Description Organization: Management Consulting Location: Location Negotiable (San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA ; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; El Segundo, CA) Accenture is one of the leading providers of management consulting services worldwide with more than 15,000 consultants in 49 countries.

Our management consultants create, design and build new business models and help our clients integrate and operate them.

You'll have the opportunity to turn theory into practice and shape strategies right through from inception to execution.

How? By acting as a trusted advisor in identifying and creatively solving complex problems, designing/restructuring critical processes, and fundamentally transforming the way a company operates, in order to help them become a high-performance business.

Our suite of services deliver tangible business outcomes for our clients and are built on both industry and business expertise.

The professionals in our Supply Chain Management service line work with clients across a broad range of industries to develop and implement supply chain operations strategies that enable profitable growth in new and existing markets.

Committed to helping clients achieve high performance through supply chain mastery, we combine global industry expertise and skills in supply chain strategy, sourcing and procurement, supply chain planning, manufacturing, product lifecycle management, fulfillment, and service management to help organizations transform their supply chain capabilities.

For more information on our Supply Chain Practice - http://accenture.com/Global/Services/By_Subject/Supply_Chain_Mgmt/default.htm Job Description: The Product Innovation (PI) & PLM group focuses on helping companies across various industries improve their product development roadmap, strategy, and processes to reduce product costs, development costs, and time to market while increasing product innovation and market share capture.

Our PI/PLM practice is responsible for delivering product development strategies (organization, global footprint, cost management, processes, metrics), best practice methodologies, enabling technology solutions, and change management programs to help improve a company's product development operation.

Work independently in client facing situations as well as part of larger project teams in the design, development and implementation of new and improved business processes and enabling technology.

Demonstrate understanding of core product development processes and best practices to help an organization improve outcomes.

Typical process areas include: · Product Development Strategy· Product Portfolio Management· Product Optimization· Product Cost Management· New Product Introduction· R&D Program Management· Innovation Processes· Collaborative Design· Engineering Services Outsourcing· Strategic Sourcing Key responsibilities may include: Works closely with business to understand as-is processesGathers and validates business requirements for PLMDevelops PLM functional designs that address business requirementsCreates and maintains user acceptance scriptsConducts organizational change activities, including user training and stakeholder management Qualifications Basic Qualifications: Minimum 5 years of product development process experience in the Consumer Package Goods, Retail or Apparel IndustriesMinimum 2 years of experience analyzing business challenges, and planning / delivering PLM solutions within these IndustriesMinimum of 2 years of experience with at least one of the following: SAP PLM, Dassault, PTC, Siemens or Oracle-AgileMinimum 2 years experience implementing solutions in the following PLM disciplines: Engineering change management,AML/ Part / Document managementBOM managementCAD data management (focus on Electrical CAD)Supplier integrationComponent managementBachelors Degree Preferred Skills Worked on end to end PLM implementations Consulting PLM Business Process Re-engineering and/or LeanSixSigma Strategy Development / Planning Operations Diagnostics / Business Case Development Program / Project Management Functional R&D / Innovation Product Management Product Marketing Process Innovation New Product Development and Introduction Product Portfolio Management & Stage-Gate Professional Skills: Strong analytical skillsStrong interpersonal skills - needs to interact and influence up to a Senior Director levelStrong communications and people management skillsInternational language/culture skills, experience working in Fortune 250 environment All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development.

You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization.

We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster.

Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates.

The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

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