ITC Infotech is looking for: CPG & Retail Industry Practice Leader
Role: Associate Partner- Industry Group
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Strategy Industry Segmental Focus – Food & Beverage, Alcobev, Apparel, Footwear & Sportswear, Tobacco, Personal Care & Hygiene
- Lead CPG & Fast Fashion Retail Industry strategic focus for the company working with Sales and Delivery leaders across geos, identifying industry segments to focus on, building solutions and offerings for the chosen sub-segments, sales partnering to achieve business development goals and working to grow revenue and broaden our footprint in key / focus accounts.
- Practice Leadership and people developmentresponsible for building and leading a team of highly competent Industry consultants
Client Engagements
- Engage with global customers to understand, assess and solve business problems using technology in functions spanning Raw material sourcing, Personalised & customised new product development, Consumer preferences & need, Product & brand performance, Consumer acquisition & retention, Supply chain efficiency, Manufacturing process excellence, Sustainability & regulatory compliance need, Consumer life cycle journey, Promotions & campaigns, Direct-to-consumer, Sales & distribution. The identified candidateshould be conversant with and carry deep business process expertise across CPG & Fast Fashion Retail industry segments
- Identify process, technology & data gaps and define to-be processes to address & create digital transformation roadmaps to analyse & improve ingredient sourcing, product innovation, consumer sensing, consumer testing, manufacturing, supply chain & logistics, speed-to-market, direct-to-consumer efficiency, marketing and distribution performances of CPG & Fast Fashion Retail organizations
- Identify analytics, Gen AI/Agentic AI and dashboard needs to enable business decision makers manage product & brand positioning, consumer preferences, governance & process flow optimisation, interactions & commerce, sales performance, supply chain control, competition intensity and market trends for CPG & Fast Fashion Retailproducts
Projects Implementation : Support implementation and adoption of digital transformation solutions across the value-chain and ensure alignment with business strategy and plans for clients.
- Support in deployment of transformative technologies on Data platforms, IoT/ Data/ AR & VR, MES (Manufacturing Execution System), Digital Twin, Gen AI/Agentic AI etc. Define, Design and drive specifications, and SOPs with relevant inputs from cross functional teams.
- Engage with leading software product providers and analysts to keep abreast of industry trends.
Capability building and GTM:
- Build New Capabilities with various solution components in the space of Sourcing platform, Consumer preference sensing- new product development, Marketing automation and analytics, Supply chain, Manufacturing, Selling & distribution for CPG & Fast Fashion Retail organizations
- Plan and execute global GTM for new capabilities
Qualifications & Competencies:
- MBA or equivalent with 20 to 25 years of experience in CPG & Fast Fashion retail industry in consulting or industry role
- Strong credentials in NPD/Consumer process/Supply Chain/Trade marketing facing functions
- Experience should be a blend of business management and consulting firms.
- Demonstrated experience as a business manager desirable.
- Strong Client facing skills and should have worked with Global customers
- Experience in leading digital enablement teams for CPG solutions in NPD/Consumer Intimacy/Marketing/Supply Chain/Process manufacturing/Trade marketing/Distribution. Ability to interpret business objectives and digital strategy to proactively identify issues and opportunities.
- Understand technology fundamentals, including architectures, data modelling & development lifecycle.
- Strong analytical, interpersonal skills, & ability to do Market Research in the space.
- Proven collaboration ability across multiple teams, geographies and service lines
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