Business Systems Analyst SAP IBP

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Job Description

Albemarle is hiring for a Business Systems Analyst-IBP. This position is hybrid and located in Bangalore.

Function

Information Technology/Enterprise Business Systems/IBP

Position Overview

The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing enterprise applications and business processes within an assigned functional domain. The BSA serves as a trusted partner to business stakeholders, providing functional expertise, solution analysis, process improvement recommendations, and day-to-day operational support to ensure enterprise systems effectively enable business objectives.

The BSA works closely with business users, the Manager Enterprise Systems, Digital Business Partners, technical teams, and third-party service providers to deliver stable, efficient, and scalable technology solutions. This role is responsible for analyzing business requirements, identifying process improvement opportunities, coordinating solution delivery, supporting system enhancements, and ensuring the successful adoption of new capabilities.

In addition to operational support responsibilities, the BSA contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to leverage automation, analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and process standardization to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience.

Domain Responsibility Summary

Own SAP IBP Demand and Time Series Supply Planning, S&OP/IBP cycle support, models, master data, security, jobs, Excel Add-In, upgrades, heuristics, operators, and planning outcomes. Oversee SAP S/4HANA and external integrations, CI-DS/CPI-DS, extractors, mappings, loads, data quality, testing, troubleshooting, and emerging Response & Supply Planning, OBP, and ATP/aATP capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary functional partner for requirements, solution design, application and data support, and cross-team issue resolution. Lead fit-gap analysis, configuration reviews, testing, defects, deployment, hypercare, governance, reporting, analytics, automation, AI-enabled solutions, process standardization, knowledge management, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, or a related discipline.

• Minimum of 3 SAP IBP implementation projects, including at least:

• • One Demand Planning implementation.
  • One Supply Planning or Response & Supply Planning implementation.
  • One implementation involving significant integration design, custom extractors, data migration, or interface development activities.

• Experience supporting SAP IBP integration landscapes involving standard and custom extractors.
• Understanding of SAP extractors, custom ABAP-based extraction logic, and planning data integration frameworks.
• Ability to troubleshoot data flow issues across source systems, middleware, and SAP IBP.
• Experience with:

• • CI-DS / CPI-DS
  • SAP S/4HANA integration
  • Custom extractor development lifecycle
  • Data mapping and transformation
  • Master data synchronization
  • Incremental and full data loads
  • Interface monitoring and error handling
  • Time Series Supply Planning heuristics.
  • Supply Planning operators and execution strategies.
  • Finite and infinite capacity planning concepts.
  • Inventory replenishment and distribution planning logic.
  • Constraint-based planning principles.
  • Multi-level supply network planning.
  • Demand prioritization and allocation concepts.
  • Supply-demand balancing techniques.
  • Simulation and scenario planning methodologies.
  • Planning run configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications and business processes aligned to the domain area for this position.
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Experience supporting system enhancements, projects, or technology implementations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Benefits of Joining Albemarle

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

We are partners to one another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essential element and you can anticipate competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build with purpose and grow together.