Presales & Solutions Consultant - Sourcing & Procurement

Job Description:

SCM - Presales and Solutions Consultant (Sourcing & Procurement)

Responsibilities:

- Conduct due diligence and process maturity assessments by engaging with customers and internal stakeholders at customer location to develop compelling business cases for outsourcing.

- Create responses for RFPs/RFIs and create value propositions and winning themes for supply chain services (Sourcing & Procurement).

- Prepare and participate in Solution defense with customers in a convincing manner.

- Create FTE estimation, Location strategy, Transformation roadmap, transition plan, support in creation of SOW and contract negotiation.

- Hand over to delivery and hand hold where required till the project is on steady state.

- Participate in Knowledge sharing, Learning and Development activities by conducting training sessions as per requirement.

- Participate in analyst interactions to enhance brand value and market positioning as per requirement.

- Work collaboratively in integrated deals along with other service lines to create integrated value proposition.

- Thought Leadership with a good understanding of the market trends and industry nuances.

Required Skills:

- Experience of 8 - 15 years working in a pre-sales solutioning role.

- Graduate/Post Graduate/Certification in Supply Chain management or related fields.

- Experience in solutioning, designing and implementing Supply Chain services including large deals (Sourcing and Procurement) is important.

- Understanding of various sourcing categories in direct and indirect material purchase for specific industries.

- Experience in designing and implementing Supply Chain solutions (Sourcing & Procurement) for customers across various industries like Manufacturing, Life Science, Energy and Resources, Hi-Tech, Retail, CPG, TTH etc.

- Knowledge of creating outcome based / gain share based solutions.

- Knowledge and hands on experience in working with industry leading supply chain planning products like SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, Ariba, Coupa etc will be an added advantage.

- Problem resolution skills, Good Analytical skills, Positive attitude.

- Team Player, Go getter & fast learner, Creativity, Working in multi-cultural, global and diverse teams.

System Experience:

- Experience in SCM modules in SAP /Oracle or other major ERPs.

- Experience in Automation, RPA, Digitalization, Analytics.

- Knowledge of process mining tools like Signavio or Celonis will be an added advantage.

- Hands on experience in MS Office tools (Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Project, Visio etc.)