SAP IBP Solution Architect in Sydney

• The SAP IBP Solution Architect will serve as the principal design authority for global supply chain planning transformation.
• Will define the roadmap and architecture to migrate legacy SAP APO SNP environments into SAP IBP Response & Supply and Inventory Optimization (IO) and integrating back to S/4 HANA ePPDS.
• Additionally, you will design a resilient, phased architecture ensuring that these modern IBP models seamlessly integrate with current ERP landscape and naturally evolve to anchor future SAP S/4HANA digital transformation.
• Give architectural supervision and decision support within and across relevant activities for relevant solution area.
• Engage as architect to improve templates, standards and reference architectures and ensure adherence.
• Participate in projects, change requests and other relevant activities like SME to provide (high-level) solution specifications, validate outcomes and when relevant take part of execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead blueprints, solution discovery workshops, and fit-gap assessments with executive stakeholders.
• Architect end-to-end planning templates that tie short-term operational execution with mid-to-long-term strategic targets.
• Enforce rigorous governance standards across planning profiles, calculation graphs, and configuration objects.

2. Response & Supply Planning (OBP)

• Design / Configure Order-Based Planning (OBP) models to manage real-time supply responses, allocations, and deployment calculations.
• Deploy rule-based prioritization algorithms and mathematical optimizers to resolve short-term capacity and material bottlenecks.
• Standardize confirmation processes with source system.

3. Inventory Optimization (IO)

• Design Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) models to establish ideal safety stock baselines across global nodes.
• Map demand uncertainty and supply lead-time variability using built-in stochastic operators.
• Deliver sensitivity models evaluating the trade-offs between working capital reduction and customer service levels.

4. Technical Integration & Data Management

• Strategy real-time or batch data flows across systems like SAP S/4HANA, legacy ERPs, and external data lakes.
• Supervise interface builds using native middleware such as Cloud Integration for Data Services (CPI-DS) and Real-Time Integration (RTI)

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in SAP supply chain solutions, with at least 10 years in SAP IBP.
• Proven experience in architecting and implementing SAP IBP modules: Demand Planning, Response & Supply and Inventory Optimization.
• Good exposure to Inventory Optimization (Safety Stock, Multi-Echelon calculations) and Supply Planning modules of IBP.
• Strong understanding of supply chain processes and planning methodologies.
• Experience with integration tools and technologies (RTI, SDI, CPI-DS etc.).
• Excellent English communication skills, written as well as verbally.
• Strong analytical, communication and facilitation skills.
• Proactively analyzing and driving complex issues and significantly improving, changing or adapting existing processes and systems.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA ePPDS and SAP APO.