EY SAP - Supply Chain Planning IBP Senior Consulting Location OPEN 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

871347735

As a Senior in Technology Business Analysis, you will be instrumental in connecting business needs with technical solutions. You will play a pivotal role in evaluating business models, eliciting requirements, and ensuring the technical teams deliver solutions that are in perfect harmony with business objectives.

Your key responsibilities

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for delivering top-notch business analysis and system configuration. Your day-to-day will involve:

• Translating complex business requirements into detailed technical specifications
• Configuring and implementing solutions that align with business needs
• Identifying opportunities for service expansion and contributing to sales through RFP responses
• Expect to travel regularly and lead project streams while actively engaging with clients.
• Collaborate effectively with global teams and assist in leading design and testing sessions while coordinating with other dependent teams.
• Provide design insights and lead the build, testing, and deployment of supply chain solutions across various technology landscapes
• Exhibit hands-on technical capabilities in SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) tool and demonstrated strong business acumen of demand planning or supply planning capabilities. Show a continuous willingness to learn and adapt to new knowledge.
• Consistently deliver high-quality client services.
• Build and maintain relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels.
• Coach and delegate tasks to global teams, validate their outputs, and take responsibility for leading sub-workstreams within supply chain planning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as change management, and provide relevant inputs as part of larger transformation engagements.
• Show curiosity and initiative in developing client sector knowledge to help co-create EY industry solutions.

Skills and attributes for success

On your typical engagement, you will collaborate with EY workstream leads, assisting them during the exploration and design phases to capture business requirements and propose technology designs. Following the design phase, you will lead in the build, testing and deployment phases with minimal oversight. You will be expected to engage in horizontal collaboration with cross-functional teams and will also have the opportunity to coach and develop teams vertically.

To thrive in this role, you should be action-oriented and adept at delivering processes, solutions, and projects. Your influence will extend beyond project delivery, impacting sales and service offerings. Key skills include:

• Analytical prowess and decision-making based on a broad understanding of policies.
• Ability to guide and develop junior team members.
• Proven track record of complex problem-solving and relationship management.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree

• 2 to 4 years of relevant experienceworking with SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

• Complex problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills
• Ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies
• A flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40-60%

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior consulting industry experience.
• Deep functional experience.
• SAP certification(s).
• Experience with at least one full cycle implementation of your core module.

• Experience with Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS)