Senior Consultant - Consumer Products and Retail, Infosys Consulting
Infosys Consulting, the management and technology consulting unit of Infosys Ltd, is seeking motivated Consumer Products and Retail Consultants. Consulting managers seeking long-term growth and career-enhancing opportunities will find both as part of our team of front-runners in Consumer Products and Retail Consulting.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of six years' experience in the retail industry with a strong understanding of merchandising and supply chain business processes, technology and operations including knowledge of products and intermediary service providers. A key focus area would be experience in merchandising financial planning, assortment planning, retail store planning and operations, customer order management and inventory management

• Participate in the design and delivery of client advisory, solution delivery and organizational transformation engagements in standalone projects or as part of wider client programmes
• Advise clients on strategy and detailed use cases by leveraging insights from industry best practices
• Lead and manage a team of consultants to develop concise and practical strategies, roadmap and/or re-engineering program recommendations with a clear implementation path
• Oversee the formulation of hypothesis / client problem statement, identification, analysis and interrogation of related data and synthesize the key outcomes and resulting recommendations
• Seek out client input in a structured manner to better understand needs and develop ideas for how to meet those needs
• Collaborate with clients to define long-term vision, goals and strategies, help identify and design downstream product, operational and technology initiatives
• Direct teams of global consulting, IT professionals & subject matter experts in establishing comprehensive business and functional requirements, then translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives with associated metrics
• Play a key liaison and coordinator between the business, product, technology, senior management, vendor teams and other members of the change programs

• Provide insights on new and emerging best practices in consumer products and retail, contribute to the development of service offerings
• Work with other practice members to support Infosys Consulting thought leadership activities and develop innovative assets, including differentiated points of view and methodologies
• Build social networks that enable knowledge and information flow and stay abreast of market trends and how the industry needs to respond
• Contribute to practice growth and vitality through roles such as recruitment, training and retention

• Coach and develop junior team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development
• Participate in and contribute to practice training activities

• Develop and build relationships at senior management
• Formulate and present Infosys Consulting propositions and service offerings

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with at least 1-2 years of management consulting experience at a top-tier consulting firm
• Good depth of business process knowledge within retail merchandising and supply chain operations
• Demonstrated ability in delivering complex change programs in large organisations
• Strong background of participating in teams comprising both client stakeholders, operations, business and technology specialists
• A demonstrable ability to translate business objectives into operational and technology requirements with the commercial acumen to create supporting business cases
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills with ability to build client relationships
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 80%, depending on client requirements
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in Canada without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree
• Excellent business understanding of retail and consumer product operations
• Expanded capabilities and experience to work across both retail and CPG engagements s
• Good depth of knowledge process optimization, system design and implementation
• Experience of programs where stakeholder engagement is a key requisite to achieving successful program/project delivery
• Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and challenging constraints
• Ability to collaborate within the firm and leverage existing resources
• Working knowledge of agile methodologies
• Demonstrate thought leadership, ability to conceptualize and drive new solution / service offerings and take them to market
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary