Senior Consultant - Solution Design, SW - SMART
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Welcome to GEP</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Who We Are</b></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest
growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and
managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving
complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest
organizations.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>How You Grow at GEP</b></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">We recognize people who make a genuine difference, work
hard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It’s how you
will grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at other
firms.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Celebrating Everyone</b></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team
members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities,
cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makes
you unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more.
And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP a
great place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and give
back.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="font-family:DarwinSans;line-height:1.2;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>What You Will Do<br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">As a Senior Consultant in Solution Design, you will lead the Solution Design workstream for complex opportunities, coordinating cross-functional experts and ensuring alignment across discovery findings, solution design, demonstrations, and proposal content. You will operate effectively in different environments, manage solution-related risks and dependencies, and protect solution integrity by ensuring that recommendations and commitments are properly supported and validated. You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s practices, knowledge, and reusable assets. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Lead complex, multi-stakeholder discovery sessions and navigate ambiguous or conflicting requirements.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Challenge assumptions, uncover root business drivers, prioritize competing needs, and establish clear decision criteria.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Lead the end-to-end Solution Design workstream for complex and high-visibility opportunities.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Translate business, functional, technical, and architectural inputs into a coherent and defensible solution approach.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Maintain consistency across customer requirements, proposed capabilities, demonstrations, RFP responses, and proposal content.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Identify, document, and manage solution assumptions, risks, gaps, dependencies, and required validation activities.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Coordinate Product, Engineering, Integration, Security, Delivery, and subject-matter experts throughout the opportunity lifecycle.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Establish clear ownership for technical and functional validation and escalate material risks when necessary.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Lead complex demonstrations and workshops, including multi-presenter sessions involving different areas of expertise.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Develop compelling demonstration narratives that connect product capabilities with the customer’s business priorities and expected outcomes.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Challenge unsupported recommendations or commitments and help ensure that solution positioning remains accurate and defensible. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Create reusable assets, technical knowledge, best practices, and quality improvements that strengthen Solution Design quality and consistency. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">Growth Opportunity: Candidates will have opportunities to deepen their Technical Solution Design expertise and strengthen their ability to coordinate the technical dimensions of increasingly complex opportunities. As an Senior Consultant you will: </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Deepen your Technical Solution Design expertise across solution architecture, system landscapes, integrations, APIs, data flows, security, compliance, and solution feasibility.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Strengthen your ability to facilitate architecture workshops, technical discovery sessions, and validation activities with internal specialists and customer stakeholders.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Build greater credibility as a trusted technical coordinator by anticipating solution risks, dependencies, constraints, and validation requirements. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Contribute to reusable technical knowledge, playbooks, assets, standards, and practices that improve Solution Design quality across the team.</span></font></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>What Should You Bring<br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Technology, Economics, Finance, or a related field.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Demonstrated experience leading consulting, procurement transformation, solution design, presales or enterprise software opportunities.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Strong ability to lead structured discovery and consultative problem-framing discussions involving multiple stakeholder groups.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Expertise translating complex business requirements into coherent functional and technical solution approaches.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Strong understanding of procurement processes and enterprise software capabilities, preferably across areas such as Strategic Sourcing, Procure-to-Pay, Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Management, Spend Management, or Category Management.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Ability to understand and coordinate discussions involving solution architecture, system landscapes, integrations, APIs, data flows, security, compliance, and technical dependencies.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Demonstrated ability to identify solution risks, challenge unsupported assumptions, and coordinate the appropriate validation with specialists.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Strong presentation, demonstration, storytelling, and client-influence skills, with the ability to connect technology capabilities to business outcomes.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Knowledge coordinating multidisciplinary teams and subject-matter experts across complex or high-visibility opportunities.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Strong analytical thinking, business problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Ability to operate independently in ambiguous situations while maintaining ownership, sound judgment, and a high standard of quality.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Knowledge contributing reusable assets, standards, best practices, and knowledge-sharing initiatives that improve Solution Design quality.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Strong attention to governance, documentation, traceability, and the management of assumptions, risks, and dependencies.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Advanced English proficiency. Spanish is considered an advantage.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">•Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">As GEP experiences active and rapid growth, we’re looking for people who want to flourish along with us - helping to pave the way to a brighter future. </span></font></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;"><b style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Are You One of Us</b><br /><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">GEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team. GEP is proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.</span></font></span></p>
