SAP APO Functional Consultant

Chemistry that Matters™

A career at SABIC provides you with an opportunity to leave a lasting positive impact to the world and yourself. From excellent health and well-being benefits to our comprehensive learning programs. We offer a wide range of benefits and offerings that recognize that our people have unique motivations and ambitions. It’s all about matching what matters to you with what matters to us. Let’s explore what matters!

As one of the world’s largest diversified chemical companies, we activate the power of human capital to address society’s future challenges. Through partnerships, we enable life-saving medical innovations and help fight world hunger. We are driving the circular economy for the benefit of communities and our planet through sustainability initiatives, such as our TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio.  Our success is built upon the collective excellence of our 32,000 employees in 50+ countries.  Our values – Inspire, Engage, Create, and Deliver – are the foundation of our success. To learn more about these and how we strive to Be the Impact, click here.

Our purpose is "Chemistry that Matters". This is what drives us to do what we do. "Chemistry" goes beyond applying science and technology to enhance the supply of essential materials to the world. It is how we work, to build long-lasting relationships of trust. “What Matters” is making a meaningful impact for the world – through the customers and communities we collaborate with, so that we succeed and grow together.

It is all about matching what matters to you with what matters to us. We are mindful about the importance of the team we are building and how our team members impact to our culture.   We believe that good ideas come from anywhere, being inclusive to diverse perspectives is stimulating, encourages innovation and is critical to our mission. Let us explore this together!

For an overview of our benefits here at SABIC, please visit: www.yoursabicbenefits.com 

Job Summary

We are looking for a dynamic and results-driven individual with SAP functional understanding of Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) including demand management, production planning and global availability-to-promise.

How You Can Be the Impact

• Design, build, customize, and test business processes in Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), and Global Availability-To-Promise (gATP) areas to meet the business objectives.
• Diagnose and resolve business process issues arising in SAP APO areas by utilizing functional and strong technical debugging skills.
• Provide basic support and understanding of business functions that tightly integrates with SAP APO such as Sales & Distribution (SD) and Production Planning (PP).
• Proactively coach and mentor less senior staff.
• Direct day-to-day operations of contingent professionals, providing expertise and encouraging teamwork to achieve high performance standards and meet targets.
• Partnering with key stakeholders throughout the Americas region to optimize the delivery of existing and new services and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership, providing status updates and suggesting actions for continuous improvement.
• Ability to support additional SAP domains and/or Business Applications as identified.

What Matters to SABIC

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering or Commercial discipline
• 5 years experience preferably in Petrochemical Industry or IT environment
• Extensive hands-on functional experience in the SAP APO with some exposure to related SAP functions
• Workable knowledge of reporting in SAP Analytics Cloud or Celonis will be plus
• Strong analytical skills with excellent communication skills

Eligibility Requirements 

• You must submit your application for employment online to be considered. Please submit your resume using the “Apply Now/Apply” option on this page.
• You must be 18 years or older
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work for SABIC in the United States on a full-time basis.

Work Availability

Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this position. Applicants must be regularly available and willing to work (e.g. Monday – Friday)] during assigned hours of operation and such other hours as the company determines are necessary or desirable to meet business needs

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer .We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion.