SAP IBP & S/4HANA Supply Chain Lead

Accenture; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 68,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior SAP IPB Consultant to lead the assessment, design, and delivery of SAP IBP and S/4HANA embedded planning migrations in the US. The role focuses on migrating clients from APO to IBP, guiding the full lifecycle from discovery to go-live in a fast-paced consulting environment.

You will manage end-to-end implementations, customer workshops, and data migration while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth transition.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of SAP Supply Chain Planning experience with hands-on expertise across one or more IBP modules.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with SAP IBP implementations or APO-to-IBP migrations in at least one module.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading fit-to-standard workshops and authoring functional design documents.
• Prior experience working for a large Consulting/Advisory firm (Big 4, global SI, or boutique SAP consulting environment).
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP IBP implementation or migration, including: IBP for Demand – statistical forecasting, ML-based forecasting, consensus planning, and segmentation, IBP for Supply – constrained supply planning, multi-echelon inventory optimization, and deployment, IBP for S&OP – integrated business planning cycles, financial integration, and scenario planning, IBP for Response & Supply – order-based planning, supply allocation, and AATP replacement, IBP Control Tower – exception management, alert monitoring, and supply chain visibility.
• Configure IBP planning areas, key figures, planning operators, and time profiles
• Design SAP Integration Suite connectivity between IBP and S/4HANA for master data, demand signals, and supply plan publication
• Advise on SAP Datasphere integration for external data ingestion and advanced analytics in the planning process
• Lead design of S/4HANA MRP Live and production planning capabilities replacing PPDS where applicable
• Configure demand-driven MRP (DDMRP) and MRP-based detailed scheduling in S/4HANA
• Define the boundary between S/4HANA embedded planning and IBP for clients adopting a hybrid planning architecture
• Lead APO and IBP workstreams through full SAP Activate lifecycle: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, Run
• Facilitate fit-to-standard and migration design workshops with Supply Chain, Demand Planning, S&OP, and Operations stakeholders
• Author and maintain key design documents: BBPs, FSDs, migration mapping specs, configuration workbooks, and test scripts
• Lead data migration activities for planning master data: locations, products, resources, PPMs/PTFs, and historical demand
• Lead SIT, UAT, and cutover planning for APO decommission and IBP go-live
• Coordinate with PP, MM, SD, and FI/CO functional teams on planning integration design and testing

Skills

SAP IBP

APO to IBP migration

S/4HANA

IBP Demand

IBP Supply

S&OP

Data migration

Workshops

BBP/FSD docs

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP Integration Suite

SAP Datasphere

SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud)

BTP

S/4HANA

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior SAP IPB Consultant to lead the assessment, design, and delivery of SAP IBP and S/4HANA embedded planning migrations in the US. The role focuses on migrating clients from APO to IBP, guiding the full lifecycle from discovery to go-live in a fast-paced consulting environment.

You will manage end-to-end implementations, customer workshops, and data migration while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth transition.