Senior IT lead - S&OP

JOB DESCRIPTION Job title: Senior IT Lead SOP Reports To: Aerospace BU IT and Digitalization Manager Role Type: Individual Contributor Location: Bangalore Position Overview We are seeking a high-caliber Senior IT Lead for Sales Operations Planning (SOP) who combines enterprise IT architecture capability with deep functional manufacturing expertise. SOP in aerospace manufacturing is a high-stakes, data-intensive process. Without a dedicated technology leader who understands how shop-floor realities translate into data models, planning programs routinely stall, and the organization operates on disconnected spreadsheets rather than a single version of the truth. In this role, you will be the single accountable owner for our SOP technology ecosystem. Your immediate focus will be architecting and delivering internal, interim SOP data and planning solution built on modern data infrastructure. Long-term, you will lead our enterprise migration to SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Critically, you will serve as a bridge between manufacturing operations and digital systems translating complex production constraints like machine bottlenecking, multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs), and long-horizon demand patterns into a seamless digital planning backbone. This is a build-from-the-ground-up opportunity. You will shape how our business unit plans, and your work will directly influence executive decision-making at the monthly SOP cycle. Why This Role Exists Our business unit is building its SOP process from the ground up. We need a dedicated technology owner who can architect the data foundation, not bolt tools onto broken processes. The broader Data Analytics team is executing an advanced AI and analytics roadmap. Without a ring-fenced SOP technology lead, reactive planning firefighting will consume bandwidth that must be protected for strategic initiatives. Our eventual migration to SAP IBP requires that the interim solution be built with forward-compatible data schemas and master data governance this demands intentional architecture from day one. SOP success in aerospace manufacturing depends on someone who can credibly speak both the language of the shop floor (routers, work centers, cycle times) and the language of enterprise data architecture (data models, integration patterns, MDM). Key Responsibilities: 1. SOP Data Architecture Manufacturing Integration Capacity Bottleneck Modeling: Architect data flows that accurately capture shop-floor realities, including work center capacities, bottleneck operations, machine efficiencies, and demonstrated run rates vs. theoretical standards. Production Data Integration: Ensure data models deeply integrate critical manufacturing primitives: complex multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs), operational routers, step-by-step cycle times, lead times, and component availability logic. Aerospace Demand Modeling: Build and tune demand-side data feeds to handle low-volume/high-mix complexities, long-horizon backlogs (often 12 36+ months), and strict customer compliance and traceability requirements. Master Data Governance: Establish and enforce master data standards for items, work centers, BOMs, and routers to ensure data quality across the planning ecosystem. 2. Technical Strategy Solution Delivery End-to-End Ownership: Serve as the single point of accountability for SOP systems delivery ensuring data availability, reconciliation, and integration across demand, supply, finance, and operations. Interim Solution Design: Design and deploy the internal interim SOP solution using modern data architecture (e.g., Snowflake, Power BI, Streamlit, or equivalent). Ensure data schemas and governance are structurally aligned to accelerate future SAP IBP migration. SAP IBP Roadmap Ownership: Own the technical roadmap for SAP IBP adoption, including requirements definition, vendor/SI partner interaction, data migration planning, and integration architecture with the core ERP backend. System Integration: Oversee technical integration between core ERP systems (SAP S4/HANA, Infor M3, Infor XA) including master data and inventory. Disclaimer : This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.