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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your role and responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for validating the functionality, performance, and integration of the SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) with a focus on Production Planning (PP) modules on the SAP S/4HANA platform. This role ensures that system changes meet business requirements and maintain a high level of system reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Collaborate with SAP functional consultants, developers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and create test plans and scenarios.

  • Develop, maintain, and execute test cases for SAP SCM, particularly PP (Production Planning), covering discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing processes.

  • Validate end-to-end supply chain processes, including MRP, production orders, BOM, routings, work centers, and capacity planning.

  • Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing for SAP HANA PP module enhancements and new implementations.

  • Ensure test traceability, documentation, and defect lifecycle management using test management tools like HP ALM, JIRA, or SAP Solution Manager.

  • Participate in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) cycles and support end-users during testing phases.

  • Validate interfaces between SAP and third-party systems (MES, WMS, etc.) related to the PP module.

  • Identify quality issues, provide recommendations, and escalate risks proactively.

  • Support go-live and post-go-live activities as required.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

  •  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.

  • Professional Expertise with SAP Configuration: 5+ years Hands-on SAP configuration experience in SAP QM, with at least 3 years focused on SCM PP in S/4HANA environments.

  • SAP Process knowledge: Experience with SAP QM and SAP PP processes and workflows.

  • Strong understanding of SAP PP processes: MRP, production order management, capacity planning, shop floor control, and BOM management.

  • Strong knowledge of production processes, discrete or process manufacturing, and MRP logic.

  • Experience with SAP S/4HANA: Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA and its application in client environments & with Artificial Intelligence models and their use in SAP implementation.

  • Leadership skills: Strong leadership skills and experience leading teams.

  • Familiarity with integration to other modules such as MM and SD.

  • SAP Certifications: Holder of SAP certifications.

 

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience in test automation (optional but a plus).

Familiarity with Cloud Computing Platforms: Including IBM Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.

Knowledge of Agile methodologies: Hands on experience with project management methodologies like Agile.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. 

This position is eligible for participation in an IBM Sales Incentive plan. Actual incentive opportunity will be based on performance and the eligible Target Incentive, as addressed in the applicable plan, all of which is subject to change. The compensation range listed for this position is the IBM Reference Salary that is used when you are not actively participating in a sales plan. Your actual base pay plus incentive opportunity will be determined by the Incentive Plan assigned to you.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.