Supply Chain Management Consultant

**Company Description**:

- Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 52,000* employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognised for its consulting, digital services and solutions. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits.
The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a collaborative approach.
Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2023, the Group generated revenues of €5.8 billion.
With approximately 1,200 employees and a 2023 revenue of €97.8 million, Sopra Steria operates in the Italian market through its offices in Assago (MI), Rome, Collecchio (PR), Padua, Ariano Irpino (AV), and Pozzuoli (NA).
- Headcount reassessed following the sale of most Sopra Banking Software activities in September 2024

**_The world is how we shape it_**

If you want to shape the future with us by working on **important projects** for **prestigious Clients** and you recognise yourself in the profile, accept the challenge and apply We are looking for:
**SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT**

Our Supply Chain Consulting team is seeking for Supply Chain Planning Consultants/Managers to develop and grow our presence in the market.

**Vision**
- Benefits of deterministic approach to planning processes starts becoming less and less effective because of high volatility and uncertainty of the environments
- New Technology adoption, high level process integration and flexible organization framework are the keys to success in the Supply Chain Digitalization journey

**Challenges**
- Status quo is characterized by high level fragmentation of the E2E supply process (Finance, Demand, Purchasing, Production, Merchandise, Logistics, Allocation, Distribution, Replenishment)
- Sopra Steria is facing the challenge of designing and implementing an Integrated Business Model in order to leverage on data, systems and competences available through the chain, maintaining agility and flexibility

**Pillars**
- Make your processes Integrated
- Extract maximum value from people: new mindset needed, to be fostered through appropriate Change Management
- Extract maximum value from technology

Our Consulting team helps companies to develop strategies and operating models that integrate finance, planning, procurement, product portfolio, manufacturing, distribution and fulfilment functions within their organizations, as well as integrate suppliers and customers across an E2E supply chain.

Each individual within the team becomes an Advisor for our customers to escort them in the digital transformation as well as change management. We embrace the value based approach that means we are always measured on the improvements and value that our customers obtain with our support.

Supply Chain Management professionals develop and implement integrated business planning solutions that improve the capability of our customers to balance service, costs and cash, increase business effectiveness, and create synergies and collaboration across companies.

**Role’s responsibilities**
- Work directly with customers and understand their business requirements
- Find solutions to customers’ planning pain points
- Persuade customers and managers why alternative approaches may be needed
- Decide which methods and procedures to use when completing projects
- Work within the project/program team and being leader of the assigned project stream
- Make sure that projects support customers meet their important goals
- Solving key business challenges by enabling end-to-end Supply Chain transformation, painting a picture of, and charting a journey from the current state to a “to-be” enterprise environment
- Overseeing the design and implementation of Integrated Business Planning solutions
- Managing business development opportunities to bring innovative solutions and ways of working to customers
- Developing, utilizing, and sharing deep skills as a Consulting practitioner to ensure market and client relevance
- Be ready to challenge old ways of doing things
- Serve as the chief planner/architect for delivery initiative

**Qualifications**:
**Experience Required**
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree and business acumen
- Minimum 4-8 years scoping and delivering transformation and innovation advisory solutions and services
- Minimum 2 year of experience in any the following areas:
Integrated Business Planning
Digital Supply Chain
Data driven Supply Chain
Supply Chain Technology Cloud Advisory
Supply Chain Strategy
Integrated Business Planning Transformation Management
- Clear understanding of Planning processes across the end to end supply chain
- Analytical and quantitative capabilities
- Knowledge of probabilistic vs deterministic methods and when to