SAP HANA SCM IBP - Western Canada CIC

Job description

Introduction
As an Application Package Specialist, you'll help clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You'll gain in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client expected business results and become the expert you want to be.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM Consulting helps our clients fundamentally redesign experiences to create new sources of value, digitally reinvent their operations for greater efficiency and transform their entire enterprises through cognitive. We invite you to consider joining IBM's global reach, outcome-focused methodologies, domain skills and deep industry expertise that are helping transform the way we live and work.

IBM's state-of-the-art Client Innovation Centre (CIC) is the first of its kind in Canada. The Western Canada CIC weaves together IBM’s business insights and industry-leading software portfolio and is ideally suited for any client that needs flexible access to emerging or niche skills that may not be cost effective to grow internally.

In addition, our focus on our team is unparalleled as demonstrated by the following:
·  The CIC is one of IBM’s highest performing delivery centres worldwide –for retention, client satisfaction and utilization. Our employees are empowered to stay and grow within IBM.
·  We are very focused on continuous skill development –staff training is one of the largest Centre investments. Employees are immersed in a culture of learning and constant growth.
·  Investment in key partnership with universities, government and private sector groups which has resulted in IBM having a key influencing role to invigorate Calgary’s technology sector
We're looking for a SAP-Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Functional Consultant who will be responsible for supporting and fine tuning the current IBP design (Demand, S&OP, Integration with other systems). The role will involve support, analysis, design, configuration, and application scenario testing/implementation in various functional areas.

Key Tasks and Activities:
·  Support the current IBP design by providing resolutions to tickets raised by users. It is a customized environment with focus around Demand, S&OP and integration with other systems
·  Maintenance of business-critical application jobs and scheduling, including key support for the execution of supply heuristics and outbound interfacing
·  Implement changes to the design as needed, by working with various stakeholders including the Business, IT, ABAP and integration (CI-DS) team etc.
·  Identify potential opportunities for process improvements and implement solutions utilizing IBP features, development of POCs.
·  Compile functional specifications and other documentations.
·  Support SAP-IBP upgrade cycles. Must be located in Calgary or willing to relocate to Calgary.
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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Minimum 2 years of IBP experience, with focus on Demand/S&OP and custom designs.
·  Strong knowledge of supply and demand planning processes, APO experience in Demand/SNP is an added advantage
·  Strong skills in understanding & setting up key figures, calculation logics, desegregations etc, forecasting models and preprocessing steps, working knowledge of versions/scenarios, process flows & tasks.
·  Ability to configure IBP supply chain networking

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

·  CI-DS and good understanding of integrating/interfacing IBP with other tools (SAP/non-SAP)
·  Experience with Oil & Gas industry