Description
Location: Warsaw or Poznan, Poland
Language: English & Polish is an advantage
Start Date: As early as possible
Duration of Contract: 6 months
SAP APO Lead consultant (Business Systems Analyst)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for: Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) in SAP APO, strong understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in SAP ERP and BW Reporting a plus.
Must provide timely business-critical supply chain applications break-fix and support, system and process enhancement, while following established change-control processes across multiple Logistics organizations, sites and companies
Must have experience communicating end user process/procedures to business stake holders and super users.
Defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements. Assist in providing estimates of task effort and resource skills needed.
Responsible for timely resolution of the support issues for the supply chain organization
Participating in meetings between IT and the Logistics organizations to ensure IT and operational project alignment, prioritization, timely communication, developing and help manage a one-year rolling project plan and reporting on support/project status.
Accountable for project coordination, execution and delivery, and all production support related to the APO module
Primary SAP liaison to the Supply chain group that does the planning and scheduling for all internal and 3rd party procured products for multiple sites and companies
Performs CIF errors daily analysis (jobs, workflows, systems checks). Assist monthly planning life cycle in DP and SNP modules.
Interface with SAP developers to create program documents and ensure integrity of design and performance.
Essential Skills and Requirements:
5+ years of strong functional skills in SAP APO and its interface with PP & Demand Planning. Supply Network Planning (SNP).
Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PPDS).
Work with the business users to define the inventory planning strategies and configuration parameters that will drive stock keeping levels.
Assist in developing statistical forecast models.
Assist in developing reports related to forecast and inventory measurements.
Strong Communication and Presentation skills. Be able to explain and present to senior management within the Supply Chain organization the capabilities of the APO module to enhance or streamline the current business processes.
Have business and configuration knowledge in the area of SAP APO and understand tight integration APO has with the core ECC module Proficiency using SAP Solution Manager toolset for managing changes and transports in ECC. Skilled in writing functional/technical specifications in a GXP regulated environment.
The knowledge and experience in: BW, ABAP, SAP querries, IDOCs,
APICS certificate is nice to have