SAP APO SNP Lead Consultant - Houston, United States - Bristlecone

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    Bristlecone is a supply chain and business analytics advisor, serving customers across a wide range of industries.

    Rated by Gartner as among the top ten system integrators in the supply chain space, we are uniquely positioned to solve contemporary business problems, with supply chain and analytics focus as our advantage.

    We have been a trusted partner and advisor to many leading, globally recognized companies such as Applied Materials, Exxon Mobil, Flextronics, LSI Logic, Mahindra, Motorola, Nestle, Palm, Qatar Petroleum, Ranbaxy, Unilever and Whirlpool and many others.


    ROLE DESCRIPTION


    The APO SNP Lead role is a critical role related to implementation of process and technology solutions related to diagnosis, analysis and transformation of Supply Planning functions in a project.


    The following are key responsibilities:
    Architecting, designing, and helping build successful implementations of SAP APO SNP in customer organizations.
    Hands on experience in configuration and modelling in APO , trouble shooting and result analysis.
    Mentoring Junior APO Team members within the Organization on APO SNP
    Drive with building Assets and Accelerators within SAP APO SNP and reduce the overall cost to serve


    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
    At least 10-15 years of experience in SAP APO SNP modules
    At least 5 end to end APO SNP implementations not including rollouts.
    Experience in SAP IBP and SAP certification would be an added advantage.


    PROCESS KNOWLEDGE


    Deep Process understanding of end to end Supply Chain planning, familiarity or expertise with SCOR model is preferred, technology agnostic.

    Expertise in at least 2 industries e.g. Food and Beverage , CPG, Chemical, Automotive, Life
    Sciences etc


    TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
    Good level of understanding of all modules of SAP APO with expertise in SNP.
    Deep knowledge and experience in end to end APO implementation projects in Process and Discrete industries.
    Ability to lead and conduct Design workshops in front of an audience comprising of both Business and IT teams.
    Ability to architect an end to end solution using APO SNP while understanding the integration aspects between different modules within APO as well as of APO with ERP systems
    Ability to work on complex configuration scenarios along with writing functional specifications for complex customizations.
    Very good understanding of ECC Master data from planning standpoint.
    Basic understanding of SAP PP


    EXPERIENCE AND DEEP EXPERTISE
    Heuristics Knowledge in Location and Network heuristics
    Detailed configuration level knowledge in setting up Heuristics and related Master data
    Ability to model frozen zones along with lead time SNP Optimizer and or CTM Optimizer
    Expertise in Cost modelling
    Detailed configuration level knowledge in setting up Optimizer profiles along with related master data
    Expertise in Discrete and Linear Optimization
    Expertise in analysing Optimizer results CTM
    Expertise in setting up CTM profiles along with different settings
    Knowledge of Domino and Airline strategies
    Ability to analyse customer requirement and then suggest either SNP Optimizer or CTM for constrained planning.
    Understanding of PPDS scheduling board
    Deployment and TLB with Fair Share rules and Deployment Optimizer VMI i.e added advantage Forecast Consumption.


    SOFT SKILLS
    Excellent communication skills, verbal as well as written.
    Lead design workshops and discussions with clients independently.
    Positive attitude with flexibility and maturity to work in a challenging client
    environment.
    Conduct trainings and be a mentor for junior APO team members.

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