Sr Solution Lead - SAP APO

Job Title: Sr Solution Lead - SAP APO

About us: With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with hard-working people from all over the world, you'll test new insights, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to build a career worth celebrating.

About the Function:

Our Digital and Technology (D&T) team are innovators, delivering ground-breaking solutions that will help shape the future of our iconic brands. Technology touches every part of our business, from the sourcing of sustainable ingredients to marketing and development of our online platforms. We utilise data insights to build competitive advantage, supporting our people to deliver value faster.

Our D&T team includes some of the most dedicated digital professionals in the industry. Every day, we come together to push boundaries and innovate, shaping the digital solutions of tomorrow. Whatever your passion, we'll help you become the best you can be, creating career-defining work and delivering breakthrough thinking.

• SAP Sophisticated Planning & Optimization (APO - DP, SNP)
• SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain Integration
• Supply Chain Management (End-to-End Planning & Order Fulfillment)
• CIF Integration & Interface Management (APO ↔ S/4HANA / ECC)
• BW ↔ APO Data Integration & Reporting
• DevOps / DevSecOps Support & Release Management Model

• Minimum 8+ years of SAP experience, with strong hands-on expertise in SAP APO
• Confirmed end-to-end SAP APO implementation experience (not support-only), with the ability to clearly explain hands-on contributions across multiple projects.
• Experience participating in or leading global SAP APO implementations and rollout programs across regions.
• Strong functional expertise in SAP APO modules including Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP).
• In-depth understanding of Demand Planning concepts such as forecasting, forecast consumption, planning books, macros, and lifecycle planning.
• Hands-on experience with SNP master data configuration, including products, locations, resources, transportation lanes, and PDS.
• Expertise in SNP Heuristic and Optimizer configuration, execution, and performance tuning.
• Validated understanding of ECC integration with APO, including SD, MM, and PP processes and their impact on planning.
• Good experience with CIF integration, including setup, monitoring, and fix of master and transactional data flows.
• Hands-on expertise in BW ↔ APO integration, including sales history loads up to planning book level and APO data extraction for reporting.
• Ability to handle and guide techno-functional delivery, including configuration, functional design, defect resolution, and development coordination.
• Strong business-facing skills with the ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and recommend best-practice solutions.
• Acts as a core SAP team member, working closely with business super users and multi-functional teams to bridge business processes and APO system design.
• Extensive experience designing, monitoring, and solve interfaces between SAP APO, SAP BW, and SAP ECC (SD/MM), including CIF-based master and transactional data flows and BW data loads/extracts for demand and supply planning.
• Hands-on experience integrating SAP APO with non-SAP planning systems such as OMP, including inbound and outbound data interfaces, data validation, reconciliation, and coordination with cross-system technical teams.