Retail Solutions Architect

This is a remote position.
At S5, we are on a mission to make Advanced Data Science consumable to Business Users. S5 is a SaaS software provider of AI/ML-powered products which transform planning and decision making capabilities across the digital supply chain for the Retail and CPG industries.
To support our aggressive growth, we are actively seeking talent (at multiple levels) to join our team.
The Role:
We’re looking for a Retail Solutions Architect who loves helping people, solving problems, and wants to play a major role in the success of our Retail clients. You have a strong technical aptitude, customer-facing experience, experience working in the Retail industry, and are comfortable in a fast-paced working environment. You will be responsible for helping implement S5's Retail Platform by gathering requirements, understanding how the S5 platform integrates with retail solution landscapes, and deploying our solutions for our largest enterprise customers. You will be joining a team of product experts who are passionate about our customers, solutions, and products.
What You’ll Do:

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for S5 Solutions in client settings

• Provide thought leadership for retail solution implementation across Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning, Buying/Merchandising, Allocation, and Size Optimization

• Participate in requirements generation in discovery; Facilitate both functional and technical design sessions

• Provide consultative advice to our Retail customers to ensure successful integration with S5 solutions while maximizing product value

• Build and manage internal tools to automate & expedite solution time to delivery

• Leverage customers’ business requirements and product expertise to build technical specifications

• Translate client requirements into internal S5 specifications and formulate delivery plan

• Be creative & flexible to solve client-specific problems within the capabilities of the existing platform

• Partner cross-functionally with both internal and external technical and business stakeholders

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

• You have 5+ years of experience working on enterprise-level software projects in the Retail domain with a high level of demonstrated success

• Knowledge of Processes in Retail / Supply Chain including Merchandising/Buying, Merchandise Planning, Allocation, Retail Analysis & Reporting, Retail Systems Analysis or other related experience

• Experience with SQL, Advanced Excel is a must

• Proficiency with scripting languages like Python and Bash is a huge plus

• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have strong time management and prioritization skills

• Experience with retail planning platforms, order management systems, ERP, WMS and inventory management, supply chain, or logistics

• Enjoys working with others to solve problems

• Experience in creating technical specifications, integration diagrams, design documents and requirements documents

• A positive, flexible, can-do attitude

Benefits

What’s in it for You?At S5, you will get an opportunity to truly innovate while working with some of the smartest brains in the industry to solve existing and emerging business problems. Additionally, you will play a key role in defining the next generation work culture and work ethic to solve problems that others thought - simply impossible.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join our team!

Job Type: Full-time

Originally posted on Himalayas