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Thoucentric Technology Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Thoucentric is seeking a Supply Planning Consultant to lead and execute supply chain projects across industries. The role focuses on demand planning, S&OP, and network optimization, with responsibility for delivering high-quality consulting services.

Ideal candidates have 6–10 years of relevant experience, strong analytics, and the ability to manage cross-functional programs involving clients and vendors. This is a hybrid role based in Bengaluru, India.

Qualifications

• Understanding of supply chain planning processes including demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute strategies to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction on ongoing supply chain technology projects.
• Help develop account strategy and plan, leveraging consulting team strengths.
• Lead a team on multiple, geographically dispersed projects to deliver on time and exceed expectations.
• Deliver Supply Chain Planning engagements across industries in areas like Demand planning, S&OP, Distribution, MRP, Inventory, Replenishment, Network optimization.
• Provide leadership to consultants and guide teams to high standards and accountability.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Demand planning

S&OP

Inventory optimization

Analytics & SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Management

Tools

O9

Job description

• Corporate Office Thoucentric, Innovator Building, ITPL Office
• Country India

About Us

At Thoucentric, we offer end-to-end consulting solutions designed to address the most pressing business challengesacross industries. Leveraging deep domain expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a results-driven approach, wehelp organizations streamline operations, enhance decision‑making, and accelerate growth. We are headquartered in Bangalore with presence across multiple locations in India, US, UK, Singapore & Australia Globally.

We help clients with Business Consulting, Program & Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process & Technology Solutioning and Execution including Analytics & Emerging Tech areas cutting across functional areas such as Supply Chain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution across US, UK, Singapore and Australia. Our unique consulting framework allows us to focus on execution rather than pure advisory. We are working closely with marquee names in the global consumer & packaged goods (CPG) industry, new age tech and start-up ecosystem.

We have been certified as "Great Placeto Work" by AIM and have been ranked as "50 Best Firms for Data Scientists to Work For".

We have an experienced consulting team of over 500+ world-class business and technology consultants based across six global locations, supporting clients through their expert insights, entrepreneurial approach and focus on delivery excellence. We have also built point solutions and products through Thoucentric labs using AI/ML in the supply chain space.

Job Description

About Thoucentric:

Thoucentric is a niche management consulting firm focused onhelping organizations overcome business challenges, maximize growth& overall performance through effective problem solving, efficientpeople, process, and technology solutioning, end to end execution and management.

We help clients with Business Consulting, Program & ProjectManagement, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process &Technology Solutioning and Execution including Analytics &Emerging Tech areas cutting across functional areas such as SupplyChain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution.

We are a group of seasoned professionals having diverse industry,solution and product experience thereby making us effective businessliaisons. We are 300+ consultants strong coming with strong diversebackground fueling our growth story in India and across four otherglobal locations viz. US, UK, Singapore, and Australia.

Thoucentric is an ‘Ethos’ that epitomizes the essence of being agood human… living a life of purpose… being life itself! We are anextension of ourselves together! We breed the basic human values oftrust, freedom, nimbleness, compassion, integrity, passion,persistence & conviction.

JOB DESCRIPTION

ob Family: SCM Consulting

Designation: Supply Planning consultant

Experience: 6 to 10 years of relevant experience

Role Summary: -

The role requires individuals to:

• Build and execute strategies to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction on ongoing supply chain technology projects.
• Help develop account strategy and plan, that best leverages consulting team strengths.
• Leading a team working on multiple, geographically dispersed projects, and ensure all projects are delivered on time and exceed customer expectations.
• Successfully deliver Supply Chain Planning Consulting engagements across various industries, sectors and geographies specifically in various areas of Supply Chain Planning (Demand & Supply Planning, S&OP, Distribution Planning, MRP, Inventory Planning, Replenishment Planning and Network Optimization)
• Bring structure to unstructured environments. Deal with ambiguity and lead the teams to success in fast paced environment
• Assist clients in the selection, implementation, and adoption of supply chain solutions.
• Provide functional and business process expertise on a project which generally consists of consultants, subcontractors, remote global resources, and client employees.
• Manage cross-functional programs/projects involving multiple client stakeholders and vendors.
• Guide the clients on industry best practices / process benchmarks.
• Provide leadership and guidance to consultants in managing their deliverables and lead the teams to achieve highest standards, project discipline and accountability.
• Help in building Supply Chain practice at Thoucentric and help grow the company by participating in pre-sales activities, building new solutions / offering that can strengthen Thoucentric’s capabilities in Supply Chain space.
• Create reusable assets to help accelerate delivery of solutions
• Juggle multiple and conflicting priorities in a timely and sensitive way.

Educational Qualifications:

• Strong educational background from reputed engineering and management schools

Requirements

Required Skills:

• Understanding of supply chain planning processes including demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory optimization.
• Should have done at least 2 implementations using at least one of the best-in-class supply chain software tools (e.g. O9 ) or custom built supply chain planning applications involving advanced algorithms (AI/ML).
• 6 to 10 years of work experience in Supply Chain Planning domain with technology exposure.
• Flexibility to work on any supply chain technology. Appropriate training would be provided if you would need to work on a different technology than what you have experience in.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders with emphasis on follow through and reporting
• Analytical and Problem-solving skills along with self-motivation to excel
• Meticulous planning skills with attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to drive projects in a matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on results orientation
• Ability to analyze large amount of data; R, Python, SQL knowledge is preferred.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to cope in a technically complex and fast-changing environment, and to respond calmly and rationally to changing aspirations in a deadline-driven situation.
• Strong planning and organizing skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss and explain issues coherently and logically both in writing and verbally.
• Good influencing and persuasion skills with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationships at all levels.
• Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Clear decision-making ability with the facility to judge complex situations and assess when to escalation issues.
• Ability to balance conflicting and changing demands through prioritization and a pragmatic approach.
• Interest in learning supply chain software tools.

You Are A Good Fit If This Sounds Like You:

Ability to cope in a complex and fast-changing business environmentand to respond calmly and rationally to changing aspirations in a deadline-driven situation.

Works independently on complex processes and modules that may be used by one or more programs or systems.

Strong planning and organizing skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously.

Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discussand explain issues coherently and logically both in writing and verbally.

Good influencing and persuasion skills with the ability to enthuseand inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationshipsat all levels.

Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.

Clear decision-making ability with the facility to judge complexsituations and assess when to escalation issues

Kindly note that we are working in a Hybrid Mode with base locationin Bengaluru, Karnataka, this is not a remote role.