SAP IBP Center of Competence
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About the Role
The SCM Excellence SAP IBP Center of Competence Manager enables Supply and Demand Planning teams to fully leverage the capabilities of SAP IBP across endtoend planning processes.
The role acts as the central interface between business and digital teams ensuring that SAP IBP configurations data models and reporting effectively support integrated demand and supply planning.
Key responsibilities designing and continuously improving planning processes with strong focus on technical solutions (IBP) coordinating the further development of SAP IBP functionalities with a crossfunctional team and testing and validating solutions to ensure business relevance and times of supply chain disruptions efficient cross-functional problem solving will and quick solutioning will become a temporary key responsibility.
In addition the role drives crossfunctional problem solving and leads the buildup of an SAP IBP community connecting plants and global functions. This includes enabling knowledge sharing supporting training activities strengthening overall IBP capabilities and enabling automation of manual processes.
Your Team
This role will report to the Director Supply Chain Excellence
What You Will Do
SAP IBP Process Development & Solutioning
- Design develop and continuously improve Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes across demand - supply- and material planning to support stable and efficient supply chain operations
- Identify SAP IBP use cases to unlock additional functionalities and business value
- Drive optimization of SAP IBPbased supply chain solutions including data structures configurations and endtoend process alignment
- Test technical solutions provided by digital teams (or externals) and validate business value
- Drive the automation and optimization of manual planning reporting and analysis activities improving data quality efficiency and decision speed
Stakeholder Engagement& Subject Matter Expert
- Build and foster cross-organizational SAP IBP community to drive confidence and adoption (functionalities hands-on practice follow-up training)
- Roll out new processes solutions and enhancements across Harman in regards of IBP
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert and spread your knowledge about (SAP) Integrated Business Planning and the correlated processes across the organization (global and plants)
Crisis Management & Task Force Activities
- Act as a handson problem solver implementing shortterm fixes while designing sustainable process improvements
- Rapidly stabilize IBP and supply chain processes during disruptions (e.g. S/4HANA transition planning instability data issues)
- Analyze SAP and IBP data processes and configurations to identify root causes and define corrective actions
- Drive replacement of manual workarounds with automation and optimized processes to restore reliability and efficiency
- Ensure transparency decision discipline and process ownership until the organization returns to businessasusual operations
- Develop and deliver clear factbased reporting to support fast and informed management decisions
What You Need to Be Successful
- A degree in Business Informatics/Administration Supply Chain Management or a related field
- 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Operations
- Proven experience in Supply Chain Management preferably in an automotive or electronics manufacturing environment
- Strong background in problem solving and continuous improvement within supply chain and planning processes
- Hands-on SAP user experience in MM PP and DP modules; experience in automotive or electronics industries is a strong advantage
- SAP customizing experience particularly in MM PP and DP; experience with Warehouse Management (WM) and SAP S/4HANA is an advantage
- Demonstrated experience in SAP IBP time-series implementations; OBP exposure is considered an advantage
- Expert user experience in SAP IBP time-series planning including SIOE and SIOP using Excel and WebUI; constraint-based planning experience is an advantage
- Practical experience with SAP IBP time-series master data management
- IBP time-series customizing experience especially key figure creation and development is an advantage
- Advanced Excel skills including lookups and statistical formulas; macro programming experience is a plus
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate it into actionable insights paired with fast decision making ability
- Excellent communication skills with fluent English required as well as robustness
- Strong collaboration skills with proven experience working across multiple functions including IT Production Planning Procurement Demand Planning and Finance
- High motivation to identify and implement automation opportunities to improve efficiency and data quality
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel up to 25% domestic and international
- Be willing to work in a HARMAN office.
What We Offer
- Flexible work environment allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
- Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL HARMAN Kardon AKG etc.)
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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