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We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP APO Consultant to join our IT Operations team in Bengaluru. This role requires 10+ years of SAP APO expertise and strong supply chain planning knowledge, particularly within regulated industries. Responsibilities include supporting daily operations, leading projects, and driving continuous improvements in SAP APO and related planning processes.

Responsibilities

  • Act as senior functional expert for SAP APO and related supply chain planning processes.
  • Support day-to-day operations, incident resolution, problem management, and root cause analysis.
  • Ensure system stability, planning performance, and alignment with business requirements.
  • Maintain and optimize planning master data, planning books, macros, heuristics, and integration processes.
  • Provide expert guidance on APO best practices and process improvements.
  • Lead or contribute to SAP APO implementation and enhancement projects.
  • Gather, analyze, and challenge business requirements and translate them into robust functional solutions.
  • Drive solution design, testing, deployment, and hypercare activities.
  • Collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, developers, SAP teams, and external partners.
  • Support planning process improvement and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Analyze, estimate, design, and implement change requests.
  • Identify opportunities to improve forecast accuracy, planning efficiency, inventory performance, and process automation.
  • Ensure high-quality delivery through appropriate testing, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
  • Drive standardization and simplification of planning processes where possible.
  • Support and optimize planning processes across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning, and Available-to-Promise functions.
  • Ensure effective integration between APO and SAP ECC.
  • Support business users in leveraging planning tools to improve decision-making and operational performance.
  • Participate in roadmap discussions and future planning system initiatives.
  • Work closely with Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Customer Service, and Commercial teams.
  • Collaborate with SAP PP, MM, WM/EWM, SD, and FI/CO teams to support end-to-end business processes.
  • Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor within the planning domain.
  • Ensure solutions comply with internal governance standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Support validation and documentation activities where required.
  • Maintain high standards for audit readiness, process documentation, and solution quality.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 10 years of hands-on SAP APO consulting experience.
  • Proven experience delivering SAP projects and managing change requests in complex global environments.
  • Strong SAP configuration and troubleshooting capabilities.
  • Experience partnering with business stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Fluent English.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, or other GxP-regulated industries.
  • Experience with SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA planning capabilities, or supply chain transformation initiatives.
  • Knowledge of SAP PP, MM, EWM, TM, or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
  • Experience working within global organizations and distributed support models.
  • Familiarity with validation and compliance processes in regulated environments.

Benefits

  • You'll supercharge your potential.
  • You'll find your career.
  • And you'll find your spark.
  • All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.
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Company

HCLTech

Job Posted

4 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bengaluru, India

Qualification

Bachelor

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