Valiance Solutions - Consultant - Supply Chain Application

About Us :

Valiance is a global AI & Data analytics firm helping clients build cutting-edge technology solutions for digital transformation. We work with some of the marquee brands across India, the US, and APAC to build transformative solutions for Credit Risk, Fraud, Predictive Maintenance, Quality Inspection, Data lake, IoT analytics, etc. Our team comprises 100+ professionals across Machine Learning, Data Engineering & Cloud expertise.

To further our growth we are building supply chain practice from the ground up. You will work closely with senior management to build and grow supply chain practice while simultaneously leading the implementation of supply chain solutions for key clients as a solution architect or in functional

Responsibilities :

- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of industry best practices, business process, different supply chain platforms, technical architecture and value proposition

- Lead the complete lifecycle of a project from design to delivery for customers across industries and geographies

- Understanding of customer's requirements by leading workshops with functional and business owners of the processes and documenting it

- Effectively map the business requirements into supply chain platform and come up with a clear, phased achievable blueprint

- Work with a team of consultants to configure the solution for solving deep planning problems and institute rigorous performance monitoring process

- Work with the teams to resolve issues and coordinate defect tracking, analysis and resolution process

- Be a mentor and guide to junior members

Skills :

Experience:

- 8+ years of experience implementing supply chain planning applications is a must

- Deep understanding of supply chain planning concepts like Demand Management, Distribution Planning, Master Planning and S&OP is required

- Strong ability to lead by example and demonstrate proficiency in both product and domain.

- Firsthand experience leading a team through the full lifecycle of a supply chain planning solution implementation including business requirement gathering, solution design & build, UAT/SIT, go-live/cutover and value realization

- Experience using agile methodology to deliver large scale enterprise implementations

Education: Master's Degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or related fields with a concentration in operations or analytics is preferred

Skills:

- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint for analysis and presentation

- Strong analytical techniques, data mining knowledge and proficiency in handling and processing large amounts of data

- Ability to communicate mathematical, technical or software usage concepts to audiences with limited prior mathematics, technical or software background

- Strong verbal, written, presentation and demonstration/training skills are required

- Characteristics: High empathy for customer's business problems is required

- Ability to work in teams, distributed across locations and time zones

- Ability to identify key insights and critical thinking to prioritize and focus on the highest value opportunities

- Patient listener with the ability to clearly articulate her viewpoint, to manage and deliver to customer expectations.