SAP APO TPVS Consultant

My client, a large consultancy, is in need of an SAP APO TPVS Consultant for a 12 month contract inside IR35 requiring 2-3 days on-site in Manchester on a fortnightly basis.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) to plan and optimize shipments for orders (sales orders, purchase orders, returns, and stock transport orders) and deliveries. When assigning the vehicles. The result of TP/VS planning is the creation of planned shipments, TP/VS supports various processes such as outbound delivery, inbound delivery, and cross-docking which candidate must be well aware of, He/she should be able to utilize SAP APO modules to conduct network planning and inventory optimization, Conduct requirements workshop, gather requirements, and propose appropriate solutions, Analyse demand drops from SNP optimizer logs, identify reasons of unfulfilled demands, and propose and implement corrective actions, Participate in the full life cycle of SAP APO implementations/roll outs, from design and configuration to testing and deployment, Process chain creation, monitoring and troubleshoot for issues to ensure timely completion of SNP run, Understanding of CIF Application logs & troubleshoot CIF issues related to Master data fixes, Monitor and report key performance Indicators for related to supply network planning for improvement and corrective actions, Basics of project management.