Principal TMS Consultant Consumer Products Retail and Logistics Infosys Consulting
Infosys Consulting is currently seeking a Principal with proven consulting experience in the Consumer Products Retail and Logistics sectors.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of eight years experience in the retail industry with a strong understanding of merchandising and supply chain business processes technology and operations including knowledge of products and intermediary service providers. A key focus area would be experience in Transportation Management Routing and Logistics
About the Role
As a Principal you will participate in the delivery of engagements aimed at designing and executing business strategies for our clients being responsible for quality budget and staffing working closely with senior client stakeholders. You will contribute to the firms development by guiding and mentoring teams and sharing knowledge. You will be build the necessary skills to become an expert in your respective domain and contribute to advancing Infosys Consultings thought leadership in the industry.
Consulting Delivery- Participate in the design and delivery of client advisory solution delivery and organizational transformation engagements in standalone projects or as part of wider client programmes
- Advise clients on strategy and detailed use cases by leveraging insights from industry best practices
- Lead and manage a team of consultants to develop concise and practical strategies roadmap and/or reengineering program recommendations with a clear implementation path
- Oversee the formulation of hypothesis / client problem statement identification analysis and interrogation of related data and synthesize the key outcomes and resulting recommendations
- Seek out client input in a structured manner to better understand needs and develop ideas for how to meet those needs
- Collaborate with clients to define longterm vision goals and strategies help identify and design downstream product operational and technology initiatives
- Direct teams of global consulting IT professionals & subject matter experts in establishing comprehensive business and functional requirements then translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives with associated metrics
- Play a key liaison and coordinator between the business product technology senior management vendor teams and other members of the change programs
Practice Development- Provide insights on new and emerging best practices in consumer products and retail contribute to the development of service offerings
- Work with other practice members to support Infosys Consulting thought leadership activities and develop innovative assets including differentiated points of view and methodologies
- Build social networks that enable knowledge and information flow and stay abreast of market trends and how the industry needs to respond
- Contribute to practice growth and vitality through roles such as recruitment training and retention
People Management- Coach and develop junior team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development
- Participate in and contribute to practice training activities
Business Development- Develop and build relationships at senior management
- Formulate and present Infosys Consulting propositions and service offerings
Basic Qualifications- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent required
- Proven ability to lead largescale projects and technical solution development and integration teams
- Minimum 8 years of consulting experience within the Consumer Products Retail and/or Logistics sectors
- Good depth of business process knowledge within retail merchandising and supply chain operations Expertise in Transportation Management Systems
- Demonstrated ability in delivering complex change programs in large organisations
- Strong background of participating in teams comprising both client stakeholders operations business and technology specialists
- A demonstrable ability to translate business objectives into operational and technology requirements with the commercial acumen to create supporting business cases
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills with ability to build client relationships
- Must be willing and able to travel up to 80 depending on client requirements
- Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the Canada without employerbased visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.
Preferred Qualifications- MBA or equivalent advanced degree
- Excellent business understanding of retail and consumer product operations
- Expanded capabilities and experience to work across both retail and CPG engagements
- Good depth of knowledge process optimization system design and implementation
- Experience of programs where stakeholder engagement is a key requisite to achieving successful program/project delivery
- Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and challenging constraints
- Ability to collaborate within the firm and leverage existing resources
- Working knowledge of agile methodologies
- Demonstrate thought leadership ability to conceptualize and drive new solution / service offerings and take them to market
- Ability and willingness to work as part of a crosscultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary
Along with competitive pay as a fulltime Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Longterm/Shortterm Disability
- Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
- Insurance (Accident Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Legal)
- 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
About UsInfosys Consulting is the global management and technology consulting practice of Infosys a global leader in technology services and consulting. We combine the power of timetested methodologies peopledriven innovation and disruptive technology to enable leaders of the worlds top brands pursue a path of smart transformation. Together with our clients internal and external partners we cocreate and execute pragmatic strategies and solutions that transform organizations and define the future of business. Our dynamically growing consultancy offers our consultants:
Ability to design and implement endtoend solutions at scale
A flat organization structure with direct access to our seniormost leaders
An entrepreneurial environment full of bright highly motivated consultants
Opportunities for motivated consultants to impact local communities
The ability to design your career and drive your professional learning and development
A truly global culture
Infosys is a global leader in nextgeneration digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AIpowered core that helps prioritize the of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our alwayson learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills expertise and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability. Required Experience:
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