SAP Planning Functional Analyst

Position Description

The Planning Functional Analyst is responsible for analyzing, designing, and supporting end-to-end planning processes across demand, supply, production, and capacity planning. The role acts as a key liaison between business stakeholders and IT, ensuring that planning requirements are correctly translated into SAP-based solutions and that planning processes are efficient, integrated, and aligned with business objectives.

• Responsible for designing, improving and supporting critical planning functionality and processes such as demand planning and forecasting, supply planning and inventory planning, production planning and scheduling, capacity planning (rough-cut and detailed) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP / IBP)
• Lead end-to-end SAP project initiatives, including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, deployment, and hyper-care.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, and third-party vendors to align scope, manage risks, and ensure on-time delivery.
• Configure and support SAP solutions aligned with global template standards, ensuring system and process integrity.
• Manage data migration activities, including master data and open transactional data, in compliance with MDM and archival requirements.
• Develop and execute testing, training, and change management activities to ensure successful adoption and continuity of business processes.

• Expertise in design, delivery and support of more than one SAP module (FI/CO, SD, MM, PM, PP, QM, WM, GIB) and extensive knowledge of integration points across SAP modules.
• Experience in planning solutions such as SAC, IBP, APO, Kinexis, Anaplan
• Strong analytical skills, including experience with data analysis, data mapping/modeling, ETL, and synthesizing data into metrics and insights.
• Proven problem-solving and troubleshooting ability, with a strong desire to solve complex business problems through an understanding of business processes, ERP structures, and system capabilities.
• Ability to propose, evaluate, and communicate effective solutions while working independently in a dynamic, change-oriented environment.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; collaborative team player able to work effectively across multiple functions.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a continuous learning mindset and experience developing and delivering training materials.

• Ownership – is eager to take ownership of responsibilities; can and does think independently to excel in role; takes ownership of challenges.
• Results Focus – exhibits commitment to goals and consistently delivers results; demonstrates personal initiative and independent motivation to achieve goals and objectives; takes risks when necessary; undaunted by obstacles.
• Communication – relates well to people; builds rapport along all dimensions of organization; resolves conflicts; provides clear directions and information.
• Customer Focus – understands and meets needs of customers and business partners; builds positive customer relationships.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills – breaks down problems and generates a range of solutions; thinks outside the box and uses ideas of others to help develop solutions; acts and evaluates results of actions.

• Bachelor's in Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Five (5) plus years of experience integrating SAP systems.
• Three (3) plus years of experience in the manufacturing industry.
• Experience with S4 and/or professional certification.
• Experience participating in change management for an organization preferred.
• Exposure to the business functions of a manufacturing enterprise from a supply chain perspective preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office and Project.
• Experience designing test scripts within automated testing tools (SAP Quality Center) preferred.
• Experience as a power user of SAP’s BDC tools such as Datasphere, SAC, BW or similar.

• Physical Demands– Continuously sitting for prolonged periods, as the job is administrative in nature.
• Visual/Sensory – This position requires attention to detail,…