SAP Merchandise Planning & Assortment Planning Consultant

Strategic SAP Retail Transformation Opportunity

Join a high-impact retail transformation initiative focused on SAP Merchandise Planning and Assortment Planning. This role offers a unique chance to drive strategic change within a global retail or fashion environment, starting with a focused pre-sales and solution design phase that may lead into a comprehensive implementation project.

As a senior consultant, you will engage directly with senior business stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into effective SAP planning solutions. Your expertise will be central to defining end-to-end retail planning processes, ensuring alignment with broader SAP ecosystem integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business workshops to gather and validate retail planning requirements.
• Support pre-sales activities, solution design, and customer discussions.
• Design and implement SAP Merchandise Planning and Assortment Planning solutions.
• Define end-to-end retail planning processes covering:
  • Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP)
  • Open-to-Buy (OTB)
  • Assortment Planning
  • Category Planning
  • Range Planning
  • Forecasting and Replenishment integration
• Provide SAP retail planning expertise, best practices, and recommendations.
• Conduct fit-gap analysis and support solution design decisions.
• Configure and optimize SAP planning applications.
• Support planning model design, data migration, and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with Merchandising, Buying, Planning, Supply Chain, and Finance teams.
• Support testing, UAT, cutover, hypercare, and post-go-live activities where required.
• Provide clear documentation and communicate solutions effectively to both business and technical stakeholders.

Essential Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP Retail experience.
• Minimum 3 successful implementations involving SAP Merchandise Planning and SAP Assortment Planning.
• Strong experience within Retail and/or Fashion environments.
• Deep understanding of Merchandise Financial Planning, Open-to-Buy (OTB), Assortment & Category Management, Seasonal Planning, Budget Planning, and Demand Forecasting.
• Experience working within global or multi-country retail environments.
• Strong understanding of retail planning processes and their integration with wider SAP solutions.
• Proven ability to work directly with senior business stakeholders.
• Strong workshop facilitation and requirements-gathering skills.
• Comfortable working independently in a freelance consulting capacity.

Preferred Skills

• SAP CAR
• SAP S/4HANA Retail
• SAP BW/4HANA
• SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• Retail master data and product hierarchies
• Merchandise categories and store clustering
• Integration with Purchasing, Inventory Management, and Supply Chain solutions
• Experience with international retail rollout programmes

Profile Requirements

• Senior-level freelance SAP consultant.
• Fluent English and Spanish.
• Available at short notice.
• Able to work remotely, with occasional travel if required.
• Excellent communication, workshop facilitation, and documentation skills.
• Comfortable supporting both pre-sales and subsequent implementation activities.

Project Highlights

• Initial 5-10 day pre-sales engagement with potential for a longer-term implementation.
• Opportunity to work on a strategic SAP Retail transformation.
• Direct exposure to senior retail business stakeholders.
• Flexible freelance engagement with the potential to continue beyond the initial phase.