Cognizant - Consultant/Senior Consultant - Product Management/IT Consulting

Product Management( IT Consulting) - Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy, Utilities

Cognizant's MLEU Consulting team has open opportunities for Consultant/Senior Consultant designations in its Trading and Risk Management consulting practice. We are a team of advisory consultants & product managers working for global oil and gas/commodities trading clients to create significant business value. The team leverages their technology savviness, functional expertise to lead and execute digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities:

- Act as a key point of contact to the Business Transformation Services, Business Analysis, and Functional Architecture and Solution Architecture groups throughout the implementation

- Interface with business stakeholders to determine key design/process decisions, and contribute to overall delivery plan.

- Deliver assigned tasks complete and on time as designated by the Programme Office to ensure smooth progress of the implementation.

- Contribute and take ownership for various project related tasks / planning activities as the programme evolves

- Knowledge and Practical experience of Project Management methodologies - ability to configure delivery work stream frameworks to progress timelines and delivery milestones

- Demonstrate ability in planning consulting/functional work & ownership of project outcomes

Professional Qualifications and Skills:

- Full time MBA from any top tier B School (preferably in Ops/Finance/IT/Systems)

- 4 to 13 years of work experience

Must Have:

- Strong experience in IT consulting and business analysis - business process definition, requirements gathering, Functional designs, product solution design, proficiency in writing complex BRD, FSD and user stories

- Majority of experience should be in business consulting in either of the following domains:

- Physical Trading/Commodities Trading

- Derivatives/Capital Markets

- Supply Chain/Logistics/Freight Transportation

Big Plus:

- Detailed knowledge of trade life cycle in Commodity trading domain (Energy, Agri, metals, concentrates)

- Broad exposure (deal-to-cash) and specialization in front office functions of Commodity Trading landscape - deal capture, deal pricing, Hedging, PnL , Valuation, close of business, Derivatives, trade capture, commodity contracts, P&L, Hedging, Order Management

- Broad exposure (deal-to-cash) and specialization in middle office functions of commodity Trading landscape ; Middle Office (Logistics, physical delivery, inventory management, procurement, supply chain, Storage, transport, invoicing)

Location: Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurugram, Noida.