CRL/Consultant - CRL- Business Consulting

Infosys•Chicago, NY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Infosys Consulting is currently seeking a Consultant with proven consulting 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 would be experience in 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, 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.

Requirements

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 both client stakeholders, operations, business and technology specialists
A 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 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.

Nice To Haves

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 process optimization, system design and implementation
Experience of programs where stakeholder engagement is a key requisite to achieving successful program/project delivery
Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and challenging constraints
Ability to collaborate within the firm and leverage existing resources
Working knowledge of agile methodologies
Demonstrate thought leadership, ability to conceptualize and drive new solution / service offerings and take them to market
Ability and willingness to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary

Responsibilities

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
Contribute to practice growth and vitality 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
Formulate and present Infosys Consulting propositions and service offerings