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In short
We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP APO Consultant with over 10 years of experience to join our IT Operations team in Bengaluru, India. This role focuses on supporting and enhancing SAP APO planning processes, participating in strategic projects, and driving continuous improvements within regulated industries. The ideal candidate will possess deep SAP APO expertise and strong supply chain planning knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Act as senior functional expert for SAP APO and related supply chain planning processes.
- Support day-to-day operations, incident resolution, and problem management.
- Maintain and optimize planning master data, planning books, macros, heuristics, and integration processes.
- Lead or contribute to SAP APO implementation and enhancement projects.
- Gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into functional solutions.
- Drive solution design, testing, deployment, and hypercare activities.
- Analyze, estimate, design, and implement change requests.
- Identify opportunities to improve forecast accuracy, planning efficiency, and process automation.
- 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.
- Work closely with Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Customer Service, and Commercial teams.
- Collaborate with SAP PP, MM, EWM, SD, and FI/CO teams.
- Ensure solutions comply with internal governance standards and regulatory requirements.
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.
- Strong expertise in SAP APO.
- 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.
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Company
HCLTech
Job Posted
3 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Bengaluru, India
Qualification
Bachelor
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