Oracle EBS R12 Supply Planning Consultant || Chicago IL || 12 Months (can extend)

Role: Oracle EBS R12 Supply Planning Consultant

Location: Itasca IL -100% On-Site

Duration: 12 months (can extend)

Max Pay Rate : CTC Rate :$90/hr - W2 Rate :$80/hr

Key responsibilities:

• Associate will be part of the TCS Offshore team supporting Knowles IT in delivering.
• Experienced Oracle EBS R12 Supply Planning Consultant with deep hands-on expertise in Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) and MRP/MPS.
• End to end implementations—from business process design and solution configuration to testing, cutover, and hypercare—across multi org, global supply chains.
• Strong experience with Collections, Plan Options, Constraints based planning, Sourcing Rules/Assignment Sets, Global Order Promising (GOP) and integration with Inventory, BOM/WIP, Purchasing, Order Management.

 Key Skills/Knowledge:

•            Lead full lifecycle implementation of Oracle ASCP/MRP in R12 (VCP stack).

•            Conduct workshops for current state (AS IS) and future state (TO BE) across demand, supply, and production planning.

•            Configure:

• Collections (Standard/Legacy), data hub, and instance setups
• Plan Options (constrained/unconstrained; MPP/MPS/MRP/ASCP plans)
• Sourcing Rules, Assignment Sets, Planning Parameters
• Calendars, BOMs/Routings, resources, lead times, capacity, workday patterns
• Demand classes, safety stock methods, pegging/exception rules

•            Design and validate planning scenarios for make to stock, make to order, CTO/ATO, and drop ship environments.

 Experience required:

•            8–12+ years in Oracle EBS R12 Supply Chain with strong ASCP/MRP implementation experience.

•            Deep knowledge of: ASCP configuration (plans, constraints, calendars, sourcing, ATP/GOP)

•            MRP/MPS, Inventory, BOM & Routings, WIP/Discrete, Purchasing, Order Management

•            Data Collections (standard/legacy), MSC schema understanding, plan run/debug

•            Proven experience in multi org, multi-site, global setups with time zone calendars and holidays.

•            Strong master data acumen (items, Discrete flags, UOMs, lead times, resources, effectivity).

•            Hands on performance tuning for collections and plan runs; exception management and pegging analysis.

•            Ability to write functional designs (MD50) and partner closely with technical teams on RICEW.

 Nice to Have:

•            Additional remarks (if any): Exposure to Demand Management, Inventory Optimization (IO), GOP, ASCP Optimizer, or Constrained Plans.

•            Experience with S&OP, capacity planning, supplier collaboration, and allocation planning.

•            Industry background in manufacturing (automotive, pharma, CPG, hi tech, industrial).

•            Oracle certifications (EBS Supply Chain/ASCP) are a plus.

 Person Specification:

•            Excellent stakeholder management—planning, operations, procurement, production, and IT.

•            Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; data driven decision making.

•            Clear communicator with the ability to lead workshops and train business users.

•            Proactive, structured, and able to operate in fast paced program environments.