- Location
- Telangana (Sandoz), India
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Job Description Summary
As part of STEP - Global Digital Transformation Program, we are seeking an experienced SAP IBP Consultant with a strong background in Demand Planning As part of STEP - Global Digital Transformation Program, we are seeking an experienced SAP IBP Senior Consultant with a strong background in Demand Planning (DP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), and Supply Planning. The candidate should have hands-on experience in end-to-end implementations, business process design, and solution delivery in SAP IBP. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills required.Job Description
Senior Solution Analyst, Technology SC (SAP IBP)
Join us in building the future of Sandoz.
Through STEP (Sandoz Transformation Enterprise Program), we are creating a unified, integrated digital core and simplifying our end-to-end ways of working. From SAP S/4HANA to Veeva, Workday, LabVantage, and beyond, you’ll help design and deliver future-ready systems that drive global impact — enabling us to deliver affordable medicines to more patients worldwide.
Summary
As part of STEP - Global Digital Transformation Program, we are seeking an experienced SAP IBP Consultant with a strong background in Demand Planning (DP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), and Supply Planning. The candidate should have hands-on experience in end-to-end implementations, business process design, and solution delivery in SAP IBP.
Major Accountabilities
Implementation & Solution Design
Lead the delivery of SAP IBP solutions across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, S&OP, and Order-Based Planning.
Manage end-to-end project execution, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, quality standards, and business objectives.
Collaborate with Business Process Owners, Supply Chain stakeholders, and leadership teams to develop scalable SAP IBP solutions.
Ensure solution designs adhere to global templates, governance standards, and industry best practices.
Work closely with SAP S/4HANA, BW, Master Data, Integration, and Analytics teams to enable seamless planning processes.
Review and approve functional designs, configurations, testing, and deployment deliverables to ensure solution quality and readiness.
Provide governance across SIT, UAT, regression testing, and deployment activities, ensuring timely resolution of risks and defects.
Maintain comprehensive project and solution documentation, including requirements, designs, testing artifacts, and operational procedures.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Make sure IBP implemented within planned Time, Budget and Scope ad with expected Quality.
Make sure Solution fit for a company strategy and aligned with business priorities.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Engineer, Business Administration, or related field; (Master’s degree is preferred)
Certification in project management methods (Agile, ITIL, Prince 2, PMI) is a plus.
Experience with Agile/DevOps methodologies; Certification is a plus
Languages
Fluent English required (oral and written)
Experience and Skills
12+ years of experience in Supply Chain Planning, including 8+ years in SAP IBP.
Proven track record of leading end-to-end SAP IBP implementations and global rollouts.
Strong expertise across SAP IBP Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, S&OP, and Order-Based Planning.
Deep understanding of Supply Chain Planning processes, best practices, and SAP IBP solution design.
Hands-on experience with SAP IBP configuration, forecasting models, heuristics, planning operators, and customizations.
Experience integrating SAP IBP with S/4HANA, ECC, BW/BW4HANA, and other enterprise applications.
Experience managing large-scale global programs, vendors, and system integrators.
Experience overseeing solution quality, testing, release management, and deployment activities.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
#sandoz
Skills Desired
Budget Management, Business Acumen, Influencing Skills, Performance Management, Risk Management, Service Delivery Management, Strategic Planning, Waterfall Project Management
