Application Consultant

About Centric Software:
Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market.
Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional.
Centric Software is looking for a Application Consultant to join our growing planning team in France. The successful candidate should provide solution and technical skills in a fast-moving environment. You will need to be a leader, quick thinking and driven to provide planning solutions that deliver value to our clients. You will be working directly with our clients, internal and external partners to lead the technical design and configuration requirements to provide best practice planning architecture.
About the Team
The Centric planning team are leading the market in the delivery of first-class planning solutions for the fashion and retail industries. A dynamic and driven team of technical and business experts delivering end-to-end planning systems and driving customer project success. The teams are all home based in different countries around the World. The role reports into the Client Services Director.
Responsibilities
Play a key role in the planning solution set up and configuration
Participate to functional solution design
Planning solution set up in target environments
Deliver well tested planning solution configuration starting from solution design provided by solution architects and assist in the preparation of user and execute system test plans
Integration of planning with Client systems landscape. Integration of data flows by the configuration of our proprietary ETL tools
Development of customer specific procedures
Support knowledge transfer to other project team members and support organization and performance of tests
Work in autonomy, actively managing own Task List by ensuring that it is accurate and is updated on a weekly basis
Engage in peer reviews of colleague's work, as appropriate to experience and expertise
Provide training and assistance to colleagues where appropriate
Skills
General comprehension of IT systems architecture
Good Microsoft SQL Server knowledge
Previous experience of working in a professional services / service environment, providing specialist consultancy skills to clients
Experience in facilitating client workshops and liaising with senior stakeholders.
Requirements gathering to high standard
Gap analysis and writing functional specifications
Ability to produce clear, accurate and articulate AS-IS and TO-BE business processes
Willing to travel to customer sites
Plus
Power BI knowledge (Dataset modelling and Dashboard design)
Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.