Senior Associate_Integrated Planning

PwC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Associate – Integrated Planning to join the OSCS practice. You will lead and support advanced planning system implementations (o9, Kinaxis, SAP IBP) enabling agility, visibility, and performance across client supply chains.

The role emphasizes designing, configuring, and testing planning solutions, collaborating with client stakeholders and system integrators, and contributing to accelerators and thought leadership in digital planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in SCM/Operations/Engineering/CS; MBA a plus.
• 4+ years in supply chain planning; English proficiency required; APS platform exposure (o9/Kinaxis/Blue Yonder/SAP IBP).

Responsibilities

• Support APS implementation projects across Demand, Supply, Inventory, and IBP modules.
• Translate business requirements into system configurations and designs.
• Configure APS planning screens and master data.
• Map data between ERP/legacy systems and APS data models.
• Develop and maintain data mappings and integration test cases.
• Help validate master data (items, locations, BOMs, calendars).
• Support testing cycles (unit/integration/UAT) and document results.
• Troubleshoot data/functional issues with tech teams.
• Create deliverables: process maps, FDDs, configuration guides, data mappings.

Skills

End-to-end planning

APS configuration

Business requirements to design

Communication (client facing)

Data cleaning & validation

Education

Bachelor’s in SCM/Operations/IE/CS

MBA or related master’s (advantage)

Tools

o9

Kinaxis

Blue Yonder

SAP IBP

Job description

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

Organization Summary

A career within the Operations and Supply Chain Solutions (OSCS) team will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients optimize all elements of their operations to move beyond the role of a cost-effective business enabler and become a source of competitive advantages. We focus on product innovation and development, supply chain, procurement and sourcing, manufacturing operations to drive both growth and profitability.

In our OSCS team, you’ll work with our clients to transform their enterprise processes by leveraging technology solutions to enhance their core business processes and reporting competencies, ultimately strengthening their ability to support management decision‑making and corporate strategy.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each of us at PwC needs to be purpose‑led and value‑driven leaders at every level. To help us achieve this, we have the PwC Professional, our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies, and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and forward‑thinking Senior Associate – Integrated Planning to join our Operations and Supply Chain Solutions practice.

The ideal candidate will bring prior experience in implementing advanced planning systems (o9, Kinaxis, or SAP IBP) with strong technical expertise. You will play a key role in helping clients design, configure, and implement planning solutions that drive agility, visibility, and performance across their supply chains.

This role offers the opportunity to work on digital planning transformation programs for leading organizations across industries, collaborating closely with client stakeholders, system integrators, and internal consulting teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support advanced planning systems implementation projects across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) modules.

• Contribute to the design of future‑state planning processes and translate business requirements into system configurations or functional designs.

• Configure or support configuration of different screens / functionalities in planning applications (e.g., o9, Kinaxis), including master data setup, planning logic, and scenario modeling.

• Support development of data mapping documents, linking source (ERP/legacy systems) fields to APS data models (e.g., o9, Kinaxis).

• Assist in building and maintaining integration test cases to validate data flows between ERP, data lake, and APS systems.

• Validate master data accuracy (items, locations, BOMs, resources, lead times, calendars) and ensure readiness for planning model configuration.

• Support testing cycles (unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing) and document functional scenarios and results.

• Troubleshoot functional or data‑related issues and collaborate with technical teams to drive resolution.

• Prepare deliverables such as process maps, functional design documents, and configuration guides, and data mapping and transformation documents

• Contribute to internal initiatives, such as developing accelerators, reusable assets, or thought leadership on digital planning and analytics.

Education

• Minimum: Bachelor’s in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. Nice to have: MBA or master’s degree in a relevant field.

• Certifications in Supply ChainSupply Chain (where applicable) are an advantage.

Required Skills

• Understanding of end-to‑end supply chain planning, including demand, supply, and inventory processes.

• Hands‑on experience or strong exposure with configuration of at least one APS platform (e.g., o9, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, SAP IBP).

• Ability to translate business requirements into system designs or configurations.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working in cross‑functional, client‑facing teams.

• Ability to work with large, complex, and unstructured datasets, performing cleaning, transformation, and validation.

Optional Skills

Experience supporting end-to‑end APS implementations including requirement gathering, configuration, testing, and go‑live support.

What You Must Have

• Minimum: Bachelor’s in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. Nice to have: MBA or master’s degree in a relevant field.

• Certifications in Supply ChainSupply Chain (where applicable) are an advantage.

• At least 4 years of experience

• Oral and written proficiency in English required

• Understanding of end-to‑end supply chain planning, including demand, supply, and inventory processes.

• Hands‑on experience or strong exposure with configuration of at least one APS platform (e.g., o9, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, SAP IBP).

• Ability to translate business requirements into system designs or configurations.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working in cross‑functional, client‑facing teams.

• Ability to work with large, complex, and unstructured datasets, performing cleaning, transformation, and validation.

Travel Requirements

Not Specified