Solution Consultant 

Job location: This is a virtual role. You may work anywhere from home and be based anywhere in the United States.

About the team

As a member of our Consulting Team, you understand our customers’ most pressing business performance challenges and you are committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges in the distributed value chain that is prevalent in manufacturing today.

What you will do

• Participate in deep-dive customer business requirements discovery sessions and develop requirements specifications documentation.
• Support Solution Architect in providing creative solutions to complex business problems while maintaining best practices.
• Guide and mentor junior consultants on the project team during project.
• Learn Rapid Response software and perform solution configuration.
• Perform training of customer end users on the configured solution.
• Understand supply chain industry trends and benchmark customer against the same.
• Ensure the customer is obtaining the business benefits as captured in the business case.
• Support the validation and testing of the solution and capture user feedback.
• Support data management and data integration related activities.
• Any other reasonable project related tasks as assigned by the Project Manager.

What we are looking for

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, production planning, demand management industry role and/or business software consulting role.
• BS/MS/PhD in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics or a related field with an excellent academic record.
• Good background in Supply Chain engineering concepts and understanding of statistical forecasting, inventory management, MRP, scheduling, etc.
• Ability to learn a new application – Kinaxis RapidResponse®.
• Self-direction with ability to excel in a fast paced work environment.
• Work well in a team environment and have the ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization.
• Open to travel 75% on average and 100% occasionally and also can work effectively when working remotely from the client.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.

Things That Would Help:

• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Technical skills such as SQL, R, Java Script, Python, etc.
• Experience with manufacturing planning solutions such as Kinaxis, SAP, JDA, etc