Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum 7 years of SAP implementation experience, with at least 3 years in SAP IBP., Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience is required., Strong communication and analytical skills are essential., Experience with SAP CI-DS and knowledge of supply chain processes is necessary..

Key responsabilities:

Lead the implementation and configuration of SAP IBP solutions.

Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to gather and synthesize business requirements.

Provide functional design and configuration across SAP IBP modules, focusing on Demand Planning and S&OP.

Support continuous improvement and provide ongoing functional and technical support post-deployment.

Job description

Job Location: Remote (Client Site: IL – Cognizant / John Deere)

Note: Candidates with prior SAP IBP project implementation experience are required.

Job Description:

Cognizant, in partnership with John Deere and GSK Solutions, is seeking an experienced SAP IBP Consultant with deep expertise in Integrated Business Planning for a remote engagement. This role requires hands-on implementation, functional configuration, and solution design experience in SAP IBP Demand Planning and Sales & Operations Planning modules. Candidates must also demonstrate solid knowledge of supply chain processes and cloud integration.

Specialty Areas:

• SAP IBP Expertise – Demand Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, and configuration.

• Supply Chain Planning – Strong understanding of supply chain processes and best practices.

• Integration Tools – SAP Cloud Integration Data Services (CI-DS).

• Technical & Functional Analysis – Analytical troubleshooting, batch support, and SAP HANA views.

• Agile Methodology – Experience working in Agile teams with collaborative knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation and configuration of SAP IBP solutions.

• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to gather and synthesize business requirements.

• Provide functional design and configuration across SAP IBP modules, focusing on Demand Planning and S&OP.

• Ensure seamless integration using SAP CI-DS.

• Work across tech stack for support issues: batch jobs, HANA view changes, debugging.

• Support continuous improvement by sharing lessons learned and contributing to Agile ceremonies.

• Provide ongoing functional and technical support post-deployment.

Skill Matrix:

Skill	Experience (Years)
SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning)	3+ (within 7+ total SAP experience)
SAP IBP Demand & S&OP Planning Modules	3+
SAP CI-DS (Cloud Integration – Data Services)	2+
Supply Chain Planning & Business Process	7+
Agile Project Delivery	2+
S4 HANA Implementation Experience	1+
SAP HANA View Debugging/Analysis	2+
ABAP (Read/Write – Preferred)	Preferred
SAP Sequencing Setup Knowledge	Preferred
SAP IBP Certification	Preferred