Planning Business Analyst

Deloitte Innovation Hub | Planning Business Analyst, Cairo, Egypt

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Deloitte Innovation Hub (DIH) is a strategic initiative to support our ambition to become the leading business transformation partner of choice for our clients and to expand and scale our delivery footprint across EMEA. With access to a scaled, diverse, highly skilled, motivated, and engaged workforce, DIH is delivering complex technical solutions for clients’ most complex business problems, across portfolios that include ‘Strategy & Transactions’, ‘Customer’, ‘Engineering, AI & Data’, ‘Enterprise, Technology & Performance’ and ‘Cyber’.

DIH is aiming to become the destination for top talents in Egypt for a long, exciting career. We invest in outstanding people of diverse talents and backgrounds and empower them to achieve more than they could elsewhere. Our work combines advice with action and integrity. We believe that when our clients and society are stronger, so are we. Our organization has grown in scale and diversity, providing services across the region, with our shared culture remaining the same. We aim to help clients realize their ambitions, make a positive difference in society, and maximize the success of our people. This drive fuels the commitment and humanity that run deep through our every action.

Connect to your opportunity. Ready to launch your career at the intersection of supply chain planning, business analysis, and advanced technology? Deloitte is seeking a junior or experienced graduate to join our Supply Chain Planning practice in Cairo. This is an exciting opportunity for ambitious graduates to contribute to end-to-end OMP implementation projects for leading clients across the globe.

You will help translate planning challenges into scalable digital solutions across demand planning, supply planning, production planning, inventory optimisation, and sales and operations planning, delivering tangible impact from day one.

You will collaborate with experienced supply chain planners, business analysts, solution architects, and technical specialists. Your responsibilities will include analysing current planning processes and data, documenting business requirements, supporting solution design and configuration, preparing and executing functional tests, assisting with data validation and integration, and supporting training, deployment, and adoption. You will work directly with client stakeholders to connect business needs with OMP capabilities and help deliver robust, user-focused planning solutions.

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You need:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, information systems, applied mathematics, or a related discipline, with graduation in 2024 or 2025.
• 0–2 years of professional experience in supply chain planning, business analysis, advanced planning systems, software implementation, data analytics, or consulting.
• Understanding of core supply chain planning concepts such as demand forecasting, supply and capacity planning, production planning and scheduling, inventory optimisation, master data, and sales and operations planning.
• Ability to elicit, analyse, document, and validate business requirements and translate them into functional specifications, process flows, user stories, and test scenarios.
• A strong academic record and excellent analytical, numerical, and structured problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken, with the ability to communicate clearly with business and technical stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and the ability to work with complex datasets, identify data-quality issues, and support reconciliation and validation activities.
• A proactive, collaborative, and client-focused attitude, with the ability to learn quickly and work effectively in multidisciplinary and international teams.

Preferred skills:

• Exposure to OMP Unison Planning or another Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) platform, such as Kinaxis, SAP Integrated Business Planning, Blue Yonder, or similar enterprise planning solutions.
• Academic or practical experience with supply chain planning models, optimisation, forecasting, scenario analysis, or production scheduling.
• Working knowledge of SQL for querying, validating, transforming, and troubleshooting planning data.
• Exposure to C++ development, object-oriented programming, algorithms, or debugging; experience with Python or another scripting language is an additional advantage.
• Experience supporting enterprise-system implementation activities, including configuration, data migration, interfaces, functional and integration testing, defect resolution, deployment, and hyper care.
• Knowledge of ERP and integration concepts, databases, APIs, cloud environments, software development lifecycles, and IT service-management practices.
• Relevant supply chain or planning certification, such as ASCM CPIM, CSCP, or CLTD, or recognized training in OMP or another APS platform.

Required software skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, and Teams.
• Ability to use Excel for data analysis and reconciliation; familiarity with SQL development tools, relational databases, version control, and issue-tracking or testing tools is appreciated.
• Exposure to OMP, another APS application, ERP systems, data-integration tools, or programming environments for C++ or Python is considered a strong advantage.

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Location: Cairo, Egypt

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We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective, and personality. So, we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

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