SCM Consultant for a Leading Analytic Consulting Firm
Overview:
As a supply chain management consultant you will provide innovative solutions to client business problems using advanced OR tools and techniques. As a part of high-performing team you will play a critical role in delivering a variety of solutions in end-to-end supply chain - strategy, tactical to operational - procurement to price optimization. The position entails various components including business discovery, business case development, consulting clients and project delivery.
Job Description:
- Enable client to effectively articulate business requirements and provide partnership for successful project implementation.
- Analyse the client's business requirements to arrive at solution options - quick wins, solution road-maps, software implementations.
- Lead end-to-end project delivery and work closely with multi-location team and client's stakeholders.
- Develop supply chain optimization models using package solutions like Supply Chain Guru, ILOG LogicNet Plus, to answer targeted business questions
- Run basic statistical analysis using packages like MS Excel, SAS, SPSS or R to understand data behavior and develop insights.
- Analyse and interpret optimization results and derive insights; consult the client.
- Construct and present proof-of-concepts and prototypes to enable pre-sales.
- The role requires medium term stay of upto 6 months in either Australia or New Zealand before locating back in Bangalore; will need moderate travel thereafter.
Key Skills (Requirements):
- 3 to 5 years experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches.
- Network optimization modelling - with knowledge of network design tools like IBM LNP, preferably Llamasoft SCG or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of Supply chain design, lever and metrics involved.
- Understanding of supply chain planning at strategic, tactical and operational level.
- Working knowledge in implementing product-mix optimization, price optimization and strategic network design.
- Fundamental understanding of science behind optimization.
- Advanced data analysis skills including MS Access, Excel, preferably SQL knowledge.
- Basic understanding of statistics with working knowledge of one of the statistical package SAS, SPSS or R.
- Working knowledge of visualization tools like Tableau, Qlikview or any other BI solution.
- Ability to design and advice on complex systems implementations including custom optimization solutions.
Preferred but not necessary (Requirements):
- Custom OR modelling using GAMS or LINDO
- Advanced MSSQL or MYSQL knowledge
Qualification Required:
- MBA preferred with a degree in Decision Sciences, Engineering or similar quantitative degree.
- Should have worked in Analytics services, consulting and or in Data Management & BI industry.
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