Oracle Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Demand Management — Functional Consultant

Position: Oracle Sales & Operations Planning

(S&OP) and Demand Management — Functional Consultant

Shift

• Timings: 12.30PM to 8.30PM IST
• Location: Chennai/Hyderabad/Pune/Gurgaon/Bangalore - Hybrid (3days a week)
• Experience: 8+ Years
• Role Overview: We are looking for a seasoned Functional Consultant
• specializing in Oracle Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Demand
• Management to partner with business stakeholders in shaping, streamlining, and
• governing the demand-to-supply planning process. This role is centered on
• business process ownership, requirements definition, and driving planning
• maturity across the organization — translating business needs into
• Oracle-enabled planning solutions rather than deep technical configuration.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and facilitate
• the end-to-end S&OP business process: demand review, supply review,
• pre-S&OP reconciliation, and executive S&OP meetings
• Partner with Sales,
• Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain leadership to gather business
• requirements and translate them into functional specifications for Oracle
• Demand Management and S&OP
• Drive consensus
• demand planning by facilitating alignment between statistical forecasts,
• sales inputs, and market intelligence
• Define and refine
• forecasting hierarchies, planning calendars, KPIs, and
• exception-management workflows aligned to business objectives
• Lead fit-gap analysis
• and functional design workshops, ensuring the solution reflects industry
• best practices and organizational planning maturity goals
• Act as the primary
• liaison between business users and technical/IT teams during
• implementation, enhancement, and support phases
• Develop and deliver
• training, SOPs, and change management materials to drive user adoption of
• planning processes and tools
• Analyse forecast
• accuracy, bias, and planning KPIs (MAPE, forecast attainment, inventory
• turns) and recommend process improvements
• Support business case
• development, ROI analysis, and planning process maturity assessments
• Provide thought
• leadership on demand sensing, integrated business planning (IBP), and
• S&OP process design during client engagements or internal
• transformation initiatives

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of
• experience in supply chain planning, with strong functional expertise in
• Sales & Operations Planning and Demand Management processes (Oracle
• Cloud/EBS environment)
• Deep understanding of
• demand planning methodologies — statistical forecasting, consensus
• planning, new product introduction (NPI) forecasting, and lifecycle
• planning
• Proven experience
• designing and facilitating S&OP governance processes, including
• executive-level reviews
• Strong business
• process orientation with the ability to bridge functional requirements and
• system capabilities
• Excellent stakeholder
• management, facilitation, and executive communication skills

Experience conducting

• workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and process maturity
• assessments
• Working knowledge of
• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM (Demand Management, S&OP) is expected, though
• the focus is on process ownership rather than technical configuration
• Bachelor’s degree in
• supply chain, Business, or related field; APICS/CPIM, CSCP, or SCOR
• certification preferred; MBA a plus

Nice to Have

Experience in

• industries such as manufacturing, CPG, retail, or life sciences
• Familiarity with
• Integrated Business Planning (IBP) frameworks and demand-sensing tools
• Exposure to change
• management and organizational readiness for planning transformations