Supply Chain Design Optimization Consultant

Responsibilities

• Capture and/or translate business requirements and process flows to design and model.
• Develop supply chain network models using Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru to perform Network Optimization and Simulation.
• Run experiments in Greenfield/Brownfield, Network Optimization, Simulation, and Transportation Optimization to meet client spec scenarios
• Identifying opportunities or next steps for creating supply chain efficiencies and savings for the customer
• Conduct supply chain analysis and root cause to make recommendations
• Develop in-depth knowledge of the client’s supply chain and business challenges by conducting or collaboration to build business flows and workflows to help the team bridge the gap of the current state and/or future state.
• Complete detailed and quantitative analysis and clearly articulate findings and recommendations
• Identify data needs for a given project, formulate the data request, and work with clients to obtain and model the data for analysis
• Provide support for the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives
• Be able to analyze data, prepare data, support the solution architectural component, model the end-to-end process, create visualizations or dashboards of the results, documenting, and provide deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in analytics, computer science, technology, or similar domain
• Good presentation skills Proven Knowledge in working with Llama soft Supply Chain Guru and Transportation Guru
• Should have relevant experience in handling Network Optimization Projects using the above tools
• Experience in Transportation Network Design and Supply Chain Strategic Design Analysis
• Working knowledge of distribution center and delivery operations including facilities, equipment, core computer systems and job functions
• Strong operational and financial acumen in a distribution environment
• Minimum of 5 years in retail, transportation or logistics with emphasis in business intelligence
• Experience with Coupa/ LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru, BlueYonder/JDA/i2 Supply Chain Strategist, and/or IBM/LogicTools LogicNet Plus, or similar supply chain modeling environments
• experience in supply chain planning/design
• Knowledge of the principles of optimization and how optimization is performed using software packages
• Understanding of simulation and the differences between optimization and simulation
• Data manipulation and formatting skills are a must; proficient in one or many areas of data querying, SQL, Excel, Alteryx (Preferred), or equivalent ETL tool
• Experience in capacity planning, E-commerce, Logistics, Omni-Channel, demand forecasting
• Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets

Nice to have

• Solid subject matter expertise in the operations and trade-offs of supply chains
• Critical thinker with strong data, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Extensive experience analyzing complex or disparate customer financial and operational data.