Principal Technical Consultant

About the CompanyInfocepts is a global leader of end-to-end data and analytics solutions with over 20 years experience enabling customers to derive value from a variety of data-driven capabilities. Unique among its peers, Infocepts operates with the scale of a global consulting firm, yet the expertise of a niche partner. We are certified by Great Place to Work, India in 2021 & 2022 and recognizes our high-trust and high-performance work culture, and great employee experience in the industry.About the RoleConsulting for New and Existing Clients Provide specialized retail advisory & consulting services to new and existing customers, share relevant advisories for customers, address unmet needs, expand relationships, manage client expectations, and maintain assigned utilization.Responsibilities- Systematically Develop and Maintain Offerings- Identify niche gaps that exist within retail solution providers and prepare business case to invest in expanding the idea into a packaged solution.- Provide stewardship guidance to solutions aligned to the competency, that can be a core differentiator for Infocepts.- Support offering development and support its pilot implementation.- Support to develop implementation methodologies, processes, templates, enhance and internalize for the prioritized solutions.- Provide Sales Support- Support pre-sales activities including engaging prospects, conducting discovery workshops, developing point of views/solutions/scoping, writing proposals, engaging partners, and supporting sales and marketing enablement with their functional and domain expertise.- Thought Leadership – Build and share experience and evidence-based thought leadership in the retail industry through various channels such as professional social media, blogs, white papers, webinars, events, and conferences.- Support Organizational Strategy – Contribute to practice development including sharing and building expertise, nurturing and growing talent, capability and offering development, and corporate initiatives as assigned.Qualifications- Proven experience in addressing retail business challenges through effective application of Data, Analytics, and AI.- Strong understanding of core retail business processes and systems, including (but not limited to) Customer Management, Store Operations, Merchandising, and Inventory Management.- A holistic view of end-to-end retail workflows is highly desirable.- Hands-on experience delivering data and analytics consulting/professional services across various retail segments such as luxury, off-price, and apparel.- Pre-sales experience, including leading and authoring proposals that clearly articulate business value and program outcomes.- Deep knowledge of retail systems, KPIs, and underlying data models with the ability to translate them into actionable insights for business stakeholders.- Expertise in analysing and synthesizing business requirements, creating effort estimates, designing data flow models, and collaborating with technical and business teams to build and implement analytics solutions.Required Skills- Proven experience in addressing retail business challenges through effective application of Data, Analytics, and AI.- Strong understanding of core retail business processes and systems.- Hands-on experience delivering data and analytics consulting/professional services.Preferred Skills- Pre-sales experience, including leading and authoring proposals.- Deep knowledge of retail systems, KPIs, and underlying data models.- Expertise in analysing and synthesizing business requirements.