APO Consultant

You may not know our name, but you know our products.  What we make is part the places where we live, work and play – all day, everyday.

Zekelman is a family of companies — 100% domestic manufacturers — with a legacy dating back to 1877. We’re proud to be the largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer in North America and the leading innovator in multi-family housing development.

We believe in what we build and what we build, builds the world around us.  Hospitals, hotels, schools, bridges, airports and more.

Come build a career you believe in.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for working with key users to configure and enhance the current and future state of APO, ECC systems
• Understands scope and manages assigned projects, with responsibility for the quality and timeliness of project deliverables
• Develops functional application designs and specifications, individually or collaboratively
• Works as a member of cross-functional teams and adds value by providing a technical perspective
• Configures and supports SAP APO PP/DS and ECC PP and PP-PI modules to meet business needs.
• Extends configuration new VMI customer rollouts and supports SAP APO DP, SNP and PPDS to meet business needs and associated processes.
• Unit tests applications, including customizations and interfaces.
• Regression test using work soft or other testing tools
• Guides users during testing activities and applications start-up activities
• Facilitates the process of change by clarifying new procedures and training system users
• Plans and establishes after go-live activities including on-going application support
• Analyzes day to day user, system, and process related issues and propose solutions and fixes

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in SAP APO PP/DS, as well as ECC Production Planning, in implementation and support roles
• At least 2 full cycle APO implementations. Consulting experience in Supply Chain planning space is a plus.
• Must be strong in supply planning concepts, production planning, and overall supply chain processes, from requirements planning to fulfilment of both make-to-stock and make-to-order scenarios
• Knowledge and experience in APO SNP Heuristics, Deployment, TLB, and Demand is a plus.
• Knowledge of configurable products in sales and production planning environments are desirable
• Should be able to multitask working on projects as well as supporting the production environment simultaneously
• Requires good written and oral communication skills, good interpersonal skills, flexible and adoptable to changing environment
• Strong customer service orientation and experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Zekelman Industries offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits, including low-cost, high-quality medical and dental benefits.  In addition, we have an amazing tuition assistance program, a bonus plan, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match, immediate vesting, and much more.

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We are Zekelman Industries.

We manufacture superior quality tubular and related products, and provide outstanding service for our valued customers.

We seek to continuously advance the skills and opportunities of our employees, utilizing the latest technology and management tools available to consistently increase profitability and the enterprise value of Zekelman Industries and of our customers.