About the Role

O9 Functional Consultant

Responsibilities

Stakeholder Workshops & Requirements

- Run workshops with supply planning, procurement, and manufacturing teams to define o9 supply planning processes and requirements.
- Conduct discovery sessions and document business requirements for planning scenarios and optimization strategies.
- Manage expectations across regional and global stakeholders throughout the engagement.

o9 Supply Model Configuration & Solver Expertise

- Configure o9 supply models, including sourcing rules, lead times, capacity, and inventory policies.
- Apply hands-on solver and modelling expertise to build, tune, and troubleshoot constrained supply plans within o9.
- Validate constrained supply plans and supply-demand matching outputs directly with planners; perform root-cause analysis on planning anomalies and implement corrective actions.

MRP, MPS & Production Scheduling

- Support Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), and production scheduling processes within o9.

Solution Design & Deployment Planning

- Translate business requirements into functional specifications, system configuration, and solution design.
- Define short-term deployment plans, including day-by-day execution steps and technical requirements, to support go-live readiness.

Testing & Deployment Support

- Lead functional testing activities including SIT, UAT, and regression testing.
- Support production deployments and cutover activities with functional validation and sign-off.





Required Skills Required Skills & Experience

- 5+ years of supply planning experience, with hands-on o9 functional implementation experience.
- Deep, hands-on solver and modelling expertise within o9 supply planning — a thorough understanding of constrained-solve logic is a must.
- Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA (MM/PP) and planning data flows between SAP and o9.
- Strong understanding of MRP, MPS, and production scheduling processes.
- Proven ability to configure o9 supply models (sourcing rules, lead times, capacity, inventory policies) and troubleshoot/root-cause planning issues.
- Experience managing regional and global stakeholders, with strong expectation-management skills — this is a mid-level role requiring cross-functional and cross-region collaboration.
- Ability to define short-term deployment approaches and translate technical requirements into a clear solution design.
- Experience with SIT/UAT execution, functional testing, and production support.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills with robust attention to detail.

Preferred Skills

- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with the Supply Planning–IBP handshake within o9.
- Exposure to or participation in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP;) cycles.
- o9 Solutions certification or advanced training.
- Experience implementing o9 in large enterprise environments.
- Experience in specific industries such as manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals, or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG).

📌 Functional Consultant (India)
🏢 Mriti InfoSystems
📍 India