Parle Products Pvt. Ltd
Website:
parleproducts.com
Job details:
About Parle
Since 1929, Parle Biscuits has grown to become India’s leading manufacturer of biscuits and confectionery. As the maker of the world’s largest-selling biscuit, Parle‑G, along with a portfolio of other highly popular brands across categories such as confectionery, snacks, atta, and breakfast cereals, the Parle Biscuits name has come to symbolize quality, nutrition, and superior taste.
Parle Biscuits is committed to building its legacy with passion and integrity by delivering innovative, high‑quality, and great‑value products to consumers in India and across the globe.
Position Title : SAP IBP Supply Planning Consultant (IT)
Department : IT
Location : Mumbai
Position reporting to : SAP IBP (IT SCM) Lead
Role Overview
We are seeking an SAP IBP Supply Planning Consultant with strong techno-functional expertise in supply planning, capacity planning, and constraint-based planning. The role focuses on configuring and optimizing planning models to ensure efficient supply chain execution.
Key Responsibilities
Functional Responsibilities
- Work with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Procurement teams to gather requirements
- Configure and manage SAP IBP Supply Planning (SP) processes: Finite & infinite planning, Heuristics and optimizer
- Design supply planning scenarios: Constrained vs unconstrained planning, Capacity leveling and bottleneck management
- Drive: Inventory optimization strategies, Service level adherence and stock balancing
- Support: S&OP and Supply Review cycles
- Analyze: Supply shortages, excess inventory, capacity issues
- Conduct RCA for production losses and planning inefficiencies
Technical Responsibilities
- Configure: Supply Planning models, heuristics, optimizer profiles
- Maintain: Planning Areas, Key Figures, Master Data
- Design: Key figure calculations and alerts
- Work with: IBP Excel Add-in for simulation & scenario planning
- Coordinate with Integration team for Master data (Location, Product, Resources), Transactional data (Stock, Orders, Capacity)
- Ensure data consistency with S/4 HANA
- Experience in developing IBP Analytics for planning insights, KPI visualization, and executive reporting.
Implementation & Support
- Participating in full IBP lifecycle implementation
- Lead: Supply Planning UAT cycles, Scenario testing & validation
- Provide hyper care and ongoing application support
- Drive continuous improvements in planning models
- Prepare training materials and conduct user sessions
Job Requirements
Required Skills
- Strong expertise in SAP IBP Supply Planning
- Good understanding of: Supply chain planning concepts (MRP, capacity planning)
- Hands-on: Heuristics and optimizer configuration
- Knowledge of: PP / MM modules, SAP ARIBA, PPDS
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on experience with SAP IBP shelf-life planning
- Hands-on experience with SAP IBP RTI framework, including configuration and monitoring of real time supply and order data integration with S/4HANA
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in FMCG / Manufacturing domain
- Exposure to: IBP Response & Supply (advanced planning), Inventory Optimization
- APICS certification preferred
Experience
- 5–10 years in SAP SCM
- Minimum 3–5 years in IBP Supply Planning
- Experience in at least 1–2 end-to-end IBP implementations
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