Lead Consultant - US - Military Veterans

Infosys is seeking Manufacturing Domain Business Analyst with Automotive Supply Chain specialization.
As a consultant, you will be expected to leverage your domain expertise and facilitate solution deployment by leading specifically assigned projects. Additionally, you are required to provide strategic insights to the clients while designing solutions since this is a client facing role.
As a consultant, you will be a key player in the consulting team that helps discover and define the problem statement, evaluates the solution options, and makes recommendations. You will provide value-adding consulting solutions that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global automotive landscape.



Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• Any relevant certification will be an added advantage – Six Sigma, APICS, SCOR, PMP etc.
• Implementation / Working Knowledge of SCM packages such as SAP Ariba, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Oracle etc preferred.
• At least 7+ years of experience with Information Technology.
• Location for this position is Plano, TX. Candidate must be located within commuting distance or be willing to relocate to the area.
• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience as a domain / business consultant or management consultant or an industry practitioner in Automotive sector, preferably with hands-on experience in supply chain and order management
• Graduate/Postgraduate – Engineering, Mechanical, Instrumentation, Industrial, Communication, Electronics, Comp. Science etc.
• Demonstrates strong proficiency across the Auto Industry value chain and related best practices. Possess expertise in one or’ more Functional areas like Sourcing, Procurement, Forecasting and Planning, Production, Logistics and Transportation, Warehouse Management etc.
• Experienced in Leading and Managing Agile projects.
• Experience in driving meetings/workshops with senior client executives, business leads & cross functional stakeholders and articulate project documents lucidly.
• Conversant with more visual, more design-thinking based, and more agile lightweight approaches such as customer personas, customer journeys, service blueprints, story maps, etc.
• Ability to build and evaluate business cases for operational improvements and understand how technology can be leveraged to accelerate operational improvements.
• Provide research assistance and clarity of business demand specifications. Bridge gap between business and IT ensuring common understanding and IT/Business alignment. Coordinate the business subject matter experts’ involvement in all aspects of the project.
• Design Business Use cases, Lead Functional Architecture, Re-engineer process models and integrate disparate services for end-to-end solution delivery.
• Guide technical team members to realize customer’s vision as articulated in the project deliverables across Planning & Scheduling, Vehicle Logistics, Supplier Visibility, and Dynamic Order Management among others.
• Drive business workshops to define requirements, develop product backlog and elaborate functional specifications for an IT solution, using workshop tools like Confluence, Jira, Visio. Document as-is & to-be business processes, assessing the business models, systems, and integration with technology.
• Work closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders to analyze requirements & prepare Product Backlog items. Prepare user stories, prepare acceptance criteria for user stories, and manage product backlog, with prioritization.
• Leverage industry frameworks like APQC, SCOR etc. for potential supply chain transformation programs.
• Work in onshore and offshore model