The Company
Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2025. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.
Cognizant Consulting
At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.
Key Responsibilities
- This is a Supply chain transformation Consulting role encompassing:
- Advisory Services, Process Consulting and Business Analysis across different supply chain planning domains, including S&OP, Demand & Supply Planning, Production Scheduling and Inventory Optimization.
- Own and drive consulting engagement with clients to envision solutions and develop roadmap.
- Identify and recommend transformation opportunities during client engagements.
Business Support
- Lead/assist consulting partner and horizontal leads in proposal (RFP/RFI) development activities.
- Conduct market research and analysis to provide insights.
- As part of business development activities, create financial models and business cases.
Thought Leadership
- Drive thought leadership agenda for E2E Supply chain planning functions via white papers, webinars, and analysts connect.
- Lead in developing and presenting Point of views specific to different industries like Manufacturing, Life Sciences and technology trends specific to Supply Chain Planning capabilities.
Other Requirements
- Fluency in English with strong social, communication, and presentation skills in client-facing role
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team.
- Positive attitude and strong sense of ownership
Essential Skills
- Must have Functional expertise in Supply chain planning Business Processes
- Must have exposure to any other supply chain functions such as logistics, or procurement
- Must have exposure to major packages in the domain like SAP IBP, SAP PPDS, Kinaxis or OMP
Nice To Have Skills
- Good to have prior experience at a Tier-1 management consulting firm.
- Good to have familiarity with industry/research/benchmarking resources across Supply Chain functions.
- Experience in dealing / managing international clients
