# IBP Expert - Supply Chain Analytics **Company**: HP **Location**: Bengaluru, Karnataka **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://hp.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ExternalCareerSite/job/Bengaluru-Karnataka-India/IBP-Expert---Supply-Chain-Analytics_3170461-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b5d361b7-d05 ## Description The **Print Planning Excellence (PPE) team** is responsible for managing and advancing production planning systems, data, and processes supporting global and regional Print and Personal Systems businesses within HP. The **Planning Business System Expert and IBP Principal Consultant** would provide deep functional and solution expertise across demand and supply planning processes. The role would independently lead the resolution of **complex and business-critical planning issues**, perform advanced root-cause analysis, define solution approaches, and develop sustainable solutions rather than relying only on predefined procedures. **Key Roles & Responsibilities** - Own and lead complex demand and supply planning processes for global and regional businesses, ensuring accurate and timely completion of critical planning cycles. - Manage planning systems, processes, and data end-to-end, ensuring planning reliability, master data accuracy, and operational continuity. - Independently diagnose and resolve complex planning, system, process, and data issues, defining the appropriate solution approach rather than relying only on predefined procedures. - Lead root-cause analysis for critical and recurring issues, assess business impact, and develop sustainable corrective actions and mitigation plans. - Serve as a key functional expert and focal point between Business, Planning, and IT, translating complex business requirements into effective planning and system solutions. - Design and implement advanced planning solutions, models, and capabilities, ensuring alignment with established architecture, technical standards, business requirements, and industry best practices. - Provide subject-matter expertise and guidance to the planning community, including advising teams on planning processes, master data, system functionality, data quality, and complex planning scenarios. - Lead and contribute to high-priority and business-critical projects, providing innovative insights, solution recommendations, functional design, testing, implementation, go-live, and stabilization support. - Define, monitor, and leverage demand and supply planning KPIs to identify performance gaps and drive improvements in planning effectiveness and reliability. - Drive continuous improvement and digital transformation across planning processes by identifying opportunities for standardization, simplification, automation, and scalable solutions. - Ensure robust solution development and testing, including functional design, validation, unit testing, and adherence to established standards and best practices. - Act as a core functional member of strategic Demand and Supply Planning initiatives, connecting planning strategy, system capabilities, and operational execution. **Skills Required** - Advanced Demand & Supply Planning Expertise - Advanced SAP IBP / APO Expertise - Complex Problem Solving - Solution Design & Architecture - Advanced Root-Cause Analysis - Project Design & Implementation - Planning Transformation & Continuous Improvement - Data, Integration & Technical Understanding - Business & IT Leadership - Strategic & Consulting Skills **Education & Experience** - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Masters in Supply Chain, or a related discipline. - 5–8 years of overall experience, with significant experience in Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Integrated Business Planning. - Strong hands-on functional experience with SAP APO and/or SAP IBP, including managing complex planning scenarios and system/process issues. - Strong understanding of end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning, planning data, master data, planning KPIs, and upstream/downstream dependencies. **Soft Skills** - Strong complex problem-solving and critical-thinking ability. - Ability to independently assess a problem, define the solution approach, and drive it to closure. - Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across Business, IT, and project teams. - Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills. - Strong consulting mindset with the ability to translate business requirements into practical and scalable solutions. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - SAP IBP - SAP APO - Demand and Supply Planning - Root-cause analysis - Solution design - Project implementation - Planning transformation - Continuous improvement ### Nice to have - SAP S/4HANA - SAP Ariba - Power BI - MS Access - Excel Macros/VBA - SQL --- Source: [Apply at hp.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://hp.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ExternalCareerSite/job/Bengaluru-Karnataka-India/IBP-Expert---Supply-Chain-Analytics_3170461-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)