Job Description

Introduction
As a Package Consultant at IBM, get ready to tackle numerous mission-critical company directives. Our team takes on the challenge of designing, developing and re-engineering highly complex application components and integrating software packages using various tools. You will use a mix of consultative skills, business knowledge, and technical expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into our clients' business environment and achieve business results.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM Global Business Service Domestic is seeking skilled consultants with SAP expertise specifically in SAP Production and Planning. In this role, you will be required to provide functional/technical expertise in SAP.

• You will have to lead IBM as well as client team members in completion of tasks towards achievement of goals.
• All positions are based in India and business consulting positions will require 100% traveling on project sites within India.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 12+ years of experience with relevant (implementation) experience in the areas of SAP PP best practices of 8 + years.
• Experience of at least 4 – 5 end-to-end full cycle implementations (from blue printing, realization, go live to production support) of S/4HANA Greenfield / Migration projects in complex landscape as Team Lead
• Should have excellent configuration and training skills in the areas of implementation, and support of the SAP Hana Production Planning module.
• Should have worked in production of process and discrete manufacturing environments.Should have experience in Made to order and made to stock scenarios.
• Should have experience in planning techniques.
• Should have basic knowledge of material ledger, manufacturing accounting.
• Should have used consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients business environment in order to achieve client expected business results.
• Cross module (FI, SD, MM.) integration knowledge and expertise in India Localization covering GST etc.
• Experience of working with Indian clients
• Project Management, Solutioning / Pre-sales experience.
• Should have led or supported pre-sales engagements including preparing and delivering customer presentations.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Highly motivated professional (MBA – Finance / CA / ICWA)
• Candidate should have excellent communication skills, as these are client facing roles
• Additional experience desirable in the area MM and Logistics Execution Systems.

Variant Configuration Writeup:
Facilitate the implementation and support of SAP ECC or S/4HANA Variant Config Perform detailed analysis of complex business process requirement and provide appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer requirements.
Facilitate workshops to collect business requirements Map client business requirements, processes and objectives; develops necessary product modifications to satisfy clients needs Identify gaps, issues and work with client and relevant teams Should be able to manage a team

• Excellent knowledge to Variant Configuration and VC’s impact on PP, SD & CO from Solution perspective
• Strong End-to-End Production Planning / Variant Configuration functional knowledge and technical acumen with SAP S/4HANA & ECC
• Configured and evaluated the Bill-of-Material, cost centers, mapping with work centers, carried out product costing for Finished, semi-finished, & co-products.
• Extensive experience in configuration and testing MTS (Make-to-Stock), MTO (Make-to-Order), KANBAN, ETO (Engineer to Order), Discrete & Repetitive Manufacturing and PP-PI with Engineering Change Management, Batch Management and Serial Numbers.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in at least 2 full cycle implementation designing and configuring Variant Configuration in client facing engagements
• At least 5 years of experience in BBP and functional documentation Good understanding in PP-PI Master data Knowledge in PI sheets MES Strong in MRP and its relevant job setup Strong expertise in S/4 HANA PP Module and understanding of business requirement Worked on Discrete manufacturing, Process industries

About Business Unit IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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