Business Consultant - Visual Boards
About Us
Centric Software provides a Digital Transformation Platform for the most prestigious names in fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods. Centric’s flagship Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, Centric 8, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality, and collection management functionality tailored for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric SMB provides innovative PLM technology and key industry learnings for emerging brands. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (VIP) offers a fully visual, transformative experience via large touchscreens and mobile devices, revolutionizing group decision making and creative collaboration while dramatically condensing time to market and product innovation.
Want to join a world leading company in software industry, providing concept to launch platform, working with the most famous fashion, retail and luxury brands worldwide and part of Dassault Systèmes (20 000 employees spread in 140 locations)?
Job Summary
Centric Software is looking for a Business Consultant Visual Boards solutions for Fashion, Luxury and Retail markets in Europe!
Centric Visual Boards are designed for fashion, outdoor, luxury, consumer goods and retail businesses looking to leverage fully collaborative, highly intuitive, cross-system and fully connected technology.
The Business Consultant Visual Boards will support the Project Director Visual Boards in driving full Visual Boards implementations starting from the requirement analysis phases, the product definition phases until the final Go-Live with great success and client satisfaction. Be ready to join an exciting international team and support our continued growth!
Responsibilities
Develop detailed Visual Boards implementation and communication plans, including timelines, budget, resource and progress tracking details
Collect information about the client’s business process, IT landscape and data usage through a variety of methods (business process analyses, interviews, surveys, reports, RFI etc.)
Formulate & document recommendations and drive solutions configuration with attention to a client’s wishes, solution capabilities and budget limitations forming concise documentation with the objective to make a successful project and have referenceable customers
Maintain quality standards regarding methodologies, documentation, progress tracking, project administration by using internal Centric systems
Strong collaboration with the Centric Innovation team
Coach others and share your experiences and knowledge
Minimum Requirements
Degree holder in a Computing related discipline is considered but not a must
Experience in Garment and Fashion related companies are strongly considered
Several years experience in software implementation and/or design
Strong expertise in business process mapping
Fascination for innovative developments and products
Consulting background, customer-facing skills and experience with Project Management
Experience in Agile deployment methodology
Domain knowledge in one or more of these areas: Apparel, Footwear, Fashion, Retail, Manufacturing, Foot and Beverage, Beauty
Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills
Self-motivated, detailed-oriented, able to manage multiple projects and meet assigned deadlines and targets – all this in a fast-paced environment
Autonomous and ability to work independently
Project Management certification desirable (not compulsory)
Leadership and business management skills
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences both verbally and in writing in English
Note that this is a home office based role so you must be comfortable working from home and must be available to travel as needed. Assume 2 to 3 days per week on site at the different customer locations throughout Europe.
What We Offer
Competitive salary and benefits
A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
Opportunity to work remotely with a dedicated and motivated team
Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset
New hire training program
Each new hire will join remote and onsite training sessions, which will be presented by individuals from the Centric teams, both Operational and Functional topics will be discussed in these sessions and the focus of the individual KPI mentioned in this document will be influenced by the team (BC, TC or Pre-sales) the consultant will join.
Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.