Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Manufacturing Consultant

IBM; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Paternity/Maternity leave and pension

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is looking for a Senior Principal Consultant to lead Oracle Cloud implementations across diverse industries in the UK and Europe. You will own requirements analysis, process design and solution architecture, guiding multi-disciplinary teams to configure, test and deploy supply chain solutions that drive tangible business impact.

You'll also contribute to pre-sales activities, develop proposals, and participate in security and governance reviews while maintaining

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience delivering Oracle Supply Chain Applications.
• Multiple full Oracle Cloud Implementation cycles and leadership of work streams.
• Strong client-facing communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead all phases of the consulting lifecycle on client projects.
• Perform requirement analysis, process documentation, and solution design.
• Configure, deploy, and ensure deliverables across projects.
• Contribute to proposal development and supply chain offerings.

Skills

Oracle Manufacturing Cloud

Supply Chain experience

Client facing

Project leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Oracle Cloud

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We Offer

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Senior Principal Consultant working as an integral part of a project team, you will contribute to and lead all phases of the consulting lifecycle. You will play a customer-facing role and be involved in Requirement Analysis, Business Process Documentation & Solution Design. You will work with and guide your project team to develop, configure and deploy the solution, and ensure project processes and deliverables in your area are met. In addition to project related activities, you will also manage and contribute to proposal development, demonstrating the application to potential customers and play an important role in building our Supply Chain capabilities and offerings.

As an experienced consultant you will be a self-starter and have strong functional skills in the implementation of Oracle Manufacturing Cloud, backed up by proven hands-on experience, ideally across different industries. You will have the ability to work under pressure and must be able to communicate effectively with customer stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of our premier consulting firm working on the cutting edge of Cloud Implementations. You will work across a wide variety of customers and play a key role in some of the most exciting Supply Chain implementations across Europe.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 10+ Years of functional experience delivering Oracle Supply Chain Applications.
• Multiple full Oracle Cloud Implementations cycles.
• Experience leading streams of work and delegating/ managing small teams of consultants both on-shore and off-shore.
• Demonstrated experience in Solution Design, Requirements Analysis, Functional Design, Configuration Documentation, Troubleshooting and Integration Architecture.
• Experience working with technical teams for Interface design, development and testing.
• Ability to multi-task and to work independently.
• Strong client facing, communication and client management skills.
• A good understanding of Application Implementation methodologies.
• Ability to travel to client sites.
• Demonstrable functional skills in:
• Manufacturing (Process/ Discrete)
• Product Data Hub
• Inventory Management
• Cost Management
• Maintenance
• Preferably additional functional skills in at least 2 of the following areas:
• Supply Planning
• Demand Management
• Order Management
• Quality Management

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience working with technical teams for Interface design, development and testing.
• Strong domain knowledge of Supply Chain Management processes.
• Oracle Cloud Implementation Certification(s).
• Experience in Oracle Cloud Implementations and integrating them with other on premise or cloud applications.
• A firm understanding of Supply Chain Management processes that interact with other functional areas e.g. Finance, CX, Logistics.
• An understanding of the reporting and analytical tools available as part of Oracle Cloud.
• Experience in pre-sales activities such as contributing to proposals, conducting Proof of Concepts & Configuring Sand-box environments for functional demonstrations.