Demand jobs in Canada

Employment Type: Contract Job Number: 11992 Workplace Type: Hybrid

Our client is urgently looking for a Functional Expert-Forecast to Planning (Configuration) to support their operation.

• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 6 months (renewable)
• Location: GMA or GTA
• Work model: Hybrid

• Work with FTP team in end-to-end process in IBP for Demand, Supply, S&OP and Inventory Optimizer.
• Ability to independently configure in IBP: complex Key Figures calculations, Application Jobs, Time Profile/Levels, S&OP profile, Outlier Correction, Forecast Models, Time-Series Analysis, Planning Views, Rule Based Master Data Maintenance, Custom Tables & Attributes, Optimizer Cost Model.
• Understand how MD affects IBP and support data team with explanations on data issues.
• Support integration team, having high level understanding on how IBP integrates with S4 and 3rd party applications, CI-DS, S4 tables and IBP Monitoring Process.
• Debug IBP problems, knowing how to find errors, logs, investigate & troubleshoot issues together with AMS and other SAP streams.
• Lead technical configuration efforts for IBP under your responsibility; partner with other SAP streams, AMS and functional teams to recommend preferred solutions.
• Manage IBP incidents and change requests, respecting SLAs and properly communicating with stakeholders the status, action plan, next steps and cross-functional topics.
• Discuss decisions guided by policies, procedures, and business plan; receives guidance from SAP CoE Manager.
• Maintain compliance with established SAP IBP processes, standards and best practices.
• Be the IT SME with internal teams like development (SAP and Non-SAP), infrastructure, PMO, business and testing.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or relevant areas from an accredited university or equivalent.
• 10+ years of recent SAP functional professional experience, including 5 Years of IBP experience and one or more full life cycle of an IBP implementation.
• Demonstrated experience in end-to-end process and configuration in IBP for Demand, Supply, S&OP and Inventory Optimizer.
• Certifications on IBP.
• Well organized and capable of managing numerous priorities in parallel.
• Strong management, communication, planning, and administrative skills; must be a strong team player and self-starter who can deliver consistently at a high quality.
• Experience in the manufacturing domain is highly desirable.
• Experience in technical project management.