We are looking for an experienced Senior SAP IBP Consultant with strong expertise in SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and hands-on experience working in SAP S/4HANA environments.

The ideal candidate will possess deep functional and technical knowledge of SAP IBP modules, data integration, and supply chain planning processes, along with excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

This role involves supporting business-critical planning processes, optimizing SAP IBP configurations, troubleshooting production issues, and driving continuous improvements across the planning landscape.

Key Responsibilities :

- Provide functional and production support for SAP IBP applications, ensuring high system availability and business continuity.

- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to planning areas, key figures, planning operators, planning views, application jobs, and the Excel Add-in.

- Configure, maintain, and optimize IBP planning models, including key figure calculations, planning levels, attributes, and time series configuration.

- Monitor and manage data integration using CPI-DS and SDI, ensuring accurate and timely data flow between SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and external systems.

- Support master data management, including Product, Location, Customer, Product-Location, and Source of Supply data.

- Manage daily and weekly planning runs, operator scheduling, background jobs, and application monitoring.

- Analyze forecast and simulation discrepancies and collaborate with business users to identify and resolve planning issues.

- Partner with Supply Chain Planning teams to understand business requirements and implement process improvements.

- Support system enhancements, testing activities, and production deployments.

- Prepare functional documentation, knowledge articles, and support materials.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize planning processes and overall solution performance.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.

- 710 years of overall SAP consulting experience with 6+ years of hands-on SAP IBP experience.

Strong expertise in SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP), preferably across one or more modules such as :

1. Demand Planning (IBP-DP)

2. Supply Planning (IBP-SOP)

3. Inventory Optimization

4. Response & Supply

- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA integration.

- Strong knowledge of:

1. Planning Areas

2. Key Figures

3. Planning Levels

4. Planning Operators

5. Planning Views

6. Time Series Planning

- Experience with SAP CPI-DS, SDI, or related SAP integration technologies.

- Good understanding of Supply Chain Planning processes and master data management.

- Experience supporting production environments, issue resolution, monitoring, and operational support.

- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.