Supply Chain Planning - Transformation / Business Consulting

Job Summary:

Mindsprint BTS partners with global enterprises unlock business value through large-scale business transformation. We combine deep industry expertise, management consulting rigor, and digital innovation to help clients reimagine operating models, accelerate decision-making, and create competitive advantage. Our Supply Chain Transformation practice helps clients build resilient, agile, and intelligence-driven supply chains by leveraging best-in-class planning processes, advanced analytics, AI, and digital platforms.

Job Description:

Planning Transformation Leadership

• Lead enterprise-wide supply chain planning transformation programs spanning:
• Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
• Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE)
• Demand Planning
• Demand Sensing
• Supply Planning
• Production Planning
• Inventory Planning and Optimization
• Replenishment Planning
• Capacity Planning
• Long-Range Strategic Planning
• Scenario Planning and What-If Simulation
• Develop planning maturity roadmaps that improve forecast accuracy, inventory productivity, customer service levels and planning responsiveness.
• Drive operating model redesign and organizational transformations to create world-class planning functions.

Executive Advisory & Business Consulting

• Serve as trusted advisor to Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial and Finance leadership teams.
• Lead C-suite workshops to:
• Define future-state planning vision
• Assess planning capabilities and maturity
• Develop transformation business cases
• Prioritize initiatives
• Establish value realization frameworks
• Support clients in building planning organizations capable of delivering measurable business outcomes and enterprise agility.

Planning Technology Strategy & Enablement

Lead planning platform assessments, selection and transformation programs involving:

• SAP IBP, Kinaxis Rapid Response, o9 Solutions, Blue Yonder, OMP, Oracle Supply Chain Planning, Anaplan, Supply Chain Digital Twin platforms

Advise clients on:

• Planning architecture strategy
• Platform rationalization
• Data and analytics requirements
• AI-enabled planning capabilities
• End-to-end supply chain visibility
• Control tower enablement
• Autonomous and cognitive planning solutions
• Work closely with technology teams to ensure business objectives are translated into scalable digital solutions.

Consulting Delivery Excellence

Lead large-scale consulting engagements from diagnostic assessment through implementation and value realization.

• Develop:
• Current-state assessments
• Maturity diagnostics
• Benchmarking studies
• Transformation roadmaps
• Operating model designs
• Value cases and ROI analyses
• Executive steering committee presentations

Ensure delivery excellence while maintaining high client satisfaction and measurable business impact.

Practice Building & Thought Leadership

Play a key role in building Mindsprint's Planning Consulting Practice.

• Lead development of:
• Planning transformation offerings
• Industry-specific planning solutions
• Consulting methodologies
• Planning maturity frameworks
• Reusable digital assets
• Publish thought leadership on:
• AI in Supply Chain Planning
• Autonomous Planning
• Demand Sensing
• Supply Chain Control Towers
• Digital Twins
• Scenario-Based Planning
• Planning CoE Models
• Represent Mindsprint in client forums, industry conferences and executive roundtables.

Business Development & Growth

Partner with Sales, Presales and Delivery teams to generate consulting opportunities.

• Lead:
• Opportunity qualification
• Client workshops
• Proposal development
• RFP responses
• Executive presentations
• Commercial negotiations
• Build a sustainable consulting pipeline and expand strategic client relationships.
• Support annual consulting revenue targets through proactive business development efforts.

Team Leadership

Recruit, mentor and develop high-performing consultants.

Create a culture focused on:

• Structured problem solving
• Analytical rigor
• Client impact
• Innovation
• Continuous learning

Coach consulting teams in hypothesis-driven problem solving and executive storytelling.

Profile Description:

We are looking for a management consulting leader with demonstrated expertise in supply chain planning transformation rather than traditional supply chain operations.

The successful candidate should possess:

Functional Expertise

• Deep expertise in:
• Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• S&OP and S&OE
• Demand Planning
• Supply Planning
• Inventory Optimization
• Network Planning
• Supply Chain Analytics
• Control Towers
• Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Technology Expertise

• Strong exposure to multiple planning platforms including:
• SAP IBP
• Kinaxis RapidResponse
• o9 Solutions
• OMP
• Blue Yonder
• Oracle SCP
• Anaplan
• Ability to advise on tool selection, transformation roadmap design and business process enablement.

Consulting Experience

• 15+ years of overall experience
• 12+ years in consulting organizations or equivalent firms
• Experience leading multi-million-dollar transformation programs
• Demonstrated success in CXO advisory engagements
• Experience working across global markets

AI & Advanced Analytics

• Strong understanding of:
• AI-driven forecasting
• Demand sensing
• Machine learning in planning
• Digital twins
• Generative AI applications in supply chain
• Agentic AI for planning decision support
• Ability to convert technology innovation into measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• MBA from a Tier-1 Business School preferred
• Degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain or related discipline
• APICS/ASCM certifications preferred (CPIM, CSCP)
• Lean Six Sigma certification desirable

Success Metrics

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Consulting revenue growth
• New client acquisition
• Planning transformation wins
• Client satisfaction and executive sponsorship scores
• Practice capability development
• Thought leadership contributions
• Measurable client value realization
• Team development and retention