SAP IBP Consultant

24x7 Manufacturing Support | Biopharmaceutical Industry

Position

Module

SAP IBP (Integrated Business

Planning)

Experience

5-7 years (relevant SAP

experience)

Industry

Pharmaceutical / Biotech -

process manufacturing (GMP)

Engagement

• Production support for 24x7
• manufacturing operations
• Work schedule
• Rotational shifts / on-call;
• weekend and holiday support for critical incidents

Location

Chennai / Bangalore – Hybrid

work

About the Client

Our client is a global biopharmaceutical

• company focused on the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines. SAP
• is their enterprise ERP platform, covering manufacturing, quality management,
• planning, production scheduling, warehouse management, finance and HR. Their
• GMP manufacturing plants operate 24x7, and the SAP landscape supporting them
• must be available and stable around the clock.

Role Summary

• We are looking for an SAP IBP consultant to
• support supply chain planning for a biopharmaceutical client. The consultant
• will keep demand, supply and S&OP planning processes running reliably,
• resolve issues in planning jobs and integrations, and help planners improve
• forecast quality and supply decisions in a regulated, shelf-life-sensitive
• environment.

Key Responsibilities

•Provide

L1.5,L2/L3 support for SAP IBP, resolving incidents and service requests within

SLA

•Support

IBP for Demand, Supply (heuristics/optimizer), Inventory and S&OP

processes, and Response & Supply where used

•Monitor

and troubleshoot application jobs, planning operators and data loads

•Support

integration with S/4HANA or ECC via SAP CPI-DS / Cloud Integration, including

data errors and failed transfers

•Maintain

planning areas, key figures, attributes, planning views, Excel add-in templates

and dashboards

•Support

the monthly S&OP / IBP cycle and help planners with forecasting models and

statistical forecasts

•Perform

root-cause analysis for data and planning issues and implement permanent fixes

•Support

SAP quarterly IBP releases: impact assessment, regression testing and

communication

•Work

• closely with PP-DS, PP-PI and EWM consultants on end-to-end planning and
• execution issues
• Required Skills and Experience

•5-7

years of SAP supply chain experience with at least 3 years hands-on in SAP IBP

•Process-industry

experience (pharma, biotech, life sciences, chemicals or similar)

•Strong

knowledge of IBP configuration: planning areas, key figures, planning levels,

operators and the Excel add-in

•Hands-on

experience with CPI-DS or SAP Cloud Integration for IBP data flows

•Good

understanding of demand planning, supply planning and S&OP processes

•At

least one production support engagement and preferably one full-cycle

implementation

Preferred / Added Advantage

•Combined

IBP and PP-DS experience (strong advantage)

•Experience

planning for batch-managed, shelf-life-constrained products

•Exposure

to GMP / GxP and computer system validation

•Prior

experience with SAP APO DP/SNP

Work Conditions

•This

• is a 24x7 production support role for live GMP manufacturing operations. The
• candidate will work in a rotational shift / on-call model as agreed with the
• client.

•Must

be flexible to work on weekends and public holidays when a critical (P1/P2)

incident affecting manufacturing needs to be resolved.

•Must

follow ITIL-based incident, problem and change management, and the client's GxP

change-control procedures.

•Must

be able to work with global, multi-time-zone teams including business users,

IT, QA/compliance and other SAP module consultants.

Soft Skills

•Clear

• written and spoken English; able to explain issues and fixes to shop-floor, QA
• and business users
• •Calm,
• structured approach under pressure during production-down situations

•Strong

root-cause analysis and documentation discipline (RCA, KEDB, SOPs, test

evidence)

•Ownership

mindset: follows an incident through to closure and permanent fix

•Bachelor's

degree in Engineering.

•SAP

certification in the relevant module is preferred

•Valid

passport and willingness to travel to client sites for short periods if

required