Senior Technical Lead

Key Responsibilities

APO Functional Expertise

• Act as SME for SAP APO modules:
  • Demand Planning (DP)
  • Supply Network Planning (SNP)
  • Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS)
  • Global ATP (GATP)
• Provide end-to-end functional support and solution enhancements in APO landscape

Business Process Management

• Understand and optimize key planning processes:
  • Demand forecasting and consensus planning
  • Supply planning and network optimization
  • Production scheduling and capacity planning
  • Order promising and fulfillment
• Engage with business stakeholders to gather requirements and propose optimized planning solutions

Integration & Data Flow

• Manage integration between APO and:
  • SAP ECC / S/4HANA (CIF integration)
  • IBP (if hybrid landscape exists)
  • Other planning tools or legacy systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to:
  • CIF queues, master data inconsistencies
  • Planning data flows between systems

AMS & Support Delivery

• Handle incident management, problem management, and service requests within SLA timelines
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes and improvements
• Drive continuous service improvements (CSI) in APO processes

Enhancements & Projects

• Participate in:
  • APO enhancements and rollout activities
  • Migration initiatives from APO to IBP / S/4HANA PP/DS
• Prepare functional specifications (FS) and support development/testing cycles

Testing & Documentation

• Support:
  • Unit Testing, Integration Testing, UAT
• Maintain:
  • Process documentation
  • Configuration documents
  • Knowledge repository

Required Skills & Experience

Core APO Expertise

• 6–12+ years of SAP experience with strong APO specialization (4+ years minimum)
• Hands-on experience in at least 2–3 APO modules (DP, SNP, PP/DS, GATP)

Technical & Functional Knowledge

• Strong working knowledge of:
  • CIF (Core Interface)
  • Master data (PDS, Locations, Resources, Quotas)
  • Planning books, macros, heuristics, optimizer
• Exposure to:
  • APO batch jobs and process chains
  • Basic debugging/troubleshooting

Integration Knowledge

• Experience with integration to:
  • ECC / S/4HANA
  • IBP (preferred)
• Understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Good stakeholder communication and coordination skills

Experience working in global AMS environments

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