Consultant – CRL - Business Consulting

Overview

Consultant – Consumer Products, Retail and Logistics, Infosys Consulting. Infosys Consulting is seeking a Consultant with proven experience in the Consumer Products, Retail and Logistics sectors. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the retail industry with a strong understanding of merchandising and supply chain business processes, technology and operations, including knowledge of products and intermediary service providers.

A key focus area includes merchandising financial planning, assortment planning, retail store planning and operations, customer order management and inventory management.

As a Consultant
, you will participate in the delivery of engagements aimed at designing and executing business strategies for our clients, being responsible for quality, budget and staffing, and working closely with senior client stakeholders. You will contribute to the firm’s development by guiding and mentoring teams and sharing knowledge. You will build the necessary skills to become an expert in your respective domain and contribute to advancing Infosys Consulting’s thought leadership in the industry.

• Participate in the design and delivery of client advisory, solution delivery and organizational transformation engagements in standalone projects or as part of wider client programmes
• Advise clients on strategy and detailed use cases by leveraging insights from industry best practices
• Lead and manage a team of consultants to develop concise and practical strategies, roadmaps and/or re-engineering program recommendations with a clear implementation path
• Oversee the formulation of hypothesis / client problem statements, identification, analysis and interrogation of related data and synthesize key outcomes and recommendations
• Seek client input in a structured manner to understand needs and develop ideas to meet those needs
• Collaborate with clients to define long-term vision, goals and strategies, and help identify and design downstream product, operational and technology initiatives
• Direct teams of global consulting, IT professionals & subject matter experts in establishing comprehensive business and functional requirements, then translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives with metrics
• Act as a liaison and coordinator between the business, product, technology, senior management, vendor teams and other members of the change programs
• Contribute to practice growth through roles such as recruitment, training and retention

• Coach and develop junior team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development
• Participate in and contribute to practice training activities

• Develop and build relationships at senior management levels
• Formulate and present Infosys Consulting propositions and service offerings

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required
• Minimum 3 years of consulting experience within the Consumer Products, Retail and/or Logistics sectors
• Good depth of business process knowledge within retail merchandising and supply chain operations
• Demonstrated ability in delivering complex change programs in large organisations
• Strong background of participating in teams comprising client stakeholders, operations, business and technology specialists
• Ability to translate business objectives into operational and technology requirements with the commercial acumen to create supporting business cases
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills with ability to build client relationships
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 80%, depending on client requirements
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree
• Excellent business understanding of retail and consumer product operations
• Expanded capabilities and experience to work across both retail and CPG engagements
• Good depth of knowledge in process optimization, system design and implementation
• Experience…