Lead FO Consultant – Supply Chain

Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy, Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specialising in end-to-end transformation. As a global consultancy firm working across the private and public sectors, we specialise in Dynamics 365 Business Applications, Power Platform, including Azure, Application Modernisation and Data & Analytics. Our highly skilled team help drive improvements, creating efficiency and growth within organisations. We are committed to Microsoft technologies, with a mission to revolutionise modern businesses. To achieve this we employ the best, most dedicated talent to deliver outstanding technology solutions to both our local and global clients.

Hitachi Solutions offers competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses), pension and benefits plans. Work/Life balance is an essential part of our culture, and all our employees are home workers, although you will be expected to come into our or customer’s offices regularly. We operate a comprehensive career development programme that includes mentoring and training plans to ensure that you will continue to grow and develop your career at Hitachi.

We are growing our consulting team and looking for Lead FO Consultants, specialising in Supply Chain and Production to join us on our exciting journey and be part of the Hitachi Solutions family. The main areas of responsibility for a Lead Functional Consultant Finance at Hitachi Solutions are:

• Developing long lasting and high-quality business relationships with clients by instilling trust and confidence.
• Working directly with clients to understand their business processes and determining project deliverables.
• Utilising specialist knowledge of the Microsoft Dynamics product to support the development and expansion of Dynamics Finance & Operations.
• Utilising specialist knowledge of the manufacturing, service, retail, finance, or public sector industries, with particular emphasis on the manufacturing industry.
• Developing original approaches to improve or replace existing processes and procedures.
• Taking ownership of the design of bespoke FO solutions, which may include complex integrations or significant module changes or even designing new modules.
• Writing complex functional specifications.
• Acting as the translation point between functional and technical teams so that solutions can be developed.
• Effectively managing large work streams to stay within scope, meet or exceed project schedule and remain within the approved budget.
• Guiding Project Managers and keeping them informed.

Qualifications:

• A strong ERP background.
• A working knowledge of best practices in the manufacturing industry.
• A demonstrable specialism within the supply chain and production modules.
• A logical approach to problem solving and structured approach to introducing change into operational systems.
• At least 2 full life cycle implementations.
• A strong knowledge of methodologies around ERP implementations.
• Strong stakeholder and people management skills.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.

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