Senior Consultant- Consumer Products,Retail and Logistics

Location: New York

Job Description Senior Consultant – Consumer Products and Retail, Infosys Consulting Infosys Consulting, the management and technology consulting unit of Infosys Ltd, is seeking motivated Consumer Products and Retail Consultants. Consulting managers seeking long-term growth and career-enhancing opportunities will find both as part of our team of front-runners in Consumer Products and Retail Consulting.  The ideal candidate will have a minimum of six 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 would be experience in merchandising financial planning, assortment planning, retail store planning and operations, customer order management and inventory management

About the Role As a Senior 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, working closely with senior client stakeholders. You will contribute to the firm’s development by guiding and mentoring teams and sharing knowledge. You will be build the necessary skills to become an expert in your respective domain and contribute to advancing Infosys Consulting’s thought leadership in the industry.

Consulting Delivery 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, roadmap and/or re-engineering program recommendations with a clear implementation path Oversee the formulation of hypothesis / client problem statement, identification, analysis and interrogation of related data and synthesize the key outcomes and resulting recommendations  Seek out client input in a structured manner to better understand needs and develop ideas for how to meet those needs

Collaborate with clients to define long-term vision, goals and strategies, 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 associated metrics

Play a key liaison and coordinator between the business, product, technology, senior management, vendor teams and other members of the change programs Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required

Minimum 6 years of relevant experience with at least 1-2 years of management consulting experience at a top-tier consulting firm

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 both client stakeholders, operations, business and technology specialistsA demonstrable 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 Canada without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

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