Accenture

Supply Chain Planning Solutions - Functional Consultant

Accenture • $60K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Techno-functional hands-on experience on Blue Yonder Fulfillment.
  • Proficiency in Retail Supply Chain Management.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience working with Blue Yonder tools, focused on functional consulting.
  • A minimum of 2-3 implementation projects completed.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement business solutions aligned with industry standards.
  • Engage with teams to gather requirements for project alignment.
  • Contribute to key project decisions impacting direction and outcomes.
  • Facilitate client workshops to define target-state planning processes.
  • Design and optimize end-to-end planning processes for supply chain.
  • Collaborate with technical and data teams for robust data structures.
  • Execute project activities, including testing, training, and support.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead and shape innovative planning solutions.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Role as a subject matter expert in supply chain planning.
  • Focus on driving impact through effective decision-making.
Full Job Description

You are:

A Supply Chain Planning Solutions - Functional Consultant who will play a key role in shaping, designing, and implementing advanced planning solutions for our clients as part of the Connected Solutions practice. You will work across multiple solutions including Blue Yonder (BY), o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Relex and Anaplan to help clients transform their end-to-end planning processes. The role combines functional expertise, business process leadership, end‑to‑end planning processes and hands-on solution configuration.

 

The Work:

Join us in shaping innovative solutions that drive success! You will have the opportunity to be a subject matter expert, collaborating with various teams to make impactful decisions. Your insights will help provide solutions to challenges faced by your immediate group and across multiple teams. We are excited to see how your expertise in Blue Yonder Fulfillment can contribute to our collective goals. Lead and support functional design, configuration, and delivery of Supply Chain Planning solutions across modules such as Demand Planning, Supply Planning/Fulfillment, Allocation Planning, Inventory Optimization, Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning, Category Management and Integrated Business Planning.

  • Develop and implement business solutions that align with industry standards.
  • Engage with multiple teams to gather requirements and ensure alignment on project objectives.
  • Contribute to key decisions that affect the direction of projects and initiatives.
  • Facilitate client workshops to gather requirements, define target‑state planning processes, and provide best‑practice advisory on planning optimization.
  • Design and optimize end‑to‑end planning processes including demand‑supply balancing, scenario modeling, consensus planning, and inventory target setting.
  • Collaborate with technical, data, and integration teams to ensure robust data structures, master data quality, and alignment across BY modules and the Luminate Platform.
  • Execute project activities including testing (SIT/UAT), issue resolution, deployment, training, and hypercare support to drive successful adoption.
  • Partner with Connected Solutions teams to deliver integrated planning solutions and contribute to internal assets, accelerators, and capability‑building initiatives.

Here's What You Need:

  • Techno-functional hands-on experience on Blue Yonder Fulfillment.
  • Proficiency in Retail Supply Chain Management.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience in Blue Yonder tools, with a focus on functional consulting.
  • A minimum of 2-3 implementation projects.
  • Proven experience to lead workstreams, ability to manage small to mid-sized teams and projects.
  • Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline.

 

Bonus Points If:

  • Experience with other supply chain experience planning: o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Relex and Anaplan.
  • Experience with the new versions of Blue Yonder: Luminate and Cognitive.
  • Experience in Retail-planning functions, namely Merchandise Financial Planning, Category Management, Allocation Planning, Assortment Planning and Space Planning.
  • Experience in CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) or other relevant industries.
  • Experience in integrating Blue Yonder solutions with legacy applications and data lakes.
  • Experience in network optimization.
  • Knowledge of supply chain data models and optimization techniques.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to foster collaboration and drive results.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a backfill position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.   Information on benefits is here: Role Location                                                                 Hourly Salary Range British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick                            $29.01 to $53.05

 

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