**Introduction**Supports implementation, and performs on-going support of the Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) components of the SAP SCM Module. Focusing on collaboration, planning execution and coordination across the adaptive supply chain network. This specialty uses business knowledge and expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients' business.**Your Role and Responsibilities**- Identify / document / revise functional & technical requirements- Contribute to cross-functional design review sessions- Create / maintain functional specifications for cross-system integrations- Monitor progress of developments and report status to project team- Prepare testing documentation & execute testing scenarios / capture test results- Complete cutover preparation tasks as required (data preparation / conversion / validation, configuration, etc.)- Perform Go-Live and Hypercare activities to ensure an effective transition to the new system landscape- Document and transition ongoing monitoring / support activities after go-live and Hypercare**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**:- 3-5 years' experience in Demand Planning functional projects covering- SAP APO Demand Planning- Forecasting with advanced analytics tools like SAS- OMP Demand Planning- Good understanding of master and transactional data needed for Demand Planning- Experience in solution design, development coordination and testing (especially integration build)- Technical skill sets in APO and OMP necessary for managing L3 tickets- Azure and Cloud solutions exposure- Demand Sensing exposure- Intermediate or advanced English**Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise**N/A**About Business Unit**Transformation is being transformed — from one-off initiatives to an urgent, purpose-driven imperative. Modern businesses must move ever faster, but also with more empathy and more openness.We believe open ecosystems, open technologies, open innovation and open cultures are the key to opening opportunities and the way forward for modern business and for our world.We want to work together, create together, grow together and rethink what's possible together.IBM's greatest asset is the IBMer. We believe our strength lies in the diversity of our employees.**About IBM**For more than a century IBM has been dedicated to every client's success and to creating innovations that matter for the world.**Location Statement**IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.