IBP Expert - Supply Chain Analytics

IBP Expert - Supply Chain Analytics

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Job Description for Planning Business System Expert and IBP Principal Consultant

Business Environment

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company and ranked 10 on the Fortune 500 list for 2012, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients.

About the Engagement

The Print Planning Excellence (PPE) team is responsible for managing and advancing production planning systems, data, and processes supporting global and regional Print and Personal Systems businesses within HP. The team focuses on delivering robust, scalable, and reliable planning capabilities that enable effective demand and supply planning across the organization.

The Planning Business System Expert and IBP Principal Consultant would provide deep functional and solution expertise across demand and supply planning processes. The role would independently lead the resolution of complex and business-critical planning issues, perform advanced root-cause analysis, define solution approaches, and develop sustainable solutions rather than relying only on predefined procedures.

The expert would work closely with business, IT, project teams, and planning stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into effective planning solutions. The role would lead or contribute to solution design, development, testing, implementation, and stabilization of critical planning projects and system capabilities, while ensuring alignment with established architecture, technical standards, and industry best practices.

The role would also drive planning process improvements, identify opportunities for automation and standardization, strengthen planning KPIs and controls, and provide subject-matter expertise for strategic and digital transformation initiatives.

The objective of the role is to solve complex planning challenges, design scalable solutions, drive critical implementations, and continuously enhance the organization's end-to-end planning capabilities.

Planning Business System Expert and IBP Principal Consultant
Diagnose → Design → Solve → Implement → Transform

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Own and lead complex demand and supply planning processes for global and regional businesses, ensuring accurate and timely completion of critical planning cycles.
• Manage planning systems, processes, and data end-to-end, ensuring planning reliability, master data accuracy, and operational continuity.
• Independently diagnose and resolve complex planning, system, process, and data issues, defining the appropriate solution approach rather than relying only on predefined procedures.
• Lead root-cause analysis for critical and recurring issues, assess business impact, and develop sustainable corrective actions and mitigation plans.
• Serve as a key functional expert and focal point between Business, Planning, and IT, translating complex business requirements into effective planning and system solutions.
• Design and implement advanced planning solutions, models, and capabilities, ensuring alignment with established architecture, technical standards, business requirements, and industry best practices.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and guidance to the planning community, including advising teams on planning processes, master data, system functionality, data quality, and complex planning scenarios.
• Lead and contribute to high-priority and business-critical projects, providing innovative insights, solution recommendations, functional design, testing, implementation, go-live, and stabilization support.
• Define, monitor, and leverage demand and supply planning KPIs to identify performance gaps and drive improvements in planning effectiveness and reliability.
• Drive continuous improvement and digital transformation across planning processes by identifying opportunities for standardization, simplification, automation, and scalable solutions.
• Ensure robust solution development and testing, including functional design, validation, unit testing, and adherence to established standards and best practices.
• Act as a core functional member of strategic Demand and Supply Planning initiatives, connecting planning strategy, system capabilities, and operational execution.

Skills Required

Advanced Demand & Supply Planning Expertise
Deep functional understanding of end-to-end demand, supply, inventory, forecasting, and integrated business planning processes.

Advanced SAP IBP / APO Expertise
Strong functional and solution knowledge of SAP IBP, SAP IBP, SAP HANA, ARIBA, Enterprises Business Wearhouse, or equivalent enterprise planning platforms, including upstream/downstream planning dependencies.

Complex Problem Solving
Ability to independently diagnose complex planning, process, data, and system issues and define sustainable solutions.

Solution Design & Architecture
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable planning solutions, process designs, functional requirements, and system capabilities.

Advanced Root-Cause Analysis
Strong ability to perform deep-dive analysis across processes, systems, master data, interfaces, and planning outputs to identify underlying causes of critical issues.

Project Design & Implementation
Experience contributing to or leading critical planning projects from requirements and solution design through testing, implementation, go-live, and stabilization.

Planning Transformation & Continuous Improvement
Ability to drive process standardization, automation, simplification, and transformation across demand and supply planning.

Data, Integration & Technical Understanding
Strong understanding of planning data flows, master data, system integrations, interfaces, and how upstream/downstream systems affect planning outcomes.

Business & IT Leadership
Ability to act as the bridge between Business, Planning, IT, and project teams, providing clear solution direction for complex business requirements.

Strategic & Consulting Skills
Ability to look beyond immediate issues, identify future planning requirements, develop recommendations, challenge existing approaches, and support strategic planning and digital transformation initiatives.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Masters in Supply Chain, or a related discipline. BTech, BE, MCA, or equivalent qualification preferred.
• 5–8 years of overall experience, with significant experience in Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Integrated Business Planning.
• Strong hands-on functional experience with SAP APO and/or SAP IBP, including managing complex planning scenarios and system/process issues.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning, planning data, master data, planning KPIs, and upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Experience in solution design, functional requirements, testing, implementation, go-live, and stabilization of planning solutions.
• Experience leading complex root-cause analysis and developing sustainable solutions and risk-mitigation plans.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, and integration with planning solutions is an added advantage.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with SQL, Power BI, MS Access, Excel Macros/VBA, automation, or analytical technologies is an added advantage.
• Experience contributing to business-critical projects, process transformation, standardization, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Flexibility to collaborate with global teams and work across different time zones based on business requirements.

Soft Skills

• Strong complex problem-solving and critical-thinking ability.
• Ability to independently assess a problem, define the solution approach, and drive it to closure.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across Business, IT, and project teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong consulting mindset with the ability to translate business requirements into practical and scalable solutions.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and decision-making capability.
• Ability to provide functional leadership, coaching, and guidance to other team members and planning users.
• Strong innovation and continuous-improvement mindset.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and business-critical situations.
• Strong ability to collaborate across functions and influence without direct authority.

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Supply Chain & Operations

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Full time

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No shift premium (India)

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