SAP APO Consultant

Experience: 5–10 Years

Role: SAP APO Functional Consultant

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization) Consultant with strong functional expertise in supply chain planning processes. The consultant will be responsible for supporting, configuring, enhancing, and troubleshooting SAP APO solutions and their integration with SAP ECC/S/4HANA and other systems.

Key Responsibilities

Provide functional support and configuration for SAP APO planning processes.

Support key APO components, including:

DP – Demand Planning

SNP – Supply Network Planning

PP/DS – Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling

GATP – Global Available-to-Promise

CIF – Core Interface

Analyze business requirements and translate them into appropriate SAP APO solutions.

Configure and maintain planning areas, planning books, data views, planning versions, and master data.

Support demand forecasting, supply planning, production planning, capacity planning, and scheduling processes.

Monitor and troubleshoot CIF integration between SAP APO and SAP ECC/S/4HANA.

Resolve production incidents, planning inconsistencies, master-data issues, and interface failures.

Perform root-cause analysis and provide permanent solutions for recurring issues.

Handle change requests, enhancements, configuration changes, testing,



and deployments.

Prepare functional specifications and coordinate with ABAP and integration teams for technical developments.

Support unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and UAT.

Work closely with business, supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and technical teams.

Maintain SOPs, configuration documents, functional specifications, and knowledge-management documentation.

Manage incidents, problems, and changes in accordance with agreed SLAs and ITIL processes.

Required Skills

Strong hands-on experience with SAP APO.

Strong expertise in at least two or more APO components: DP, SNP, PP/DS, or GATP.

Good knowledge of CIF integration and APO master-data integration.

Understanding of

Demand forecasting and planning

Supply and distribution planning

Production planning and scheduling

Capacity planning

Product availability and ATP

Planning master data

Valuable integration knowledge with SAP MM, PP, SD, and logistics processes.

Experience in troubleshooting APO planning and integration issues.

Ability to prepare functional specifications and work with technical/ABAP teams.

Experience in SAP implementation and/or AMS L2/L3 support.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

📌 SAP-APO- Senior (Hyderabad)
🏢 NTT DATA Services
📍 Hyderabad