Be part of something revolutionary
We have a vision. Our Digital Brain, o9’s AI-powered platform, is being used by global enterprises to drive their digital transformations. The integrated planning and operational efficiencies we provide is helping businesses do more, be more and mean more to the world at large. Because businesses that plan better, reduce waste, creating value for themselves and the planet.
But we also have a vision for our people. We want the most talented, committed and driven people to power our transformative approach. In return, we’ll provide a nurturing environment where you can be a part of something special.
Functional Consultant – Japan
The role requires deep analytical, technical, and complex problem-solving skills with knowledge of optimization methods, financial computations, statistical analysis, and advanced mathematical modeling techniques. It also requires exposure to data science, and associated software and programming technologies. Additionally, this role requires exposure to advanced planning systems and tools.
This position is responsible for solution delivery, analysis, and interpretation of data to assist management and leadership in rapid decision making and optimizing their supply chain to better serve their customers and shareholders. The solution delivery is through a variety of activities including process design, data analytics, solution configuration and deployment, setting up performance metrics and new policies, testing, and knowledge management.
The role would be responsible for participating in requirement and design sessions with the customer; analyzing areas of improvement opportunities; collecting and analyzing data to provide decision support information; preparing business impact case study; working with onshore and offshore teams to configure the solution and finally creating the test-cases to ensure the solution works as per the design.
What you’ll do for us…
The responsibilities include end-to-end solution design, configuration, implementation, data analytics, testing of solution and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
Design
Participate in process and business requirements sessions with client and document to-be business process leveraging industry best practices.
Work with client to identify and collect data, such as historical sales, shipment, inventory, logistics, and other operations / supply chain data from sources like databases, Excel sheets, emails, and others.
Ability to convert business logic to technical platform design, including knowledge of platform infrastructure.
Configuration
Work closely with architects and directors to develop clear functional and technical design, document data requirements, and build complex datasets.
Configure a technical specification document and tool configuration in the o9 platform, as per the design, to solve deep operations / supply chain problems and institute rigorous performance monitoring systems.
Data Analytics
Use mathematical models, predictive methods, statistical techniques, optimization algorithms and simulations to analyze, manipulate and interpret large enterprise data and provide business insights and data visualization to the client management.
Be proficient in statistical and optimization tools and programming languages to conduct data integration through extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) and create models to generate time series forecasts and operational plans.
Testing
Work with internal Research and Development teams to resolve solution gaps and deploy fixes in the customer environment.
Create and execute workflow and data analytics test-cases, document issues, and track progress at resolving issues.
Ability to design and implement a testing protocol, with support from junior analysts, with the end goal of automating testing.
Communication
Work with client, cross-functional teams, and IT and business stakeholders, to ensure successful planning and execution of project.
Plan, develop and deliver Super User and End User training, for a global user base.
Mentor junior analysts to familiarize them with technical and business aspects of a project.
What you’ll have…
Education: Master’s Degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or related fields with a concentration in operations or analytics
Experience:
1 year of experience presenting on complex topics in a clear, concise, and easily understood manner
Prior experience in planning systems, and exposure to ERP tools is preferred
Firsthand experience leading a team through the full lifecycle of a supply chain planning solution implementation including business requirement gathering, solution design & development, UAT/SIT, go-live/cutover and value realization is preferred
Experience using agile methodology to deliver large scale enterprise implementations is preferred
Skills and Abilities: Statistical, Optimization and Simulation skills through software tools and packages like R, SAS, CPLEX or similar is required
Knowledge of spreadsheets and software (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets), document processing (Microsoft Word, Google Docs), and presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint) is required
Knowledge and training in databases (SQL Server, MySQL) and skills in one or more languages like SQL, MDX, T-SQL or similar is preferred
Strong analytical techniques, data mining knowledge and proficiency in handling and processing large amounts of data
Ability to identify key insights and critical thinking to prioritize and focus on the highest value opportunities or the biggest risks
Coursework and strong background in mathematics and statistics
Strong verbal, written, presentation and demonstration / training skills are required
Ability to communicate mathematical, technical or software usage concepts to audiences with limited prior mathematics, technical or software background
Ability to work in teams, distributed across locations and time zones and at executive and junior levels in a corporate hierarchy
English: business communication level
Japanese: native level
Employee Testimonial…
Working as a member of o9 enables me to gain valuable experience for growth. The company provides good work environment. I always have inspirng and fulfilling days with friendly and highly supportive coworkers.- K.Otsuki, Functional Consultant, Japan
What we’ll do for you…
Competitive salary
Stock options to eligible candidates
High growth organization - very strong entrepreneurial culture and no corporate politics.
Flat organization: With a very strong entrepreneurial culture (and no corporate politics).
Support network: Work with a team you can learn from and every day.
Diversity: We pride ourselves on our international working environment
Work Life Balance: https://youtu.be/IHSZeUPATBA
How the process works…
You’ll be contacted by our recruiter, Masahiro Ishiwata who’ll fill you in on all things o9, give you some background about the role and get to know you. They’ll contact you either via video call or phone call - whatever you prefer.
During the interview phase, you will meet with a senior class member from our team for 60 minutes. The recruiter will contact you after the interview to let you know if we’d like to progress your application.
You will next meet our global members for 60 min.
Time to meet our Hiring manager finally.
Our recruiter will let you know if you’re the successful candidate. Good luck!
More about us…
o9 Solutions is one of the fastest-growing enterprise SaaS companies in the world today. As per the last public disclosure, o9 was valued at approximately $3.7B. Our mission is to digitally transform planning and decision-making for small and large enterprises. We have a high-energy, values driven, people centric culture that focuses on being the most valuable partner to our clients.
Our platform, the o9 Digital Brain, is the premier AI-powered, cloud-native platform driving the digital transformations of major global enterprises including Google, NIKE, Walmart, AB-InBev, Starbucks, Danone, Caterpillar, Toyota and many others.
Our headquarters are located in Dallas, with offices in Amsterdam, Paris, London, Barcelona, Bangalore, Tokyo, Seoul, and Sao Paulo.
o9 is an equal opportunity employer and seeks applicants of diverse backgrounds and hires without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law
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