SAP APO/DRP Consultant

The SAP APO DRP Consultant is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) processes within SAP APO. The role focuses on optimizing inventory deployment, replenishment planning, distribution network management, and supply planning across plants, distribution centers, and customer-facing locations. The consultant will collaborate with Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, Manufacturing, and IT teams to ensure efficient product availability while minimizing inventory costs.

Key Responsibilities:
APO DRP Solution Design & Configuration:

• Configure and support SAP APO Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) processes.

• Design supply network models and multi-echelon distribution structures.

• Configure planning books, data views, and DRP planning parameters.

• Define sourcing rules, transportation lanes, and procurement relationships.

• Support deployment and replenishment planning activities.
  

Supply Network Planning (SNP):

Configure and maintain:

• Transportation Lanes

• Product Master

• Location Master

• Procurement Types

• Quota Arrangements

• Deployment Heuristics

• SNP Heuristics

• Stock Transfer Planning

• Manage network-based replenishment planning across plants and distribution centers.
  

Inventory & Replenishment Planning:

• Optimize inventory levels across the distribution network.

• Define safety stock and replenishment strategies.

• Monitor inventory availability and stock balancing.

• Support demand propagation and inventory allocation processes.

• Analyze shortages, excess inventory, and supply bottlenecks.
  

Integration Management:

Collaborate with teams supporting:

• SAP APO DP (Demand Planning)

• SAP APO SNP

• SAP PP/DS

• SAP ECC/S4HANA

• SAP MM

• SAP SD

• SAP EWM/WM

• Ensure seamless CIF integration between APO and ERP systems.

• Resolve master data and transactional data integration issues.
  

Planning & Optimization:

Support:

• DRP Heuristic Runs

• Deployment Planning

• Replenishment Planning

• Stock Transfer Requirement Generation

• Exception-Based Planning
  

Testing & Project Delivery:

• Gather business requirements and prepare functional specifications.

• Support GAP analysis and solution design workshops.

• Execute SIT, UAT, and Regression Testing.
  

Reporting & Analytics:

Develop and support reports related to:

• Inventory Levels

• Fill Rate

• Service Level

• Stock Coverage

• Inventory Turns

• DRP Exceptions

• Deployment Performance

• Support APO planning dashboards and KPIs.
  
  

Required Skills:

Functional Expertise:

• Strong experience in SAP APO DRP/SNP.

Deep understanding of:

• Distribution Requirements Planning

• Supply Network Planning

• Inventory Deployment

• Replenishment Planning

• Network Optimization

• Demand-Supply Matching

• Stock Transfer Planning
  

APO Configuration Expertise:

• Product Master

• Location Master

• Transportation Lanes

• Procurement Relationships

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $52.24/hour - $81.62/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.

Salary : $52 - $82