Lead Supply Chain Consultant (MRP Domain)

Thakral One; Eastern Manila District; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Thakral One is seeking a Lead Supply Chain Consultant (MRP Domain) to drive the business and operating model aspects of an SAP S/4HANA MRP implementation. You will align people, processes, and tools across demand, inventory, procurement, and supply chain planning.

The role involves diagnosing current policies, conducting leadership workshops with senior stakeholders, and designing a future-state operating model.

Qualifications

• Strong consulting background in supply chain planning, MRP, or operating model review.
• Experience across materials planning, demand planning, procurement flow, inventory policy, or supply chain planning.
• Experience running complex leadership workshops and aligning senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and align people and process for SAP S/4HANA MRP implementation.
• Analyze inventory, demand, and planning governance to design future-state operating model.
• Define core planning parameters (ROP/ROQ, Min-Max, STO) and pilot rollout readiness.
• Develop reports for decision-making and KPI monitoring of inventory and supply chain agility.

Skills

MRP domain

Supply chain planning

Leadership workshops

Data-driven analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Lead Supply Chain Consultant (MRP Domain)

As aLead Supply Chain Consultant / MRP Domain BA, you will lead the business and operating model side of an SAP S/4HANA Material Requirements Planning implementation, helping align people, process, and tools across demand, inventory, procurement, and supply chain planning.

What You’ll Do and How You’ll Succeed

Phase 1: Diagnose & Align (People & Process)

• Review current materials management policies and strategy to assess whether clear planning guidelines exist and where they need to be tightened or updated.
• Analyse operational data on inventory, supply replenishment, and material consumption patterns, with attention to treatment chemicals, network materials, spare materials, and project requirements.
• Assess planning processes, how consistently they are followed, and how key decision-makers are involved in governance and supply chain planning.
• Facilitate discovery discussions and leadership workshops to align stakeholders on the business case, planning pain points, and future-state direction.

Phase 2: Gap Analysis & Operating Model Design (Process & Tools)

• Use data-backed findings to identify performance gaps, process leaks, and operational opportunities.
• Design the future-state operating model for materials planning, procurement interaction, stock transfer processes, and supply chain planning governance.
• Support the segmentation of materials by criticality and help align planning parameters based on operational requirements.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional inputs that can be validated against SAP S/4HANA capabilities.

Phase 3: Optimization & Enablement (Tools & Implementation)

• Support advanced data modelling for optimal purchasing strategies, inventory planning, and cash flow optimisation.
• Contribute to MRP optimisation by defining core planning parameters such as ROP/ROQ, Min-Max, STO frameworks, and planning time fences.
• Support a controlled pilot before full rollout by helping validate process readiness, planning governance, and business adoption.
• Help define reports for decision-making and performance monitoring, including inventory KPI performance scoring and supply chain agility indicators.

We’d Love to Hear From You If…

Experience

• You have a strong consulting background in supply chain planning, materials management, MRP, or operating model review.
• You have experience working across materials planning, demand planning, procurement flow, inventory policy, supply replenishment, or supply chain planning.
• Water utility, infrastructure-heavy, or asset-heavy operations experience is preferred.
• You have experience running complex leadership workshops and aligning senior stakeholders around a business case.

Technical Expertise

• You understand MRP concepts, materials segmentation, planning parameters, stock transfer processes, and master data validation.
• You are familiar with SAP-enabled planning environments and can work with SAP functional specialists to validate process recommendations.
• You understand how demand streams, BOM, forecasted inventory, and supply chain planning connect in an operating model.

Ways of Working

• You are business-first, structured, and able to translate operational realities into practical planning recommendations.
• You can challenge gaps constructively while helping stakeholders align on what needs to change.
• You communicate clearly with business, functional, and technical teams.