SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Consultant

The SAP IBP Consultant acts as the subject matter expert for Cloud-based Supply Chain Management solutions. This role is responsible for designing, configuring, implementing, and supporting end-to-end supply chain planning processes including Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, and Control Tower. The consultant bridges the gap between complex business supply chain requirements and technical SAP capabilities.

USA Office Focus: Strategic Architecture & Business Transformation

In the US office, the role typically focuses on **business advisory, stakeholder management, change management, and high-level solution architecture**.

* **Business Blueprinting & Workshops:** Lead discovery sessions and design workshops with executive stakeholders and supply chain leaders to map complex business requirements to SAP IBP standard functionalities.

* **Solution Architecture:** Define the overarching planning models, key figure architecture, and master data strategies to align with broader S/4HANA transformations.

* **Vendor & Partner Management:** Direct and validate the technical configurations proposed by global system integrators and offshore delivery teams to ensure scalability and quality.

* **Business Adoption & UAT:** Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning, draft business-relevant test scenarios, and champion change-management efforts to drive end-user adoption.

* **Advanced Innovation:** Evaluate and introduce next-generation capabilities like Generative AI, Machine Learning, and natural language interfaces (e.g., Copilot) into the supply chain ecosystem to optimize forecasting accuracy.

* **Education:** Bachelor s or Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, STEM, or a related field.

* **Experience:** 5+ years of SAP experience, with at least 2 full lifecycle end-to-end SAP IBP implementations in a client-facing or lead architect capacity.

* **Soft Skills:** Impeccable communication, executive presentation skills, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.