SAP IBP Consultant / Business Solutions Architect (Onsite - Dallas, TX at Elan Partners in Richardson, TX
- Company: Elan Partners
- Location: Richardson, TX
- Posted: Sep 17, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
TITLE: SAP IBP Consultant / Business Solutions Architect (Onsite - Dallas, TX) We're seeking an experienced SAP IBP Consultant / Business Solutions Architect to join a large-scale supply chain technology transformation focused on modernizing planning capabilities and supporting high-volume distribut…
Job description
- TITLE: SAP IBP Consultant / Business Solutions Architect (Onsite - Dallas, TX)
- We're seeking an experienced SAP IBP Consultant / Business Solutions Architect to join a large-scale supply chain technology transformation focused on modernizing planning capabilities and supporting high-volume distribution operations.
- This role is specifically designed for an SAP IBP-focused professional who understands how to translate complex supply chain planning requirements into scalable IBP solutions. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on knowledge of
- Demand, Supply & Response, and Inventory Optimization, along with experience in Advanced ATP, backorder processing, and Global ATP environments. You'll serve as a senior technical and functional resource, helping determine where
- SAP IBP standard capabilities can meet business needs, where configuration or enhancements are appropriate, and where alternative solutions may be required.
- This opportunity is best suited for someone who can go beyond simply configuring IBP.You'll be expected to understand how IBP behaves in a real-world, high-volume supply chain environment, identify where the platform fits, recognize its limitations, and design practical solutions around those limitations.The ideal candidate can move comfortably between
- SAP IBP configuration, supply chain processes, architecture, integration, and business conversations and can explain complex planning concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- SAP IBP Solution Architecture
- Lead the design and evolution of SAP IBP solutions supporting complex supply chain and distribution planning requirements.
- Configure and optimize SAP IBP Demand, Supply & Response, and Inventory Optimization capabilities.
- Develop scalable solutions capable of handling high volumes of planning data, purchase orders, order lines, and exceptions.
- Work with integration technologies such as CPI-DS, SDI, and RTI.
- Ensure IBP solutions align with broader SAP architecture and enterprise technology strategy.
- Lead working sessions with supply chain, operations, and technology stakeholders to understand business requirements and planning challenges.
- Evaluate requirements against standard SAP IBP functionality.
- Identify functional or technical gaps and recommend appropriate approaches, including configuration, enhancements, workarounds, or alternative solutions.
- Challenge requirements when necessary and help stakeholders understand the capabilities and limitations of IBP.
- Advanced Planning & Exception Management
- Design planning processes for environments where high transaction volumes and frequent exceptions are part of daily operations.
- Support strategies for managing shortages, excess inventory, supply constraints, backorders, and other planning exceptions.
- Optimize IBP processes for responsiveness, throughput, scalability, and usability.
- Apply practical experience with Advanced ATP and Global ATP to support end-to-end planning and fulfillment processes.
- Planning Model & Data Architecture
- Define and optimize IBP planning areas, key figures, master data, attributes, and related planning structures.
- Partner with data and integration teams on data cleansing, transformation, harmonization, and readiness.
- Ensure planning models align with ERP structures and downstream reporting/analytics requirements.
- Help establish scalable data foundations for future IBP capabilities.
- Integration & End-to-End Planning
- Support data and process integration between SAP IBP, SAP ECC/S4, and external enterprise platforms.
- Work with integration teams to ensure reliable movement of planning and execution data.
- Understand the relationship between demand, supply, inventory, fulfillment, and execution processes.
- Troubleshoot integration and planning-flow issues across systems.
- Transformation & Implementation
- Support a phased supply chain technology transformation from solution design through deployment and stabilization.
- Participate in blueprinting and determine which capabilities should be delivered during initial implementation versus subsequent phases.
- Contribute to roadmap development and prioritization of future IBP enhancements.
- Support the full lifecycle from design → build → test → deployment → hypercare.
- Participate in UAT, validation, performance testing, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
- Stakeholder Leadership
- Act as a subject-matter expert and trusted advisor for SAP IBP.
- Translate technical concepts into practical recommendations for business stakeholders.
- Collaborate with supply chain, operations, IT, architecture, data, and external implementation teams.
- Work effectively across geographically distributed teams and multiple organizational functions.
- Provide clear communication around risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and solution decisions.
Requirements
- Candidates should have a strong track record specifically within SAP IBP. This is not intended to be a general SAP architecture position.
- 5+ years of hands-on SAP IBP implementation, consulting, or solution architecture experience.
- Strong expertise across one or more of the following SAP IBP areas:
- Demand Planning
- Supply Planning / Response & Supply
- Inventory Optimization
- Advanced ATP experience is required.
- Backorder processing experience is required.
- Global ATP experience is required.
- Experience designing and supporting high-volume, exception-driven planning environments.
- Experience translating business requirements into SAP IBP solution designs.
- Experience determining when standard IBP functionality is sufficient versus when alternative approaches are needed.
- Experience with SAP integration technologies such as CPI-DS, SDI, or RTI.
- Experience integrating SAP IBP with SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA.
- Understanding of full software delivery lifecycle, including design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and solution-design capabilities.
- Parts, aftermarket, distribution, manufacturing, or supply-chain-intensive environments.
- Large-scale ERP or supply chain transformation programs.
- Multi-ERP environments or ERP consolidation initiatives.
- High-volume order and purchase-order environments.
- Data lake, enterprise analytics, or advanced reporting ecosystems.
- Complex fulfillment, allocation, availability, or backorder scenarios.
- Experience working with globally distributed implementation teams.
Skills
Required
- SAP IBP
- Demand Planning
- Supply Planning / Response & Supply
- Inventory Optimization
- Advanced ATP
- Backorder processing
- Global ATP
- CPI-DS
- SDI
- RTI
- SAP ECC
- S/4HANA