Strategic Advisor

Role: Strategic Advisor (Grade 44), Retail Grocery

Overview

The Strategic Advisor plays a critical role within our Supply Chain Advisory team by supporting and delivering strategic advisory engagements that help clients optimize and transform their supply chain operations. This role leads design workstreams, develops strategic recommendations, and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value to customers.

The ideal candidate has strong supply chain expertise, proven experience in the Retail Grocery industry and/or management consulting, and the ability to translate complex challenges into actionable solutions. The ideal candidate acts as a force multiplier, combining deep Retail Grocery expertise with the "agentic" mindset required to navigate complex transformations autonomously and deliver measurable competitive advantages.

What you’ll do

· Lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives and projects.

· Work with Solution Advisors on building software and advisory services pipeline in the Grocery industry vertical

· Lead the blueprinting /high level design phase of projects at key Grocery customers - business process, key design decisions and enterprise architecture

· Build and present recommendations to customer leadership, ensuring insights are grounded in data and aligned with customer business goals.

· Support team leadership in shaping engagement strategy, deliverable quality, and client communications.

· Participate in thought leadership efforts, including market research, internal frameworks, and executive-ready content.

· Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver solution rollouts and strategic initiatives.

· Identify and prioritize growth opportunities through data-driven analysis and industry insights.

· Ensure high quality deliverables and client satisfaction.

Key Skills

· Possess deep Retail Grocery knowledge, understands market trends, organizational strengths, gaps, and whitespace opportunities.

Possess an intuitive understanding of Retail Grocery, from the mechanics of fresh replenishment and promotional lift to the complexities of macro-space category management.

· Experienced in guiding customers through best-practice solution deployments; not afraid to challenge assumptions early in the project life-cycle.

· Strong storytelling skills with ability to relate solution demos to the day to day work and outcomes our customer require

An agentic approach to data, gathering and interpreting trends not just to report, but to inform autonomous decision-making and roadmap pivots.

· Ability to gather, synthesize, and interpret data from industry trends, competitive landscapes, and customer feedback to inform strategic decisions and roadmap development

· Able to provide Change Management advisory through our customers business transformation

· Confidently leads process design and serves as a design authority.

· Effectively engages with executive leadership, C-level clients, industry partners, and global forums.

· Strong presentation skills; can convey strategic recommendations, influence decision-making, and represent Blue Yonder in high-impact environments.

· Expertise to design, launch, and optimize industry-specific solutions and go-to-market plans (developing integrated product offerings, tailoring strategies to industry needs, ensuring competitive positioning in the marketplace).

What we are looking for

· Proven industry experience leading business teams within a tier 1 , Retail Grocery organization, and/or experience in management consulting to Grocery customers

· Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

· Ability to influence C-Level Executives and proven experience as a ‘trusted advisor’

· Strong process modelling skills

· Proven track record of delivering successful strategic initiatives and projects in Retail Grocery industry

Our Values

If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.