Supply Chain Integrated Business Planning

Overview

Lead complex demand and supply planning processes, systems and data for HP's global and regional Print and Personal Systems businesses as a Planning Business System Expert and IBP Principal Consultant.

What you'll do

• Own and lead complex demand and supply planning processes for global and regional businesses, ensuring accurate and timely completion of critical planning cycles.
• Manage planning systems, processes, and data end-to-end, ensuring planning reliability, master data accuracy, and operational continuity.
• Independently diagnose and resolve complex planning, system, process, and data issues, defining the appropriate solution approach rather than relying only on predefined procedures.
• Lead root-cause analysis for critical and recurring issues, assess business impact, and develop sustainable corrective actions and mitigation plans.
• Serve as a key functional expert and focal point between Business, Planning, and IT, translating complex business requirements into effective planning and system solutions.
• Design and implement advanced planning solutions, models, and capabilities, ensuring alignment with established architecture, technical standards, business requirements, and industry best practices.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and guidance to the planning community, including advising teams on planning processes, master data, system functionality, data quality, and complex planning scenarios.
• Lead and contribute to high-priority and business-critical projects, providing innovative insights, solution recommendations, functional design, testing, implementation, go-live, and stabilization support.
• Define, monitor, and leverage demand and supply planning KPIs to identify performance gaps and drive improvements in planning effectiveness and reliability.
• Drive continuous improvement and digital transformation across planning processes by identifying opportunities for standardization, simplification, automation, and scalable solutions.
• Ensure robust solution development and testing, including functional design, validation, unit testing, and adherence to established standards and best practices.
• Act as a core functional member of strategic Demand and Supply Planning initiatives, connecting planning strategy, system capabilities, and operational execution.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Masters in Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of overall experience, with significant experience in Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Integrated Business Planning.
• Advanced demand and supply planning expertise: deep functional understanding of end-to-end demand, supply, inventory, forecasting, and integrated business planning processes.
• Advanced SAP IBP / APO expertise: strong functional and solution knowledge of SAP IBP, SAP HANA, ARIBA, Enterprise Business Warehouse, or equivalent enterprise planning platforms, including upstream/downstream planning dependencies.
• Strong hands-on functional experience with SAP APO and/or SAP IBP, including managing complex planning scenarios and system/process issues.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning, planning data, master data, planning KPIs, and upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Ability to independently diagnose complex planning, process, data, and system issues and define sustainable solutions.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable planning solutions, process designs, functional requirements, and system capabilities.
• Strong advanced root-cause analysis across processes, systems, master data, interfaces, and planning outputs.
• Experience contributing to or leading critical planning projects from requirements and solution design through testing, implementation, go-live, and stabilization.
• Ability to drive process standardization, automation, simplification, and transformation across demand and supply planning.
• Strong understanding of planning data flows, master data, system integrations, interfaces, and how upstream/downstream systems affect planning outcomes.
• Ability to act as the bridge between Business, Planning, IT, and project teams, providing clear solution direction for complex business requirements.
• Ability to look beyond immediate issues, identify future planning requirements, develop recommendations, challenge existing approaches, and support strategic planning and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong complex problem-solving and critical-thinking ability.
• Ability to independently assess a problem, define the solution approach, and drive it to closure.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across Business, IT, and project teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong consulting mindset with the ability to translate business requirements into practical and scalable solutions.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and decision-making capability.
• Ability to provide functional leadership, coaching, and guidance to other team members and planning users.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and business-critical situations.
• Ability to collaborate across functions and influence without direct authority.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience leading complex root-cause analysis and developing sustainable solutions and risk-mitigation plans.
• Flexibility to collaborate with global teams and work across different time zones based on business requirements.

Nice to have

• BTech, BE, MCA, or equivalent qualification.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, and integration with planning solutions.
• Experience with SQL, Power BI, MS Access, Excel Macros/VBA, automation, or analytical technologies.
• Experience contributing to business-critical projects, process transformation, standardization, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong innovation and continuous-improvement mindset.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Full-time employment.
• No shift premium (India).
• Flexibility to work across different time zones based on business requirements.