Job Description

Principal consultant

Responsible for leading Strategy Consulting engagements, including planning and organizing activities, industry & competitive analysis, solution development and team execution. Primary point of contact for clients, and responsible for all aspects & quality of deliverables. Role brings digital project & industry experience, and well-honed consulting, project management, and functional skills in the execution of the work.

Specialized Experience:

Strategic Development and planning

Retail Systems Experience
Loyalty Platform
Store point of sale systems and their rollout
Store payment systems
Omni channel design
Inventory management systems
Supply chain systems
Data privacy & security
Store & cloud networking
Post rollout hyper-care and incident management
Agile methodologies

Directing - Leading
Current state analysis to identify gaps and mitigations to gaps
Benchmarks to support strategy & transformation
Executive presence to gain alignment and trust
Gaining alignment on strategic objectives and frameworks
Developing a strategy with measurable, annual target objectives.
Partnership client leads and align delivery approach and procedures
Develop roadmaps aligned to the strategy
An understanding the current retail technology landscape
Creating a Digital capabilities assessment & enhancements
Prioritize Digital initiatives and integrating them into an operating model
Change management
Annual and quarterly planning - Collaborate with demand management
Role Description

Conduct in-depth competitive research to monitor trends, offerings, and strategies of key players in the loyalty platform market.

Evaluate in-house developed cloud based POS system and associated technologies for high paced rollout to 800-1000 physical stores with multiple POS stations.

Develop a prioritized and accelerated plan to mitigate any critical gaps pre-rollout.

Develop a phased enhancement plan for post-rollout features.

Evaluate readiness of POS and technologies for in-store operations when connected and not connected to off premises systems.

Evaluate the staging, deployment and operations of POS and associated technologies to stores.

Structure and solve business & technical problems from beginning to end

Develop and deliver client presentations, including functional & technical content, recommendations & conclusions, program plans to implement and supporting business case justification

Maintain and expand client relationships through delivery of high-quality work

Able to recruit and develop supporting team, with experience coaching, developing and mentoring staff

Skills Required

8+ years of consulting or industry experience as team / project leader preferred

Retail and Retail store systems, specifically including Loyalty platforms, POS systems experience

Broad Digital Experience preferred, including UI/UX Design, Journey Mapping, Content Management, eCommerce, Marketing Automation, CRM, Service & API Development, Cloud

Deployments & Migrations and supporting technologies & tools

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bigdata-or-or-hadoop-and-data-engineer/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bigdata-or-or-hadoop-and-data-engineer/Outstanding analytical capability & data modelling skills, with the ability to synthesize and visually present findings

Effective user of project collaboration tools to develop program plans, assign tasks to team members, manage and monitor progress and drive team productivity

Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, proficient with MS Teams Suite

A relevant advanced degree or MBA from a top educational institution

In addition to above, high emphasis on motivated, self-starter, quick learner, innovative, and evangelism of the latest solution & technology adoption trends

Must be willing and able to travel 50% or more to client work locations based current project / engagement requirements

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 60,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 210,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post