27 Oct
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Westernacher Consulting
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India
27 Oct
Westernacher Consulting
India
How You’ll Make an Impact:
• Discovery and business consulting
• Plan and lead discovery workshops and site walk-throughs across inbound, storage, picking, packing, outbound, yard and transport.
• Map current-state operations and KPIs: order cycle time, pick productivity, inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock time, OTIF, freight cost per unit, truck utilization, empty miles.
• Turn findings into a clear problem statement and prioritized improvement opportunities.
• Transformation roadmap
• Build phased roadmaps for SAP EWM, SAP TM, Yard Logistics and SAP Business Network for Logistics, including legacy WMS/TMS migration and S/4HANA alignment.
• Advise on automation and robotics integration (AS/RS, AMRs, conveyors, MFS), labor management and multi-site rollout strategy.
• Identify where AI and emerging technology create impact: slotting and wave optimization, demand-driven labor planning, predictive ETA, route and load optimization, computer vision, IoT, digital twins and agentic workflows.
• Connect execution to the wider supply chain: how planning (SAP IBP), inventory and order promising shape what happens in the warehouse and on the road.
• Value case and deal support
• Build business cases with operational baselines, benefit levers, investment, ROI, payback and NPV, using benchmarks and customer data.
• Present and defend the value case to operations leaders, finance and procurement.
• Co-own deal strategy with the Account Executive: win themes, solution narrative, proposal storyline and orals.
• Brief and drive Presales and Practice Directors for demos and solution designs prove the value case.
• Thought leadership and growth
• Build reusable assets: discovery guides, warehouse and transport value-lever libraries, ROI calculators, industry point-of-views.
• Track the SAP supply chain roadmap, automation market and AI developments; turn them into customer-ready stories.
• Contribute to events, webinars and content that reinforce Westernacher's leadership in supply chain. Your Expertise:
• 3–5 years in supply chain or logistics consulting, SAP SCM advisory, value engineering or solution consulting, ideally at a consulting firm, SAP partner, 3PL or SAP itself.
• Solid understanding of warehouse and transportation operations and how SAP EWM and/or SAP TM support them.
• Proven experience running discovery sessions and building business or value cases.
• Robust financial and operational literacy: you can link a productivity gain to cost, service and working capital.
• Hands-on curiosity about AI and emerging technology, with examples of applying it to an operational problem.
• Excellent storytelling, executive presence and written English; comfortable defending numbers under challenge.
• Degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, operations or business; MBA a plus. Nice to have
• SAP certification in EWM, TM or IBP; APICS / ASCM (CPIM, CSCP) certification.
• Exposure to warehouse automation vendors or MFS projects.
• Industry experience in supply chain heavy industries.
• Additional languages relevant to local market unit.
📌 Value Advisor-SAP Supply Chain (India)
🏢 Westernacher Consulting
📍 India