SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Solution Architect
$150,000–$170,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design and architect end-to-end SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) solutions within a federal SAP S/4HANA environment, covering Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, and Response & Supply Planning. Lead business process workshops to define future-state planning strategies, translate complex requirements into scalable SAP configurations, and oversee integrations with SAP S/4HANA using CPI-DS and Real-Time Integration. Establish solution architecture standards, governance, and best practices while mentoring functional consultants and guiding cross-functional teams through full lifecycle implementations. Support data migration, testing, and production activities to improve forecasting accuracy and operational efficiency. Requires an active Secret security clearance and 10+ years of SAP Supply Chain Planning experience.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of SAP Supply Chain Planning experience
- significant experience designing and implementing SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) solutions
- Demonstrated expertise implementing SAP IBP Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization (IO), and Response & Supply Planning
- Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain processes, including Production Planning (PP), Materials Management (MM), Procurement, Inventory Management, and Manufacturing operations
- Experience designing and configuring Planning Areas, Planning Levels, Key Figures, Attributes, Time Profiles, Planning Operators, forecasting models, supply heuristics, and planning calculations within SAP IBP
- Experience integrating SAP IBP with SAP S/4HANA utilizing SAP-supported integration technologies
- Experience leading architecture workshops, gathering business requirements, developing solution designs, and producing architecture and functional design documentation
- Experience leading full lifecycle SAP IBP implementations within complex enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, sales and operations planning, forecasting, master scheduling, and capacity planning
- Demonstrated leadership experience guiding cross-functional implementation teams and mentoring functional consultants
- Excellent analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
- Must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret security clearance (requires U.S. citizenship)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations, federal ERP modernization programs, or Department of Defense (DoD) SAP environments
- Experience implementing SAP IBP Control Tower, Supply Chain Control Tower, or SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) integrations
- Experience with SAP Activate methodology, Agile delivery frameworks, and DevSecOps environments
- SAP IBP, SAP Supply Chain Planning, or SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain certifications
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