Principal Consultant

2 months ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Board Full time

At Board, we power financial and operational planning solutions for the world’s best brands. Thousands of enterprises use our technology to optimize resources, drive growth, and ensure profitability. With advanced analytics and forecasting, plus AI-driven insights, customers transform complex, real-time data into actionable intelligence.


What’s been key to our success? Our people—we value everyone’s unique perspective and energy they bring to the organization. We collaborate openly across teams and borders. We embrace a growth mindset to get results. And we celebrate shared success as goals and milestones are achieved.


Ready to join a team where innovation meets collaboration? If you're driven by bold ideas and a customer-centric mentality, your next adventure starts here


Board International is currently looking for an analytical, self-motivated Principal Consultant focused on Retail Planning to join our Professional Services team. This role will focus on Board’s Retail industry segment in the UK.


As a Principal Consultant, you will be responsible for driving transformative change for our retail customers by leading complex projects and providing exceptional technical and functional guidance to project teams matched with a good technical understanding. You will champion best practices in architecture and industry standards to design solutions that meet our retail clients' needs and exceed their expectations. Your understanding in the retail business processes and technical expertise will nurture customers to drive adoption and repeat purchases.


Responsibilities:

  • Lead complex transformation projects, ensuring successful delivery of projects for Retail Planning Solutions
  • Provide technical and functional guidance to project teams to ensure the successful implementation
  • Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and requirements, and design solutions that meet their needs
  • Manage client relationships, build trust and credibility, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients
  • Acquire and maintain deep knowledge and skills of BOARD products and technologies
  • Assist in business development activities, including proposal writing and presenting to clients
  • Assist the Board Pre-sales Team during the preparation of a Proof of Concept (POC) and product demonstrations
  • Stay current on emerging trends and technologies in BI/CPM and retail planning; and share that knowledge and insights with clients and colleagues
  • Contribute to thought leadership and best practices development, including the creation of whitepapers, presentations, and other content to showcase our expertise within the retail industry
  • Act as an subject matter expert on Retail planning processes with internal and external stakeholders


Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in Retail Transformations
  • BS/BA/Masters degree in Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics or equivalent field
  • Proven subject matter expert in at least one of the following areas: merchandise planning, Supply Planning, Optimization, S&OP
  • Experience in relational databases and data modelling is preferrable
  • Experience with systems like Anaplan, Oracle Retail Suite, O9, Aptos/TXT, IP, Centric is preferrable.
  • Ability to demonstrate thought leadership and develop credibility with prospects and existing customers as a trusted-advisor in the planning space.
  • Able to work against very tight target dates in a dynamic environment
  • PM certifications such as PRINCE2, PMI/PMP, SCRUM will be considered a plus
  • Ability to travel approximately 50%


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