Senior Consultant

SAP IBP Inventory Optimization

ROLE DESCRIPTION

IBP Lead Inventory Optimization is responsible for

Designing and helping build successful implementations of SAP IBP in customer organizations.

Liaising with Sales and Delivery Teams to help grow the Services Business around IBP in line with Organizational strategy and goals.

Mentoring Junior IBP Team members within the Organization.

Drive Assist with building Assets and Accelerators within SAP IBP.

No of Implementations At least two End to End IBP implementations not including Rollouts Mandatory.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Qualification

Graduate in Engineering, Post Graduate MBA,MTech,MS in Operations Management SCM preferred.

Mandatory requirement is Ten Plus years of Supply Chain Planning Experience with at least 3 years in SAP IBP.

Desirable Experience in SAP APO or other Planning solutions would be an added advantage.

Process Knowledge

Deep Process understanding of end to end Supply Chain planning familiarity expertise with SCOR model is preferred technology agnostic.

Expertise in atleast two industries eg, CPG, Chemical, Automotive, Life Sciences etc.

Technical Expertise

Good level of understanding of all modules of SAP IBP with expertise in IBP Inventory Optimization.

Deep knowledge and experience in end to end IBP implementation projects in Process and Discrete industries.

Ability to lead and conduct Design workshops in front of an audience comprising of both Business and IT teams.

Ability to conduct User Acceptance testing and Business user training sessions.

Ability to work on complex configuration scenarios, create planning areas, define key figure calculations, create planning view, application jobs and other set up required to build Inventory Optimization module.

Deep knowledge in Single level, Multi Echelon Inventory Optimization techniques, What if analysis, Inventory component calculations, Modelling storage constraints.

Very good understanding of ECC Master data and Transaction data from planning standpoint along with writing specifications for CPI tasks.

Soft Skills

Excellent communication skills verbal as well as written.

Positive attitude with the flexibility and maturity to work in a challenging client environment.

Conduct trainings and be a mentor for junior IBP team members.

Value Creation

Ability to devise and lead GoTo Market strategies for IBP to assist Sales and Alliance teams in expanding Bristlecone's IBP footprint globally.

Build Assets and Accelerators to reduce the overall cost to serve.