**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and Al journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience **Your role and responsibilities** As a Business Transformation Consultant you will serve as a client-facing practitioner who sells, leads and implements expert services utilizing the breadth of IBM's offerings and technologies. A successful Consultant is regarded by clients as a trusted business advisor who collaborates to provide innovative solutions used to solve the most challenging business problems. You will work on projects that help clients integrate strategy, process, technology, and information to increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve profit and shareholder value. You can take advantage of opportunities to master new skills, work across different disciplines, move into new challenges and develop a robust understanding of different industries **Required technical and professional expertise** * Minimum of 3+ years professional industry hands-on experience as functional consultant on Supply Planning workstream with experience on assortment planning and merchandise planning on o9 platform is must. * Preferably 2 to 3 implementation experience in o9 technologies * 3.Deep understanding of supply planning concepts. * Working knowledge of Statistical, optimization, and simulation software tools and packages like R/JavaScript/python * Good understanding of databases (SQL Server, MySQL) **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Experience with one or more languages like SQL, MDX, T-SQL, or similar is a plus * Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint for analysis and presentation * Clear, crisp, and concise communication, and client facing skills