SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) Consultant

This is a remote position.

• Employment Type: Contract
  
• Work Mode: Remote
  
• Location: Offshore
  
• Total Experience Required: 4 to 8 years
  
• Relevant Experience Required: 4+ years of dedicated implementation and configuration experience across SAP IBP modules
  
• Mandatory Certification: SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP IBP for Supply Chain
  

• Configure core SAP IBP planning modules, focusing on IBP Demand, IBP Sales & Operations (S&OP), IBP Inventory, and IBP Supply.
  
• Design advanced statistical forecasting models and demand sensing profiles utilizing automated machine learning models and historical consumption streams.
  
• Construct planning areas, key figures, master data types, and attributes to align the cloud architecture with global enterprise operational requirements.
  
• Optimize multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) parameters, balancing working capital targets against required customer service level targets.
  
• Build custom planning views and dashboard matrices within the SAP IBP Excel Add-In interface and web-based analytical apps to support executive decisions.
  
• Orchestrate seamless data integration models between SAP IBP and backend master execution layers (SAP ECC or S/4HANA) using SAP Cloud Integration for Data Services (CI-DS).
  
• Define alerts, custom notifications, and task governance workflows inside the process management workspace to monitor ongoing business review metrics.
  

Requirements

• 4 to 8 years of core enterprise supply chain planning engineering experience, with 4+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and maintaining SAP IBP system variants.
  
• Strong technical mastery of IBP Excel UI components, planning area configuration mechanics, key figure logic calculations, and advanced supply planning heuristic algorithms.
  
• Deep structural understanding of constraint-based capacity evaluations, master data mapping conventions, product lifecycles, and cross-functional S&OP management.
  
• Mandatory certification: SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP IBP for Supply Chain.
  

• Prior configuration background working with SAP PP, MM, or advanced APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization) legacy models.
  
• Experience adjusting integration parameters for real-time external data lakes or third-party logistics tracking networks.