Lead SAP IBP Consultant

*** Willing to pay for relocation upon an offer ***

*** On-site 4 days a week ***

The SAP IBP Lead – Supply Chain Planning is a hands-on leadership role within a newly established SAP Center of Excellence (COE). This position provides functional and solution design leadership for a new SAP S/4

HANA implementation, with a primary focus on SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) in a high-volume, complex supply chain environment

This role partners closely with Supply Chain, Planning, and Operations teams, as well as AMS and cross-functional SAP leads, to ensure scalable, standards-based SAP solutions that align with business objectives and SAP best practice

• Lead functional design and solution architecture for SAP IBP within an S/4
  
  HANA landscape
• Gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into SAP functional and technical solutions
• Design and implement end-to-end supply chain planning solutions including:
• Demand forecasting
• Supply and inventory planning
• S&OP alignment
• Control tower and performance monitoring
• Partner with business, technical, and AMS teams to proactively resolve defects and drive continuous improvement
• Provide functional leadership across integrated SAP modules including MM, SD, PTP, OTC, VMS, Variant Configuration, and Plant Maintenance
• Support WRICEF functional design, documentation, testing, and delivery
• Guide enhancements and configuration changes, promoting SAP standard functionality wherever possible
• Support change management and adoption of SAP IBP solutions across the organization
• Collaborate with Architecture, Development, BASIS, and Security teams to deliver high-quality, compliant solutions
• Apply SAP OSS Notes, support upgrades, and stay current on SAP releases

• Deep functional expertise in SAP IBP and Supply Chain Planning
• Strong experience with IBP–S/4
  
  HANA integration
  , including CI‑DS
• Proven experience designing planning areas, key figures, time profiles, and master data models
• Strong understanding of demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP processes
• Experience preparing functional and process design documentation
• Knowledge of IDoc configuration and processing
• Hands-on experience supporting SAP implementations and post–go-live environments

• 10+ years of overall SAP experience, including complex implementations
• 8+ years of SAP IBP configuration experience, covering demand, supply, inventory, and S&OP
• Prior experience with SAP S/4
  
  HANA implementations strongly preferred
• Exposure to additional SAP modules such as EWM, MM, FI/CO, VMS, OTC, or PTP is a plus