[Hiring] Supply Chain Process Architect @NTT DATA Services

Role Description

NTT DATA Supply Chain Consulting practice is currently looking for a Supply Chain Process Architect remote (+ client visits) for our growing team in Finland.

As a Supply Chain Process Architect within our Supply Chain Planning practice, you will help clients design, improve, and transform the business processes they use to plan and manage their supply chains. You will work at the intersection of:

• Business strategy
• Supply chain planning processes
• Organizational ways of working
• Data
• Enabling technology

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Understanding how clients operate and identifying necessary changes
• Translating business requirements into clear target processes, decision frameworks, business rules, and detailed functional requirements
• Acting as the bridge between business stakeholders and technology implementation teams

Your work may span areas such as:

• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE)
• Demand Planning and Demand Forecasting
• Supply and Production Planning
• Inventory Planning and Optimization
• Capacity and Constraint Planning
• Scenario Planning and Decision Support
• Exception Management
• Cross-functional planning governance and decision-making
• Performance management, KPIs, and planning effectiveness

You will also help clients understand how emerging capabilities such as Agentic AI, Generative AI, and advanced analytics can be embedded into modern supply chain planning processes to improve productivity, decision quality, responsiveness, and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Significant practical understanding of supply chain planning processes and the business decisions they support.
• Experience in several of the following areas:
  • S&OP / Integrated Business Planning
  • S&OE
  • Demand Planning
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Supply Planning
  • Production Planning
  • Inventory Planning
  • Capacity Planning
  • Scenario Planning
• Experience gathering and structuring business requirements and translating them into business processes, process designs, functional requirements, and future-state ways of working.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, including experience working directly with business stakeholders and leading workshops.
• Ability to communicate effectively between business and technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Professional proficiency in commonly used business communication and analysis tools such as PowerPoint and Excel.
• Willingness and ability to travel according to project and client requirements.

Requirements

• Several years of experience in supply chain consulting, supply chain transformation, or senior supply chain planning roles.
• Experience designing or transforming end-to-end S&OP, IBP, S&OE, demand planning, or supply planning processes.
• Experience working on large-scale supply chain or business transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of modern forecasting approaches, ranging from traditional statistical forecasting through machine learning and AI-supported forecasting.
• Understanding of supply chain planning concepts such as segmentation, forecast value added, service levels, safety stock, capacity constraints, allocation, prioritization, scenario planning, and exception-based planning.
• Understanding of how Agentic AI, Generative AI, machine learning, optimization, and advanced analytics can be applied within supply chain planning and decision-making.
• Familiarity with modern Advanced Planning Systems and planning platforms such as o9, Kinaxis, SAP IBP, Anaplan, Blue Yonder, Logility, ToolsGroup, or similar solutions.
• Master’s degree or MBA is considered an advantage.
• Professional supply chain certifications from organizations such as ASCM, IBF, CSCMP, or equivalent are considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, locally competitive benefits package.
• Health and wellbeing are prioritized.