Senior Managing Consultant,- Agribusiness - Consumer Industry COC - Full-time / Part-time

IBM Senior Managing Consultant,- Agribusiness - Consumer Industry COC in Boston , Massachusetts

Introduction

IBM’s Consumer Industry Center of Competence (CoC) is a global

team of consultants with deep industry expertise that works to

accelerate sales, deliver client engagements, and build IBM’s eminence

in the Retail, Consumer Products, and Agribusiness industries.

CoC consultants are part of the global Consumer Industry leadership

team, and work face-to-face with clients to address their business,

operations, and technology challenges as they reinvent to become

Cognitive Enterprises.

We are seeking visionary agribusiness industry professionals with a

high degree of passion, intellectual curiosity, and deep hands-on

expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Supply Chain Operations: Planning and execution optimization.

Enterprise Applications and Digital Trading Management

Systems.

Digital Business and Operations: AI, IoT, and Data and

Analytics.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Business Development:

Identifying, qualifying. solutioning, and/or

closing transformational projects. Roles can range from initial client

meetings to developing proposals, and/or preparing contracts or

Statements of Work (SOWs).

Project Delivery

: Performing a leadership role on client projects,

including leading individual workstreams, creating and/or reviewing

project deliverables; conducting worksessions with client senior

executives; and identifying follow-on engagements.

Client Visioning

: Planning, scoping, and conducting client workshops

to discuss their business / operational issues, share IBM Points of View

(PoVs) and solutions, and identify specific opportunities to be pursued.

Relationship Management:

Developing and managing internal IBM

and external / industry senior executive relationships; demonstrating an

executive presence with the ability to establish credibility from the first

meeting.

Thought Leadership

: Developing intellectual capital (ICAP) in the

course of projects and translating that back to a broader set of

industry / client opportunities; establishing personal eminence,

internally within IBM and externally in the industry.

IBM is actively seeking candidates in the New York City, Chicago,

Dallas, and/or San Francisco areas. IBM will additionally consider

candidates in other cities, provided they have easy access to domestic

and international airports.

This position will require frequent domestic and/or international trave

Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM’s Consumer Industry Center of Competence (CoC) is a global team of consultants with deep industry expertise that works to accelerate sales, deliver client engagements, and build IBM’s eminence in the Retail, Consumer Products, and Agribusiness industries.

CoC consultants are part of the global Consumer Industry leadership team, and work face-to-face with clients to address their business, operations, and technology challenges as they reinvent to become Cognitive Enterprises.

We are seeking visionary agribusiness industry professionals with a high degree of passion, intellectual curiosity, and deep hands-on expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Operations and Supply Chain: Planning and execution optimization.

Enterprise Applications and Digital Trading Management Systems.

Digital Business and Operations: AI, IoT, and Data and Analytics.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Business Development: Identifying, qualifying. solutioning, and/or closing transformational projects. Roles can range from initial client meetings to developing proposals, and/or preparing contracts or Statements of Work (SOWs).

Project Delivery : Performing a leadership role on client projects, including leading individual workstreams, creating and/or reviewing project deliverables; conducting worksessions with client senior executives; and identifying follow-on engagements.

Client Visioning : Planning, scoping, and conducting client workshops to discuss their business / operational issues, share IBM Points of View (PoVs) and solutions, and identify specific opportunities to be pursued.

Relationship Management: Developing and managing internal IBM and external / industry senior executive relationships; demonstrating an executive presence with the ability to establish credibility from the first meeting.

Thought Leadership : Developing intellectual capital (ICAP) in the course of projects and translating that back to a broader set of industry / client opportunities; establishing personal eminence, internally within IBM and externally in the industry.

IBM is actively seeking candidates in the New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and/or San Francisco areas. IBM will additionally consider candidates in other cities, provided they have easy access to domestic and international airports.

This position will require frequent remote work, as well as significant domestic and international travel once permitted.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

At least 10 years of experience working for a leading Agribusiness company in one or more of the above-listed areas

At least 3 years of consulting experience, preferably at a large consulting firm, with hands-on experience in sales and delivery of large-scale business, operations, and/or technology transformation projects

A passion to “go deep” on one or more of IBM’s strategic initiative areas, e.g. AI, Blockchain, IoT, hybrid cloud, and/or mobile

A strong desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Proven leadership experience working with multi-location, multicultural, and multinational teams.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and advanced capabilities in business productivity applications

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Sufficient technical proficiency to be able to engage senior-level IT executives across a wide range of IBM solutions

A desire to learn new technical skills and capabilities.

About Business Unit

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