Blue Yonder WMS Product Consultant

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we're growing!

The Role

Our Retail and Consumer Good Practice group is looking for a Product Manager to join our journey. We're looking for someone who has experience in the Retail/CPG industry.

We're looking for a Consulting Manager who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Senior Consultant, this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders, colleagues to clarify requirements and support delivery of effective solutions; applying technical and domain expertise to solve core client business challenges or inefficiencies; developing and strengthening domain knowledge and maintaining an accurate understanding of Cognizant's industry propositions and consulting capabilities; supporting business development activities of senior leaders; contributing to the development of practice initiatives or new service offerings (e.g., Strategic Control Points, development of consulting assets); and being an inspiring colleague, promoting team motivation, partnership, and ownership for projects. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we're passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!

Location - Irving TX (DFW area) - candidate should be local to Dallas TX.

Need to be in office 3 days a week at least.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND DUTIES

* Identifying and filling product area gaps and generating new ideas that align business objectives to improve the customer experience and drive growth.

* Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements

* Defining the vision for the team's product

* Build the product roadmaps based on the business priorities and technical needs.

* Developing user stories

* Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them based on changing requirements

* Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development

* Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process

* Liaising with the product team and end-users to deliver updates

* Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints

* Coordinate the solutions around these platforms with internal and external partners.

* Creating buy-in for the product area vision both internally and with key external partners

* Shaping the product area strategy and translating them into KPIs.

* Working closely with experienced engineers or business stakeholders to drive product delivery.

* Keeping the team focused and excited to continually make 7-Eleven as a business more efficient by connecting the work they do to our larger mission.

* Building alignment/awareness across product/engineering teams, leadership teams, and other stakeholders across the organization.

"MUST HAVE" SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

* Minimum 5+ years' experience of product management experience required in technology or retail environment preferred.

* Strong analytical and problem-solving competencies with the ability to synthesize information, apply critical thought, and present the information in a clear and meaningful way

* Strong in agile scrum development method.

* Bachelors' degree or equivalent in supply chain management or related discipline is an advantage

* Ability to define, measure and analyze processes to identify improvement opportunities.

* Ability to build relationships cross-functionally with multiple teams from other product areas

* Experience with Blue Yonder WMS is highly desirable, with experience in Manhattan WMS a plus.

* Design thinking and Customer Journey mapping experience

* Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

* Warehouse Operations Management is an additional bonus

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $130,000 - $145,000 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

* Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

* Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

* 401(k) plan and contributions

* Long-term/Short-term Disability

* Paid Parental Leave

* Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.