Job Family: SCM Consulting
Designation: Supply Chain Planning IT Senior
Consultant/Solution Architect
Location:
Bangalore
Experience: 2 to 10 years of relevant
experience
Role Summary: -
The
role requires individuals to:
• Build and execute
strategies to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction on
ongoing supply chain technology projects.
• Help
develop account strategy and plan, that best leverages
consulting team strengths.
• Leading a team
working on multiple, geographically dispersed projects, and
ensure all projects are delivered on time and exceed customer
expectations.
• Successfully deliver Supply Chain
Planning Consulting engagements across various industries,
sectors and geographies specifically in various areas of Supply
Chain Planning (Demand & Supply Planning, S&OP,
Distribution Planning, MRP, Inventory Planning, Replenishment
Planning and Network Optimization)
• Bring
structure to unstructured environments. Deal with ambiguity and
lead the teams to success in fast paced environment
• Assist clients in the selection, implementation, and adoption
of supply chain solutions.
• Provide functional
and business process expertise on a project which generally
consists of consultants, subcontractors, remote global
resources, and client employees.
• Manage
cross-functional programs/projects involving multiple client
stakeholders and vendors.
• Guide the clients on
industry best practices / process benchmarks.
•
Provide leadership and guidance to consultants in managing their
deliverables and lead the teams to achieve highest standards,
project discipline and accountability.
• Help in
building Supply Chain practice at Thoucentric and help grow the
company by participating in pre-sales activities, building new
solutions / offering that can strengthen Thoucentric’s
capabilities in Supply Chain space.
• Create
reusable assets to help accelerate delivery of solutions
• Juggle multiple and conflicting priorities in a timely and
sensitive way.
• Act as solution architects with
equal expertise in supply chain planning technology and
domain.
Educational
Qualifications:
• Strong educational background
from reputed engineering and management schools
Required Skills:
•
Understanding of supply chain planning processes including
demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory
optimization.
• Should have done at least 2
implementations using at least one of the best-in-class supply
chain software tools (e.g. JDA Blue Yonder, SAP APO, SAP IBP,
Kinaxis, O9, Anaplan, E2Open, Arkieva, Oracle ASCP, OM Partners
etc.) or custom built supply chain planning applications
involving advanced algorithms (AI/ML).
• 5 years
to 15 years of work experience in Supply Chain Planning domain
with technology exposure.
• Flexibility to work
on any supply chain technology. Appropriate training would be
provided if you would need to work on a different technology
than what you have experience in.
• Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills to interact with internal
and external stakeholders with emphasis on follow through and
reporting
• Analytical and Problem-solving skills
along with self-motivation to excel
•
Meticulous planning skills with attention to detail and
multi-tasking skills
• Ability to drive projects
in a matrix management environment that includes influencing,
efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on
results orientation
• Ability to analyze large
amount of data; R, Python, SQL knowledge is
preferred.
Personal
Attributes:
• Ability to cope in a technically
complex and fast-changing environment, and to respond calmly and
rationally to changing aspirations in a deadline-driven
situation.
• Strong planning and organizing skills
including the ability to manage several work streams
simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills
with a capacity to present, discuss and explain issues
coherently and logically both in writing and
verbally.
• Good influencing and persuasion skills
with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams
and build successful relationships at all levels.
• Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own
initiative.
• Clear decision-making ability with
the facility to judge complex situations and assess when to
escalate issues.
• Ability to balance conflicting
and changing demands through prioritization and a pragmatic
approach.
• Interest in learning supply chain
software tools.
