HP is hiring for the role of Planning Process System Consultant!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

- Support and manage end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning activities across Print, S&G;, and Personal Systems businesses.

- Execute daily, weekly, and periodic planning processes, ensuring planning activities are completed accurately and on time.

- Analyse planning data and reports to identify demand, supply, forecast, and planning-system issues and highlight potential business impacts.

- Monitor key supply chain and planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, demand-supply alignment, and other operational planning indicators.

- Identify planning gaps and operational risks, perform initial root-cause analysis, escalate critical issues, and coordinate actions toward resolution.

- Partner closely with Business SMEs, IT, and cross-functional teams to troubleshoot planning issues and ensure demand and supply alignment.

- Communicate planning issues, business impact, corrective actions, and resolutions to relevant stakeholders and support/lead regular SME discussions.

- Identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, automation, and cost reduction across demand and supply planning processes.

- Participate in cross-functional projects and planning transformation initiatives, including business requirements, testing, validation, and implementation activities.

- Support the implementation, stabilization, and continuous improvement of planning tools and systems, while maintaining process documentation, controls, and planning best practices.

Requirements:

- Demand & Supply Planning Fundamentals: Good understanding of demand planning, supply planning, forecasting, inventory,



and demand-supply balancing.

- Planning Systems Knowledge: Working knowledge of SAP IBP, SAP HANA, ARIBA, Enterprises Business Warehouse or similar supply-chain planning systems.

- Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills with the ability to review planning data, identify exceptions, trends, gaps, and potential issues.

- Planning KPI & Performance Monitoring: Understanding of planning metrics such as forecast accuracy, demand-supply match, inventory, backlog, and service-level indicators.

- Problem Solving & Root-Cause Analysis: Ability to investigate day-to-day process, data, and system issues and support root-cause identification and resolution.

- Excel & Reporting Skills: Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel; exposure to Power BI or other reporting/analytics tools is preferred.

- Master Data & Data Quality: Basic understanding of master-data dependencies and the importance of data quality within planning processes.

- Stakeholder Collaboration: Ability to coordinate effectively with planners, Business SMEs, IT/support teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

- Communication Skills: Ability to clearly communicate planning issues, business impact, risks, corrective actions, and resolution status.

- Testing & Implementation Support: Ability to support requirements gathering, UAT,



validation, implementation, go-live, and stabilization activities.

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, master's in supply chain, or a related discipline. BTech, BE, MCA, or equivalent qualification preferred.

- 1-3 years of overall experience, preferably with exposure to Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Planning Operations.

- Working knowledge or hands-on exposure to SAP APO and/or SAP IBP modules.

- Basic understanding of end-to-end Demand and Supply Planning processes.

- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, or related supply-chain applications is an added advantage.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for analysis, reporting, and business presentations.

- Knowledge of SQL, MS Access, Excel Macros/VBA, Power BI, or other data/automation technologies is an added advantage.

- Willingness and flexibility to work across different time zones based on business requirements.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Good written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to work effectively with Business, IT, and cross-functional teams.

- Strong attention to detail, particularly when working with planning and master data.

- Ability to learn current processes, systems, and technologies quickly.

- Good time management and prioritization skills.

- Proactive approach toward issue identification and resolution.

- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

- Customer and business-oriented mindset.

- Willingness to take ownership and accountability for assigned activities.

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