Consultant (Supply Chain & Logistics)

2 weeks ago

Akron, United States Pyrovio Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Are you a Consultant with a desire to work with a rapidly growing company helping Fortune 500 companies achieve performance excellence?

• Remote
• Full Time
• Experienced

About Us:

We help organizations successfully develop and implement their strategies. We assist a diverse client base across all industries in meeting the demands of today’s challenging markets. The unique proprietary approach that we implement has resulted in rapid growth of the company and its client base.
Our clients include Fortune 500 companies as well as multi-national companies in all sectors: private, public, and government. We have performed engagements in the US and internationally.

About the Role:

This position is for a Consultant with experience in full cycle (concept to value realization) transformation program delivery. The Consultant will work with diverse clients ranging from small and medium size enterprises to large Fortune 100 enterprises to deliver transformation programs consisting of process and systems improvements. Engagements are usually longer in duration and allows the consultant to oversee the full lifecycle of the program including discovery, prioritization, solution development, implementation, change management and final handoff. Candidates may be considered for Business Analyst, Consultant or Senior Consultant positions based on their experience and skillset.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

In general, in partnership with internal team members and client stakeholders, the Consultant will perform the following job functions:

• Conduct problem discovery using primary and secondary research

• Apply lean principles, problem solving methods and data analysis to identify potential improvement areas in processes and systems

• Prioritize improvement initiatives considering the client’s strategic and tactical goals

• Use problem solving methods and best practices to develop conceptual, functional, and technical requirements for process (Process maps, value stream maps etc) and system solutions (UML diagrams, User stories, Acceptance criteria, product requirements documents etc)

• Manage and coordinate solution development using internal and external resources

• Design and implement KPIs to track initiative success and measure value realization post implementation

• Manage implementation efforts including testing, rollout, implementation, support and final process/system owner handoffs

 

General Consultant Qualifications:

• Undergraduate Degree in technical field with two years of professional experience, or Graduate Degree, or equivalent in combination of education and/or experience

• Comfortable in ambiguous problem spaces

• Self motivated to take ownership and chart their own path forward with minimal direction

• Demonstrated success in analysis driven problem solving.

• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment.

• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence without authority or title

• Strong skills in presentation, word processing, and spreadsheet applications

• Excellent English verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Ability to maintain confidential and sensitive materials and information.

 

Additional Qualifications:

In addition to the general qualifications required for this position, it is desirable, although not essential, that a candidate have one or more of the following additional qualifications:

• Domain experience in material management, Supply Chain/Inventory/Logistics

• Solid understanding of tools and techniques required to effectively develop or improve business processes and systems

• Knowledge and experience using process improvement tools and techniques to drive organizational change.

• Experience with lean management, Six Sigma or process design and re-engineering

• Knowledge of utility, or healthcare industry preferred

• Knowledge of process modeling and process diagramming software and tools

 

Perks and Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Comprehensive Benefits - Medical, Retirement, Holidays, PTO etc.
• Ability to carve your own career path and gain deep professional expertise by working with multiple clients and engagements and oversee the implementation of your recommendations
• Opportunity to develop and advance within a growing organization.

Additional Information:

For more information, please visit our website at www.pyrovio.com.

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