Package Specialist: SAP SCM APO

Introduction
In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

As an Application Package Specialist, you’ll help clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You’ll gain in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client expected business results and become the expert you want to be.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Assists clients in the selection, implementation, and support of APO SAP.
• Lead multiple sized projects as team member or lead to implement new functionalities and improve existing functionalities including articulating, analyzing requirements and translating them into effective solutions
• Prepare and conduct Unit Testing and User Acceptance Testing

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 6-12 Years of SAP functional experience specializing in design and configuration of SAP APO modules – At least skill in 2 modules expected (e.g., DP+SNP, SNP+PPDS, DP+GATP etc.)
• Experience in gathering business requirements, providing conceptual and detailed designs to meet business needs, performing necessary SAP configurations, writing detail specifications for development of custom programs, testing, co-ordination of transports to production and post go live support
• The person should have least 2 end to end SAP implementation experience
• Should be able to create requirement specifications based on Architecture/Design/Detailing of Processes
• Also the candidate should have Min one Industry expertise preferably from CPG, Oil&Gas, Automotive, Retail, Pharma or equivalent.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Proven work experience in GATP would be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of CIF, SNP Optimizer and CTM engine will be preferred
• For practitioner with APO DP skill should have working knowledge of BW