Planning Process System Consultant

Overview

Support end-to-end demand and supply planning execution, monitor planning data and processes, and act as the link between the planning community and IT for issue resolution and planning system enhancements.

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.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for analysis, reporting, and business presentations.
• Basic understanding of end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning processes.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly when working with planning and master data.
• Ability to learn new processes, systems, and technologies quickly.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Business, IT, and cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• BTech, BE, MCA, or equivalent qualification.
• Working knowledge or hands-on exposure to SAP APO and/or SAP IBP modules.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, or related supply-chain applications.
• Exposure to Power BI or other reporting/analytics tools.
• Knowledge of SQL, MS Access, Excel Macros/VBA, Power BI, or other data/automation technologies.
• Willingness and flexibility to work across different time zones based on business requirements.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Employment type: Full time.
• No shift premium (India).