YOUR OPPORTUNITY
As the Global Process Lead – Supply Planning, you will play a critical role in process governance and technology SAP S/4HANA and IBP transformation, shaping how demand is translated into executable plans across the enterprise.
You will own the global Production and Supply Planning design, leveraging SAP IBP to drive standardization, simplification, and effective change management, while ensuring strong integration with downstream execution in S/4HANA
RESPONSIBILITIES - WITH OUR CONSUMER AT THE HEART YOUR KEY FOCUS WILL BE
Global Supply and Production Planning Process Ownership ( within Business and S/4HANA–IBP Landscape)
Act as the Global Process Lead for Supply and Production Planning, owning the end-to-end global Supply and Production Planning process.
Define, maintain, and govern the global Supply and Production Planning blueprint, ensuring alignment with the Company Target Operating Model and enterprise planning principles
Ensure Supply and Production Planning processes are designed fit-to-standard, leveraging SAP IBP as the strategic planning solution
Own global process documentation, including process flows, governance, roles & responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths, clearly linked to execution in S/4HANA. Author the step-by-step global workflows for how users interact with the new systems
Within S/4 Hana and Transformation Journey, to ensure Supply and Production planning solutions are fully aligned with S/4HANA data models, master data, and execution processes
Partner with IT, system integrators, and data teams to translate business requirements into SAP IBP functional design, configuration which is fit to To Be Target Operating Model
Lead fit-to-standard workshops across Supply and Production Planning, ensuring adherence to SAP best practices and minimizing customization
Ensure readiness and quality of end-to-end master data, including product, customer, location, drive alignment and standardization of hierarchies, and planning levels across IBP and other satellite systems. Define data requirements & integration points between S/4HANA, IBP, and legacy systems. Master data ready (preparation + Quality) for all the steps of the project. Ensure master data are aligned with planning processes
Drive alignment of interfaces, data latency, and integration flows between IBP and S/4HANA to support reliable planning and execution
Ensure cross functional readiness for Go-Live (training, Change management, interdependencies, cut over activities) inc Description, Governance, RACI, execution path
Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and partner with change management to ensure smooth deployment
Project stages, cross-functional collaboration and change management
Design Phase
Lead cross-functional design alignment across Supply Chain, and IT to define a target operating model within the S/4HANA–IBP landscape
Ensure demand assumptions, financial targets, and operational constraints are jointly agreed and embedded into global process design and architecture decisions
Represent Supply and Production Planning interests in fit-to-standard workshops, ensuring upstream and downstream interdependencies are clearly understood and documented
Build Phase
Orchestrate collaboration between business teams, IT, and system integrators to ensure SAP IBP demand capabilities are built in line with S/4HANA execution requirements
Validate that configuration and integrations reflect cross-functional process dependencies, including data flows, master data alignment, and planning-to-execution handoffs
Ensure consistency between global design principles and local build decisions, minimizing customization and protecting end-to-end integrity
Test Phase
Lead and coordinate end-to-end, cross-functional test scenarios that validate Supply and Production Planning in IBP and its downstream impact on S/4HANA execution
Ensure participation of SMEs in UAT and integration testing, with clear ownership of issues and…