IT Functional/Technical Lead – Planning

TEKsystems•Berwyn, IL

10d•$85 - $95•Onsite

About The Position

This role leads the delivery and implementation of supply chain planning solutions—covering demand planning, supply planning, and finite scheduling—across multiple business divisions. The focus for this role is on executing projects, ensuring adoption, and delivering measurable business value.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, IT, or related field.
8+ years of experience with planning systems (Demand, Supply, Scheduling).
Hands‑on experience with planning tools like Kinaxis, OMP, SAP IBP, or Blue Yonder.
Strong understanding of life sciences supply chain and manufacturing.
Experience integrating planning tools with SAP ERP.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience delivering large programs and executing data strategies.

Responsibilities

Help assess current processes, systems, and data across divisions.
Support platform evaluations and fit‑gap analysis (e.g., Kinaxis, OMP, SAP IBP).
Contribute to defining project scope, success metrics, and high‑level solution direction.
Identify risks and integration challenges between SAP and legacy systems.
Evaluate data readiness and integration complexity.
Lead the design and implementation of planning solutions (Demand, Supply, Scheduling).
Run workshops to gather requirements and translate them into functional and technical designs.
Oversee configuration, integration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
Work closely with supply chain, manufacturing, commercial, IT, and system integrators.
Ensure solutions meet GxP, validation, and regulatory requirements.
Drive standardization across divisions while supporting unique business needs.
Recommend continuous improvements and process enhancements.
Support data migration, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation.
Ensure data quality and readiness across SAP and legacy systems.
Assist with testing and validation of data flows and integrations.