Senior Consultant - Retail Planning

In Thoucentric, a management consulting firm, you will play a crucial role in helping organizations overcome business challenges, maximize growth, and enhance overall performance through effective problem-solving, efficient people, process, and technology solutions, end-to-end execution, and management. As a seasoned professional at Thoucentric, you will be part of a diverse team with strong industry, solution, and product experience, fostering growth in India and global locations like US, UK, Singapore, and Australia. **Role Overview:** - You will be responsible for providing Business Consulting, Program & Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process & Technology Solutioning, and Execution in areas such as Supply Chain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution. - Your expertise will contribute to driving effective business liaisons and delivering impactful solutions. **Key Responsibilities:** - Experience in retail planning is essential for this role. - 10 years of experience in at least two full-cycle implementations of market-leading supply chain software solutions (e.g., JDA, SAP, Kinaxis, O9) is required. - You should have hands-on experience configuring supply chain products and customizing solutions based on client requirements. - A deep understanding of supply chain planning processes, including demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory optimization, is crucial. - Your responsibilities will include creating business blueprint documents, validating designs, preparing FMEA, Functional Specifications, Test cases, and Training documents. - You will manage project teams, both on-site and off-shore, ensuring on-time delivery of project deliverables as per expectations. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary to interact with internal and external stakeholders, emphasizing follow-through and reporting. - Your ability to drive projects in a matrix management environment, focusing on influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a results-oriented approach, will be vital. **Qualifications Required:** - Experience in retail planning. - 10 years of experience in at least two full cycle implementations of market-leading supply chain software solutions (e.g. JDA, SAP, Kinaxis, O9). - Hands-on experience configuring supply chain products and customizing solutions. - Deep understanding of supply chain planning processes including demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory optimization. - Ability to create business blueprint documents, validate designs, prepare FMEA, Functional Specifications, Test cases, and Training documents. - Experience in managing project teams ensuring on-time delivery of project deliverables. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with stakeholders with a focus on follow-through and reporting. - Ability to drive projects in a matrix management environment with a results-oriented focus.,