Principal Consultant _Iowa

Responsible for leading Strategy Consulting engagements, including planning and organizing activities, industry & competitive analysis, solution development and team execution.  Primary point of contact for clients, and responsible for all aspects & quality of deliverables. Role brings digital project & industry experience, and well-honed consulting, project management, and functional skills in the execution of the work.

Specialized Experience:

Strategic Development and planning

• Retail Systems Experience
  • Loyalty Platform
  • Store point of sale systems and their rollout 
  • Store payment systems
  • Omni channel design
  • Inventory management systems
  • Supply chain systems
  • Data privacy & security
  • Store & cloud networking 
  • Post rollout hyper-care and incident management
  • Agile methodologies

• Directing - Leading
  • Current state analysis to identify gaps and mitigations to gaps
  • Benchmarks to support strategy & transformation
  • Executive presence to gain alignment and trust 
  • Gaining alignment on strategic objectives and frameworks
  • Developing a strategy with measurable, annual target objectives.
  • Partnership client leads and align delivery approach and procedures 
  • Develop roadmaps aligned to the strategy
  • An understanding the current retail technology landscape
  • Creating a Digital capabilities assessment & enhancements
  • Prioritize Digital initiatives and integrating them into an operating model
  • Change management 
  • Annual and quarterly planning - Collaborate with demand management

Role Description

• Conduct in-depth competitive research to monitor trends, offerings, and strategies of key players in the loyalty platform market. 
• Evaluate in-house developed cloud based POS system and associated technologies for high paced rollout to 800-1000 physical stores with multiple POS stations.
• Develop a prioritized and accelerated plan to mitigate any critical gaps pre-rollout.
• Develop a phased enhancement plan for post-rollout features.
• Evaluate readiness of POS and technologies for in-store operations when connected and not connected to off premises systems.
• Evaluate the staging, deployment and operations of POS and associated technologies to stores.
• Structure and solve business & technical problems from beginning to end
• Develop and deliver client presentations, including functional & technical content, recommendations & conclusions, program plans to implement and supporting business case justification
• Maintain and expand client relationships through delivery of high-quality work 
• Able to recruit and develop supporting team, with experience coaching, developing and mentoring staff

Skills Required

• 8+ years of consulting or industry experience as team / project leader preferred
• Retail and Retail store systems, specifically including Loyalty platforms, POS systems experience
• Broad Digital Experience preferred, including UI/UX Design, Journey Mapping, Content Management, eCommerce, Marketing Automation, CRM, Service & API Development, Cloud Deployments & Migrations and supporting technologies & tools 
• Outstanding analytical capability & data modelling skills, with the ability to synthesize and visually present findings 
• Effective user of project collaboration tools to develop program plans, assign tasks to team members, manage and monitor progress and drive team productivity
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, proficient with MS Teams Suite
• A relevant advanced degree or MBA from a top educational institution 
• In addition to above, high emphasis on motivated, self-starter, quick learner, innovative, and evangelism of the latest solution & technology adoption trends 

Must be willing and able to travel 50% or more to client work locations based current project / engagement requirements

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 80,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 280,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post