updates in daily/weekly conference calls

Maintain cordial relationship with onsite team/client

Strong Knowledge and hands on with the following aspects of DP:

At least one implementation experience

Hands on configuration experience on APO DP

APO BW modeling/ planning area configuration

Integration with TPM will be a nice to have experience

*Preferred Skills:*

Worked on integration with other modules like PPDS and PP

Exposure to interfaces like ALE/IDOC or EDI/IDOC with little technical knowledge

ITIL 4 Foundation Certification