IBP Expert - Supply Chain Analytics

Overview

The IBP Expert - Supply Chain Analytics role supports the execution, monitoring and continuous improvement of demand and supply planning processes, systems and data for HP's Print and Personal Systems businesses, acting as a connection point between planning teams and IT.

What you'll do

• Support and manage end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning activities across Print, S&G, and Personal Systems businesses.
• Execute daily, weekly, and periodic planning processes, ensuring planning activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Analyse planning data and reports to identify demand, supply, forecast, and planning-system issues and highlight potential business impacts.
• Monitor key supply chain and planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, demand-supply alignment, and other operational planning indicators.
• Identify planning gaps and operational risks, perform initial root-cause analysis, escalate critical issues, and coordinate actions toward resolution.
• Partner closely with Business SMEs, IT, and cross-functional teams to troubleshoot planning issues and ensure demand and supply alignment.
• Communicate planning issues, business impact, corrective actions, and resolutions to relevant stakeholders and support/lead regular SME discussions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, automation, and cost reduction across demand and supply planning processes.
• Participate in cross-functional projects and planning transformation initiatives, including business requirements, testing, validation, and implementation activities.
• Support the implementation, stabilization, and continuous improvement of planning tools and systems, while maintaining process documentation, controls, and planning best practices.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, master's in supply chain, or a related discipline.
• 1–3 years of overall experience, preferably with exposure to Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Planning Operations.
• Good understanding of demand planning, supply planning, forecasting, inventory, and demand-supply balancing.
• Working knowledge of SAP IBP, SAP HANA, ARIBA, Enterprises Business Wearhouse or similar supply-chain planning systems.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to review planning data, identify exceptions, trends, gaps, and potential issues.
• Understanding of planning metrics such as forecast accuracy, demand-supply match, inventory, backlog, and service-level indicators.
• Ability to investigate day-to-day process, data, and system issues and support root-cause identification and resolution.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Basic understanding of master-data dependencies and the importance of data quality within planning processes.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with planners, Business SMEs, IT/support teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to clearly communicate planning issues, business impact, risks, corrective actions, and resolution status.
• Ability to support requirements gathering, UAT, validation, implementation, go-live, and stabilization activities.
• Working knowledge or hands-on exposure to SAP APO and/or SAP IBP modules.
• Basic understanding of end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning processes.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for analysis, reporting, and business presentations.

Nice to have

• BTech, BE, MCA, or equivalent qualification.
• Exposure to Power BI or other reporting/analytics tools.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, or related supply-chain applications.
• Knowledge of SQL, MS Access, Excel Macros/VBA, Power BI, or other data/automation technologies.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Employment type: Full time.
• No shift premium (India).
• Willingness and flexibility to work across different time zones based on business requirements.