SAP Supply Chain Planning Consultant in Manchester

Location: London / Manchester / Birmingham

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team: You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.

In our team you will:

• Contribute to the solution design of SAP Supply Chain Planning module IBP supporting the delivery of high-quality SAP solutions for clients.
• Assist in designing and configuring SAP IBP solutions to meet business and operational requirements across a range of industries, under the guidance of senior architects.
• Work closely with functional leads and client stakeholders to translate manufacturing and quality requirements into practical, scalable SAP designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure IBP solutions integrate effectively with the wider SAP landscape, while continuing to build expertise within an innovative SAP delivery environment.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Exposure to SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP), with an understanding of core planning processes such as demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimisation, or S&OP/IBP for Response & Supply.
• Experience supporting the configuration and delivery of SAP IBP solutions as part of a project or support team.
• Ability to work effectively within an SAP IBP delivery team, contributing to project activities and supporting successful client outcomes.
• Exposure to requirements gathering and fit-to-standard workshops, supporting the documentation of planning requirements and solution designs.
• Experience assisting with functional design documentation and supporting integration with SAP S/4HANA and other source systems.
• Exposure to testing activities, including supporting the creation and execution of IBP test scripts (unit, integration, and UAT support).
• Willingness to develop deep expertise in SAP IBP within a structured, collaborative, and innovative delivery environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with team members and client stakeholders under guidance.

Set yourself apart:

• Ability to navigate across the SAP SC spectrum, engaging with clients to discuss options that suit their challenges and see deliveries of these solutions through.
• Understanding of SAP both ECC and S/4 HANA as solutions, from a delivery perspective with special focus on upgrades from ECC to S/4 HANA in both brownfield and greenfield implementations.
• History in delivering projects across the full lifecycle.

What’s in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.