Remote SAP IBP Demand Planning Lead

Baer Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Baer Group seeks an experienced SAP IBP Demand Planning Consultant for a six-month remote project, with travel to client sites including Atlanta, GA. You will design, configure, and implement SAP IBP for Demand, focusing on statistical forecasting and end-to-end demand planning.

The role requires 5+ years in SAP demand planning, strong forecasting skills, and hands-on experience with IBP planning levels, key figures, forecast models, and the IBP Excel add-in.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SAP demand planning experience, including SAP IBP for Demand and/or SAP APO DP.
• Experience with at least two full-lifecycle SAP IBP for Demand implementations.
• Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting, including seasonality, model selection, outlier treatment, MAPE, WMAPE, and bias.

Responsibilities

• Configure SAP IBP for Demand, including planning levels, key figures, forecast models, and statistical forecasting.
• Design and optimize forecasting methods, including model selection, seasonality, outlier detection, and forecast accuracy measurement.
• Configure end-to-end demand planning processes, including baseline forecasts, planner overrides, promotions, events, consensus demand, and forecast release to supply.
• Design demand planning hierarchies and aggregation across products, customers, locations, and time.
• Configure forecast accuracy and bias measurements, including MAPE, WMAPE, and related KPIs.
• Support new product introductions and phase-in/phase-out planning.

Skills

SAP IBP for Demand

Forecasting

SAP APO DP

Client communication

Tools

IBP Excel add-in

Fiori planning apps

Job description

Baer Group seeks an experienced SAP IBP Demand Planning Consultant for a six-month remote project, with travel to client sites including Atlanta, GA. You will design, configure, and implement SAP IBP for Demand, focusing on statistical forecasting and end-to-end demand planning.

The role requires 5+ years in SAP demand planning, strong forecasting skills, and hands-on experience with IBP planning levels, key figures, forecast models, and the IBP Excel add-in.