The APO SNP consultant role is for enabling implementation or Application Support of process and technology solutions related to diagnosis, analysis and transformation of Supply Planning functions in a project.
Responsibilities
- Designing, configuration, testing, training and documentation in SAP APO SNP projects in customer organizations.
- A team player willing to learn and contribute within the organization on APO SNP.
- Help with building assets and accelerators within SAP APO SNP and reduce the overall cost to serve.
Qualifications and Experience
- At least 2 years of experience in SAP APO SNP module.
- Experience in at least 2 APO SNP projects (i.e., can include Support or rollouts).
- Exposure to ECC would be an advantage.
Process Knowledge
- Understanding of basic supply chain planning processes.
- Understanding of overall supply planning process.
Technical Expertise
- Good level of expertise in APO SNP.
- Ability to design and primarily configure APO SNP solution while understanding integration aspects between different modules within APO as well as of APO with ERP or BW systems.
- Ability to work on configuration scenarios along with writing functional specifications for customizations.
- Ability to prepare training material to train the client core team.
- Experience in writing test scripts for enabling unit tests, integration tests and UAT.
- Ability to do basic configuration (i.e., create key figures, planning books, data views, macros, etc.).
- Good understanding of ECC master data from planning standpoint.
- Basic understanding of ECC master data specifically around production planning (PP).
Hands On Experience in Configuring
- Heuristics – knowledge in location and network heuristics.
- Detailed configuration level knowledge in setting up heuristics and related master data.
- Ability to model frozen zones along with lead times.
- SNP Optimizer and/or CTM Optimizer knowledge in cost modelling.
- Detailed configuration level knowledge in setting up optimizer profiles along with related master data.
- Understanding of discrete and linear optimization.
- Expertise in analysing optimizer results.
- CTM – expertise in setting up CTM profiles with different settings.
- Knowledge of Domino and airline strategies.
- Ability to analyze customer requirements and then suggest either SNP Optimizer or CTM for constrained planning.
- Deployment and TLB configuration with fair share rules forecast consumption.
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication skills, verbal as well as written.
- Positive attitude with flexibility and maturity to work in a challenging client environment.
- Good team player.