Oracle Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Demand Management Functional Consultant

Experience: 8+ Years

Role Overview: We are looking for a seasoned Functional Consultant specializing in Oracle Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Demand Management to partner with business stakeholders in shaping, streamlining, and governing the demand-to-supply planning process. This role is centered on business process ownership, requirements definition, and driving planning maturity across the organization — translating business needs into Oracle-enabled planning solutions rather than deep technical configuration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and facilitate the end-to-end S&OP business process: demand review, supply review, pre-S&OP reconciliation, and executive S&OP meetings
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain leadership to gather business requirements and translate them into functional specifications for Oracle Demand Management and S&OP
• Drive consensus demand planning by facilitating alignment between statistical forecasts, sales inputs, and market intelligence
• Define and refine forecasting hierarchies, planning calendars, KPIs, and exception-management workflows aligned to business objectives
• Lead fit-gap analysis and functional design workshops, ensuring the solution reflects industry best practices and organizational planning maturity goals
• Act as the primary liaison between business users and technical/IT teams during implementation, enhancement, and support phases
• Develop and deliver training, SOPs, and change management materials to drive user adoption of planning processes and tools
• Analyse forecast accuracy, bias, and planning KPIs (MAPE, forecast attainment, inventory turns) and recommend process improvements
• Support business case development, ROI analysis, and planning process maturity assessments
• Provide thought leadership on demand sensing, integrated business planning (IBP), and S&OP process design during client engagements or internal transformation initiatives

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in supply chain planning, with strong functional expertise in Sales & Operations Planning and Demand Management processes (Oracle Cloud/EBS environment)
• Deep understanding of demand planning methodologies — statistical forecasting, consensus planning, new product introduction (NPI) forecasting, and lifecycle planning
• Proven experience designing and facilitating S&OP governance processes, including executive-level reviews
• Strong business process orientation with the ability to bridge functional requirements and system capabilities
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and executive communication skills
• Experience conducting workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and process maturity assessments
• Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM (Demand Management, S&OP) is expected, though the focus is on process ownership rather than technical configuration
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, or related field; APICS/CPIM, CSCP, or SCOR certification preferred; MBA a plus

Nice to Have:

• Experience in industries such as manufacturing, CPG, retail, or life sciences
• Familiarity with Integrated Business Planning (IBP) frameworks and demand-sensing tools
• Exposure to change management and organizational readiness for planning transformations