Supply Chain Planning Solutions - Functional Consultant

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Accenture Connected Solutions sits at the intersection of Supply Chain & Operations and the world’s leading planning and execution platforms, helping clients harness technologies such as Kinaxis, o9, and Blue Yonder to build truly connected, intelligent supply chains. By combining deep industry expertise with a strong ecosystem of technology partners, Connected Solutions enables organizations to move beyond siloed planning toward integrated, end‑to‑end decision-making—accelerating value realization and enabling transformation at speed and scale. Within Accenture’s Technology practice, Connected Solutions brings together specialists who help clients design and operationalize integrated strategies and operating models across planning, procurement, product design, manufacturing, and fulfillment. The practice focuses on connecting data, processes, and stakeholders across the extended supply chain, linking suppliers, manufacturers, and customers through unified platforms that improve resilience, agility, and business performance. You are: A Supply Chain Planning Solutions - Functional Consultant who will play a key role in shaping, designing, and implementing advanced planning solutions for our clients as part of the Connected Solutions practice. You will work across multiple solutions including Blue Yonder (BY), o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Relex and Anaplan to help clients transform their end-to-end planning processes. The role combines functional expertise, business process leadership, end‑to‑end planning processes and hands-on solution configuration. The Work: Join us in shaping innovative solutions that drive success! You will have the opportunity to be a subject matter expert, collaborating with various teams to make impactful decisions. Your insights will help provide solutions to challenges faced by your immediate group and across multiple teams. We are excited to see how your expertise in Blue Yonder Fulfillment can contribute to our collective goals. Lead and support functional design, configuration, and delivery of Supply Chain Planning solutions across modules such as Demand Planning, Supply Planning/Fulfillment, Allocation Planning, Inventory Optimization, Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning, Category Management and Integrated Business Planning. Develop and implement business solutions that align with industry standards. Engage with multiple teams to gather requirements and ensure alignment on project objectives. Contribute to key decisions that affect the direction of projects and initiatives. Facilitate client workshops to gather requirements, define target‑state planning processes, and provide best‑practice advisory on planning optimization. Design and optimize end‑to‑end planning processes including demand‑supply balancing, scenario modeling, consensus planning, and inventory target setting. Collaborate with technical, data, and integration teams to ensure robust data structures, master data quality, and alignment across BY modules and the Luminate Platform. Execute project activities including testing (SIT/UAT), issue resolution, deployment, training, and hypercare support to drive successful adoption. Partner with Connected Solutions teams to deliver integrated planning solutions and contribute to internal assets, accelerators, and capability‑building initiatives. Here's What You Need: Techno-functional hands-on experience on Blue Yonder Fulfillment. Proficiency in Retail Supply Chain Management. Minimum of 4 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning. Minimum of 4 years of experience in Blue Yonder tools, with a focus on functional consulting. A minimum of 2-3 implementation projects. Proven experience to lead workstreams, ability to manage small to mid-sized teams and projects. Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline. Bonus Points If: Experience with other supply chain experience planning: o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Relex and Anaplan. Experience with the new versions of Blue Yonder: Luminate and Cognitive. Experience in Retail-planning functions, namely Merchandise Financial Planning, Category Management, Allocation Planning, Assortment Planning and Space Planning. Experience in CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) or other relevant industries. Experience in integrating Blue Yonder solutions with legacy applications and data lakes. Experience in network optimization. Knowledge of supply chain data models and optimization techniques. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to foster collaboration and drive results. 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