SAP Functional IBP/Forecast and Planning Expert

Job title: SAP Functional IBP/Forecast and Planning Expert

Company: High Cliff Partners

Job description: Our Manufacturing based client is seeking an experienced SAP Functional IBP/Forecast and Planning Expert to join their project for a 6 month contract starting in May 2025 with a good chance for an extension. This role will be to help support our client’s COE/AMS operations with the ideal candidate having extensive IBP configuration, master data governance, and cross-functional experience having collaborated between planning and execution systems. This position will focus on configuring IBP and optimizing the end-to-end Forecast to Plan processes within IBP, with integration to SAP S/4HANA.Key Responsibilities:

Lead IBP System Configuration.
Configure and optimize Demand Planning, Supply Planning, S&OP, and Inventory Optimizer modules.
Design Key Figures, Time Profiles, and Planning Views to meet business requirements.
Implement Forecast Models, Outlier Correction, and Statistical Forecasting.
Manage S/4HANA Integration.
Maintain bidirectional data flows between IBP and S/4HANA.
Resolve integration issues for master/transactional data (e.g., sales history, planned orders).
Ensure data consistency across planning and execution systems.
Own Master Data Governance.
Define planning-specific master data standards (product hierarchies, attributes).
Collaborate with data teams to troubleshoot data quality issues.
Document data flow dependencies between systems.
Drive Process Improvement.
Align IBP configurations with business planning requirements.
Optimize S&OP workflows for cross-functional alignment.
Provide Tier 3 support and user training for AMS teams.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON – Montreal, QC

Job date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:05:29 GMT

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