Sr. ERP Business Consultant - Supply Chain Specialist

*Permanent Job Opportunity*

This job provides internal consulting and real world experience and expertise in the field of SCM process design and implementation (Specifically Oracle) to the corporation. This position will reduce the need for external consultants while building the knowledge expertise within the organization. As we move forward with the new SCM strategy, these personnel will be highly required and charged to the Bus as needed.

Principle responsibilities include creating a center of excellence, implementing and educating SCM and ERP implementations best practices across the company, and be able to be allocated to a specific project and bring management and process expertise to aid the Bus and sectors in their SCM/ERP implementations.

Typical responsibilities will be: Redesign of Supply Chain processes, purchasing, procedures, and determining which software will be required. Will be required to analyze current processes, and implement most cost effective and best practice process changes to accommodate the implementation of the next system. Must have excellent project management skills and negotiation skills on process design and change management.
REQUIREMENTS
Persons are required to have knowledge and experience of the following Oracle 11i modules:
•Advanced Supply Chain Planning
•Demand Planner
•Constraint Based Optimization
•Global Order Promise
•iProcurement
•Purchasing
•iSupplier Portal

Person should also have process knowledge related to:
•Direct Materials Procurement
•Indirect Materials Procurement
•Lean Manufacturing
•Kanban Systems
•TPS Production System
•Six Sigma Techniques
•Wal-Mart Demand Systems & Processes
•Home Depot Demand Systems & Processes

Person should also have technical knowledge related to:
•Demand Solutions
•i2 Technologies Products
•Ariba Products
•Freemarkets Products

B.S. in CS or Engineering, Preferably a MBA.

This is an extremely experienced ERP consultant who probably has worked in the consulting world and has been involved in at least 4 or more major ERP implementations and has been a workstream or team lead on at least 3 projects.