Sigmoid Analytics - Practice Head - Supply Chain Management/CPG Consulting Practice - IIT/NIT/IIM/ISB (12-20 yrs)

About the Company:

- Sigmoid enables business transformation using data and analytics, leveraging real-time insights to make accurate and fast business decisions, by building modern data architectures using cloud and open source.

- Some of the world's largest data producers engage with Sigmoid to solve complex business problems.

- Sigmoid brings deep expertise in data engineering, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and DataOps. Sigmoid has been recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America, 2021, by Financial Times, Inc. 5000, and Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

Offices: New York | Dallas | San Francisco | Lima | Bengaluru

The below role is for our Bengaluru office.

Why Join Sigmoid?

- Sigmoid provides the opportunity to push the boundaries of what is possible by seamlessly combining technical expertise and creativity to tackle intrinsically complex business problems and convert them into straight-forward data solutions.

- Despite being continuously challenged, you are not alone. You will be part of a fast-paced diverse environment as a member of a high-performing team that works together to energize and inspire each other by challenging the status quo.

- Vibrant inclusive culture of mutual respect and fun through both work and play.

About the Role :

- Sigmoid is looking to onboard a Practice Leader in our CPG Consulting Practice.

- In this role, you will drive strategic initiatives, foster innovation, and provide visionary leadership to our Supply Chain Analytics practice.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Leading and overseeing our Supply Chain Analytics Practice development, setting strategic direction and driving business growth

- Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy to expand our presence in the industry practice, identifying market opportunities and driving revenue growth.

- Collaborate with sales, marketing, and business development teams to develop go-to-market strategies, identify key clients, and drive new business opportunities.

- Facilitate the development of advanced analytics and data modeling to optimize decisions around pricing, market mix, price pack architecture, and promotion optimization

- Knowledge Management: Author or contribute to articles and Intellectual Capital that advance the quality of client service and oversee practice level knowledge management activities to lead and propagate a knowledge management culture within management consulting services.

- Partner with clients to understand their business challenges and opportunities, providing strategic guidance and innovative solutions.

- Drive thought leadership initiatives, representing our company at industry events, conferences, and forums.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree (BE / BTech - CS) from Tier I / II universities like IIT's / NIT's and MBA from Top Tier B-schools (IIM) preferred

- 12-18 years of experience in Consulting and Implementing Data & Analytic solutions for large CPG Customers.

- Direct front-office consulting experience with Strategic customer leadership is a must

- Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve excellence.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders.

- Strategic mindset, with the ability to think critically, analyze complex problems, and develop innovative solutions

Desired Skills:

- Deep understanding of overall supply chain planning and operations of any of the industries (CPG, Life sciences, Pharma, Industrial, Resources) and ability to connect it with analytics solutions

- Advanced understanding of the complete supply chain process including demand planning, forecasting, inventory optimization, procurement analytics etc

- Knowledge of digital marketing data from various publishers/channels and Adobe clickstream data

- Deep understanding of advanced analytics solutions - descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive, and generative and hands-on experience in building models using machine learning, deep learning, Gen AI models

- Have authored thought leadership pieces on supply chain topics which have been published internally / externally

- Ability to understand and implement analytics solution ecosystem with basic understanding of technology stack for on-premise and cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS) would be an added advantage