SAP IBP - Demand Planning Consultant

As an SAP IBP Demand Planning Consultant with 8-10 years of experience, your role will involve implementing, configuring, and optimizing SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Demand Planning solutions for clients. You will collaborate with business teams to understand demand planning processes, design future-state models, perform system configuration, integrate data from source systems, and drive successful adoption of the IBP Demand module. Key Responsibilities: - Lead or support SAP IBP Demand Planning implementations, enhancements, and rollouts. - Conduct requirement workshops with business stakeholders to capture forecasting, statistical modeling, and demand review processes. - Design process flows, planning layouts, key figures, planning levels, and forecasting models. - Configure IBP Demand Planning functionalities including statistical forecasting, forecast automation, product lifecycle management (launch/phase-out), promotion planning, and causal factors. - Collaborate with technical teams for CPIDS, SAP DI integration, and data mapping. Business Process Expertise: - Provide subject matter expertise in end-to-end demand planning processes such as baseline forecasting, consensus demand planning, collaborative demand planning, sales input, and S&OP cycle alignment. - Identify process improvement opportunities and design best-practice planning workflows. Analytics & Forecasting: - Build and optimize statistical forecast models within IBP. - Generate and analyze forecast accuracy metrics (MAPE, Bias, etc.) and recommend improvements based on forecast performance results. Stakeholder Management: - Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Finance teams to drive consensus planning. - Conduct user training, UAT sessions, and change management activities. - Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders for planning transformation. Project Execution: - Develop project documentation (BRDs, FS, test scripts, configuration documents). - Support cutover, go-live, and hypercare phases. - Adhere to project timelines, quality processes, and delivery standards. Qualifications Required: - 8-10 years of experience in Demand Planning / Supply Chain Planning with 2 years hands-on experience in SAP IBP Demand including configuration. - Strong understanding of planning areas, planning operators, key figure modeling, forecast models and algorithms, time series forecasting concepts, IBP Excel UI, Fiori, and integration (CPIDS, SAP DI, S/4HANA, ECC data structures). - Functional skills include knowledge of demand planning processes and KPIs, experience in Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Pharma, Retail, or similar industries, ability to translate business requirements into system design. - Soft skills required are strong communication and client-facing skills, analytical mindset, problem-solving ability, ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams, excellent documentation, and presentation skills. Preferred/Nice to Have: - SAP IBP certification (DP or End-to-End IBP). - Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain modules. - Understanding of broader IBP modules (S&OP, Inventory, Response & Supply). Note: The IBP Demand Planning Consultant role does not specify any poach/blacklisted companies or process constraints. As an SAP IBP Demand Planning Consultant with 8-10 years of experience, your role will involve implementing, configuring, and optimizing SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Demand Planning solutions for clients. You will collaborate with business teams to understand demand planning processes, design future-state models, perform system configuration, integrate data from source systems, and drive successful adoption of the IBP Demand module. Key Responsibilities: - Lead or support SAP IBP Demand Planning implementations, enhancements, and rollouts. - Conduct requirement workshops with business stakeholders to capture forecasting, statistical modeling, and demand review processes. - Design process flows, planning layouts, key figures, planning levels, and forecasting models. - Configure IBP Demand Planning functionalities including statistical forecasting, forecast automation, product lifecycle management (launch/phase-out), promotion planning, and causal factors. - Collaborate with technical teams for CPIDS, SAP DI integration, and data mapping. Business Process Expertise: - Provide subject matter expertise in end-to-end demand planning processes such as baseline forecasting, consensus demand planning, collaborative demand planning, sales input, and S&OP cycle alignment. - Identify process improvement opportunities and design best-practice planning workflows. Analytics & Forecasting: - Build and optimize statistical forecast models within IBP. - Generate and analyze forecast accuracy metrics (MAPE, Bias, etc.) and recommend improvements based on forecast performance results. Stakeholder Management: - Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Finance teams to driv