Introduction
At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients across the UK. A career with us offers the chance to work with leading professionals across multiple industries, driving meaningful business change for the most innovative and valuable companies worldwide. You will deliver effective solutions, leveraging the latest technology platforms to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge form the foundation of success here. You’ll be encouraged to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on in-demand skills in an ever-changing market. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique abilities and experience.
We Offer
* Many training opportunities, from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programmes, and the chance to gain industry‑recognised certifications.
* Regular promotion opportunities to help you drive and develop your career with us.
* Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year.
* Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture, supported by policies, processes and Employee Champion teams.
* A culture where ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome.
* Internal recognition programmes for peer‑to‑peer appreciation and manager‑to‑employee recognition.
* Tools and policies that support work‑life balance, including flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returner scheme.
* Traditional benefits such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly.
Your Role And Responsibilities
As a Supply Chain Planning Consultant, you will be an integral part of a project team and lead all phases of the consulting lifecycle. You will play a customer‑facing role, conducting requirement analysis, business process documentation and solution design. You will guide your project team to develop, configure and deploy solutions, ensuring that project processes and deliverables in your area are met. In addition to project activities, you will manage and contribute to proposal development, demonstrating the application to potential customers and playing an important role in building our Supply Chain capabilities and offerings.
As an experienced consultant, you will be a self‑starter with strong functional skills in the implementation of Oracle SCM Cloud, backed by hands‑on experience across different industries. You must be able to work under pressure and communicate effectively with customer stakeholders.
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
* 10+ years of functional experience delivering Oracle Supply Chain Applications.
* Multiple full Oracle Cloud implementation cycles.
* Experience leading streams of work and delegating/manage 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 work independently.
* Strong client‑facing, communication and client management skills.
* Good understanding of application implementation methodologies.
* Demonstrable functional skills in Manufacturing (Process/Discrete), Order Management, Inventory Management, Supply Planning, Demand Management.
* Preferably additional functional skills: Product Data Hub, Cost Management, Maintenance, Quality Management.
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 such as Finance, CX and Logistics.
* 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 and configuring sandbox environments for functional demonstrations.
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