JD – Business Consultant – SCM Solution

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Business Consultant – SCM Solution – (Shanghai, China)

Company: Top ERP/SCM firm, a leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions worldwide

Major Responsibilities:

Assists Project Managers in planning efforts
Support COMPANY solution positioning activities by providing specialist input into presentations and proposals
Provides advice to customers regarding industry best practices and process methodology
Work with local account teams, apply specific experience to architecting solutions for clients
Ability to prepare and deliver presentations for user, management, and executive level audiences
Conducts/leads business process analysis or design/construction phase of the project that leads to writing functional specifications
Develops functional specifications for modifications, interfaces, reports and screens that meet the customers’ business objectives and are of sound design
Ensures knowledge transfer is conducted with key customer project team
Is a thought leader in their Product Solution area of focus and is able to apply that knowledge to customer situations
Recognizes and highlights incremental revenue opportunities with existing customers / projects.
Serves as a functional liaison and contributes to communication between Project Manager, key customer contacts, and customer users, up to and including key executive project sponsors
Understands how the COMPANY solutions within area of focus can be configured and delivered to better facilitate customer business processes (ensuring ability to design, execute, and deliver)
Helps to develop and deliver consulting services in the Supply Chain Management domain mainly focus in Supply Chain Planning
Develops and executes test scripts to ensure COMPANY software consistently meets the customer’s business objectives

Knowledge/Skills Preferred/Required:

Bachelor’s degree and above
Minimum of 5 years Application/Solution implementation experiences
Minimum of 3 years project experiences in Supply Chain Management areas
Strong Supply Chain Management domain knowledge and experiences in Sales and Operation Planning
Ability to interact with customer’s executive and act as a trusted advisor
Solid project experience in architecting multiple-module solutions
Ability to independently engage with customers in business requirement and solution discussion workshops
Hi-Tech and electronics industry domain knowledge is preferred
Ability to organize solution architecture team and facilitate solution design/implementation activities.
Good skills in problem solving
Excellent communication skills at various level of client organization
Fluency in English and Mandarin
Be willing to travel as business needs
Be able to work under pressure and meet tight project delivery schedule
SCM or Logistics or ERP implementation experiences would also be preferred
Willing to travel with short notice and may necessitate extended stays away from the home office