Looking for consultants with 3-6 years of experience for our Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel and Hospitality (RCGTH) practice. Experience in engagements with RCGTH clients and understanding of processes in one or more of the given areas is preferred – digital commerce, sales and marketing, new product development, R&D, store operations, warehousing, logistics, order management, pricing, promotions and loyalty. Job responsibilities will include,

• Lead discussions with clients and work in a fast paced environment
• Working in agile delivery programs as a product owner / process specialist
• Process mapping and requirements gathering, including defining user personas and journey
• Liaison with technology / product / data scientist teams, provide and manage functional inputs for the programs
• Provide business inputs  to programs around data analytics, data visualizations and reporting
• Helping with selecting technology solutions to improve business processes
• Participate and contribute to business development efforts
• Participate and contribute to practice competency development

Product Owner generic

• Performs as a Product Owner, liaisons between business and technical teams across multiple locations
• Conduct requirement gathering sessions and document product features and user stories
• Communicates story detail and priorities and ensures that the team aligns and agrees on a final iteration plan
• Owns Acceptance criteria of requirements and stories in a product backlog
• Supports in prioritization of product backlog items depending on their business need
• Collaborate with UI/UX Architects, Technical Leads/Project Managers and Business teams for project requirements
• Conduct Demos and presentations to various stakeholders
• Manage Impact analysis and communication, alignment of solution with business needs
• Own the Quality Assurance of product across releases
• Participate in the Iteration Retrospective, where the teams gather to improve their processes

Specific domain experiences needed

Supply Chain Planning

• Experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning and S&OP preferably in a CPG environment leveraging platforms like JDA, SAP or O9
• Exposure to allocation planning using leading platforms in the market
• Leveraging Analytics to drive enhanced planning KPIs

Supply Chain Execution

• Exposure to one full implementation of Warehouse Management/Order or Transportation Management products on leading platforms like Manhattan, JDA or Highjump
• Experience in leading client workshops, discussing detailed business requirements to drive productivity in these processes
• Leveraging data to monitor and enhance operational effectiveness