Edge - Senior SAP APO​/IBP Consultant

We Are:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.

We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.

We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.

There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to create a rewarding career at Accenture Technology. Working in a digitally driven, innovation-led environment where you can help clients shift to the New using leading-edge technologies on some of the coolest projects you can imagine.

Responsibilities:

• Lead current-state assessment of client APO landscapes across active modules: DP, SNP, PPDS, GATP/AATP, CTM, and TLB
• Develop APO-to-IBP/S/4
  
  HANA module mapping and migration roadmap, including sequencing dependencies and transition risks
• Advise clients on SAP's APO end-of-support timeline and the urgency and sequencing implications for their planning transformation
• Identify custom enhancements, user exits, and BAdIs in the APO landscape that require remediation or functional equivalents in IBP
• Support business case development for APO migration, including total cost of ownership and planning capability improvement scenarios

• Lead design and configuration across core APO modules:
  Demand Planning (DP) – statistical forecasting, consensus demand planning, lifecycle planning, promotion planning, and CIF master data integration, Supply Network Planning (SNP) – heuristics, optimizer, capable-to-match (CTM), deployment, and transport load builder (TLB), Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) – production planning runs, detailed scheduling, sequencing, pegging, and capacity leveling, Global Available-to-Promise (GATP/AATP) – product availability check, rules-based ATP, backorder processing, and allocation management, Core Interface (CIF) – master data and transaction data integration between ECC/S/4
  
  HANA and APO live Cache
• Troubleshoot live Cache issues, CIF queues, and planning run failures in existing APO environments

• Lead end-to-end SAP IBP implementation or migration, including: IBP for Demand – statistical forecasting, ML-based forecasting, consensus planning, and segmentation, IBP for Supply – constrained supply planning, multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO), and deployment, IBP for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) – integrated business planning cycles, financial integration, and scenario planning, IBP for Response & Supply – order-based planning, supply allocation, and AATP replacement, IBP Control Tower – exception management, alert monitoring, and supply chain visibility
• Configure IBP planning areas, key figures, planning operators, and time profiles
• Design SAP Integration Suite connectivity between IBP and S/4
  
  HANA for master data, demand signals, and supply plan publication
• Advise on SAP Datasphere integration for external data ingestion and advanced analytics in the planning process