Business Consultant

Centric Software; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Centric Software is seeking an experienced Business Consultant to join our planning team in Europe. You will provide retail planning expertise and lead the design and configuration of optimized planning solutions for clients, coordinating with internal and external partners to deliver results.

You will work with clients to implement best practice across modules such as merchandise financial planning, range and assortment planning, forecasting, allocation, and replenishment, becoming the

Qualifications

• Proven ability to advise best business practice across end-to-end planning products (merchandise financial planning, range & assortment planning, forecasting, allocation, replenishment).
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to act as a senior point of contact for global teams and clients.

Responsibilities

• Support planning delivery across UK, Nordics and SA regions.
• Lead solution design workshops and coordinate with delivery teams.
• Ensure on-time and on-budget project deliveries.
• Translate client requirements into solution design and build specifications.
• Assist in pre-sales engagements by clarifying business requirements and best practices.

Skills

Retail planning

Business knowledge

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Centric Software:Centric Software is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market.Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional.Job Summary:Centric Software is looking for an experienced Business Consultant to join our growing planning team in Europe. The successful candidate should provide retail planning expertise and business knowledge in a rewarding and fast-moving environment. You will need to be an inspirational leader, driven to provide retail planning best practice to configure and design optimised planning solutions to our clients. You will be working directly with our clients, internal and external partners to lead the build and delivery of solution design and configuration requirements to provide best practice planning solutions.About the TeamThe Centric planning team are leading the market in the delivery of first-class planning solutions. A dynamic and driven team of technical and business experts building end to end planning systems and driving project delivery excellence . The team are all home based in different countries around Europe and are reporting into the Client Services Director.Key ResponsibilitiesSupport a successful business delivery team in planning across UK, Nordics and SAWork closely with the delivery team to support all project related activitiesBe a key senior point of contact to the Centric global teams, liase on all project and delivery aspects, work closely with Technical and Application consultants to ensure on-time and on-budget project deliveriesWork with clients to advise best business practice across the end-to planning product suite (focus on modules such as merchandise financial planning, range and assortment planning, forecasting, allocation, and replenishment)Become the UK, Nordics and SA process expert offering client’s business process knowledge and support during key phases of the projectWork with the Centric global development teams to establish solution optimisationDrive solution design workshops with clients across the region, supported by the Centric delivery teamsEstablish centre of excellence for write up and control of all solution design documentationLead the transition of solution design into the product build team and ensure solutions meet the client requirementsLead and support the key phases of user acceptance testing and key user training with the support of the Centric delivery teamsPlay a role in new client pre-sales engagements, helping the client and the sales teams understand the business requirements and best practice based on best practice to offer the strongest solution proposalSupport the recruitment, build and development of project delivery teamsAttend key development workshops for product and delivery trainingCentric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.