Senior SAP Integrated Business Planning Consultant

As a Senior SAP IBP consultant, you will work as part of a great supply planning team shaping and delivering the latest planning processes and supply chain planning solutions to a wide and varied set of clients, across many different industry sectors, enhancing solutions and support bid work. Working alongside Capgemini’s team of specialists in our Supply Chain Management Capability in delivering innovative projects to our existing and new clients, you will also have opportunities to develop our pipeline for future projects.

This role is a unique chance to work with the latest technologies, for example: S/4HANA, SAP IBP time-series & order-based planning, but also non-SAP planning solutions (Blue Yonder or O9), helping clients renew their enterprise planning solutions as they move through their transformation journeys. You will be working on single or multiple project lifecycles, at any or all stages, from shaping the transformation roadmap, through agile delivery to post go live support.

Your knowledge of core SAP IBP solutions will allow you to lead, shape, build and deliver solutions in your functional area as well as contribute to the growth of the SAP SCM Capability. As part of the role, you will have access to enhance your consulting, functional and technical skills, through Capgemini learning and development, and the latest industry recognised certifications.

About our UK SAP Practice Team: Capgemini UK is a leading SAP Integration Partner, helping our clients navigate through complex SAP transformations. Capgemini UK has 1000 + SAP practitioners across UK & India and are ranked #1 for SAP S/4HANA certifications in UK and globally. We work closely with our clients to transform their business together using the latest SAP products and architecture, a deep knowledge of industries and markets, and innovative delivery methodologies.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Your role: Using your experience providing advanced functional consulting within SAP IBP time-series and order-based planning projects. Be part of a team that solves problems and provide solutions for large, corporate clients in multiple sectors, working in cross-discipline, agile and distributed teams, across multiple areas of Supply Chain Management, depending on project scope and at various stages of the project lifecycle. Lead your functional area within the engagement as an SAP IBP Senior Consultant to deliver full project life cycle delivery. Solid understanding of supply chain interfaces (CIDS, RTI or SDI) and their capabilities – aligning SAP solutions with customer requirements. Lead (and coach) a team to deliver customer solutions supporting the customer requirements. Teach about industry SAP but also non-SAP capabilities (if possible). Work with junior and experienced SAP consultants while being supported by solution architects at leading / global clients (leaders in their respective fields). Provide thought leadership to our clients and internal customers with your enhanced knowledge of available solutions both within the SAP portfolio, and supporting products recognised within the industries. Alongside project delivery you will manage and develop your career through training, networking, and contributing to the practice and wider group growth and objectives particularly focusing on Supply Chain Planning initiatives.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience: Senior Consulting experience in SAP IBP working across various modules, like Demand, S&OP, Supply Chain Control Tower. Experience with OBP – Response & Supply is an advantage. Advocate of best practice design principles along with an advisory focus and be able to provide solutions for the business’s requirements. You have a passion to work with our clients, advising them on how to get the most out of their SAP technologies. Have experience in multiple end-to-end design and implementation programmes with SAP IBP. Awareness of various project lifecycle tools such as Atlassian JIRA, SAP Solution Manager and SAP Signavio. Have experience in taking the business requirements and create a functional design with supporting functional specifications. Solid understanding of supply chain planning processes like Demand / Supply and/or S&OP. Integration experience of the modules that directly integrate with IBP (e.g., Production Planning, Order to Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Inventory Management). Understand the key capabilities of SAP IBP and integration with other SAP modules and applications. Awareness of latest SAP capability and roadmap in the IBP area. Have experience in designing and defining planning area structure to offer a fit for purpose design.

Your Security Clearance: To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want’ mean for you? You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements. You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, as recognised by Ethisphere for 12 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.

Why you should consider Capgemini: Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini: Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.