Job Title: Senior IT Product Owner - APO Demand Planning and IBP
City: Chicago
State/Province: Illinois
Posting Start Date: 8/19/26
Job Description:
Job DescriptionRole-Senior IT Product Owner - APO Demand Planning and IBP
Location-Chicago,ILKEY RESPONSIBILITIESREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience and Education- High school diploma or GED, plus extensive directly related professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience delivering and supporting enterprise demand planning and forecasting technology, including at least one full implementation or major upgrade taken from design through go-live and hypercare.
- Prior ownership of a demand planning or forecasting capability, product line, or business process.
Demand Planning Platforms and Technology- Hands-on experience with enterprise demand planning platforms. SAS Viya is strongly preferred, as it is our core platform; substantive experience with comparable solutions such as SAS Visual Forecasting, SAS Intelligent Planning, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, o9 Solutions, Blue Yonder (JDA), Logility, or OMP will also be considered.
- Working knowledge of the SAS ecosystem - for example SAS Viya administration concepts, forecasting pipelines and model repositories, SAS Visual Analytics reporting, and the SAS 9 to Viya modernization path.
- Practical understanding of forecasting methods and how they are configured in a planning system, including time series models, causal and machine learning approaches, demand sensing, hierarchical forecasting and reconciliation, and model selection and champion/challenger evaluation.
- Fluency with forecast performance measurement and its drivers, including MAPE, WMAPE, bias, and forecast value add, and the ability to tie platform capabilities to measurable accuracy improvement.
- Solid grounding in the data that feeds demand planning: master data and product, customer, and location hierarchies; shipment, order, and consumption history; syndicated and point-of-sale data; and promotional, pricing, and new product introduction inputs.
- Experience with enterprise integration between planning platforms and ERP, data warehouse, and cloud data environments, including batch and API-based interfaces and job scheduling..
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Supply Chain Management, Analytics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
- SAS Certified Specialist: Forecasting and Optimization Using SAS Viya (exam A00-407), or an equivalent SAS Viya credential.
- Professional forecasting or supply chain certification, such as IBF Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF/ACPF) or ASCM/APICS CPIM or CSCP.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or PMP certification.
- Experience in consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, or another global manufacturing environment with complex multi-tier distribution.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), containerized deployments, and modern data platforms supporting analytics workloads.
- Working knowledge of demand planning adjacent capabilities such as supply planning, inventory optimization, trade promotion management, and scenario and what-if modeling.
- Foundational knowledge of data classification and data privacy, including regulatory bodies and compliance requirements across global markets.
Mandatory Skills: SAP APO - Demand Planning.
Experience: 8-10 Years.
The expected compensation for this role ranges from $80,000 to $158,000 .
Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.
Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.
