MS D365 SCM Functional Consultant

Position Title: MS D365 SCM Functional Consultant

Location: Coppell TX (Remote)

Duration: Long Term

Position Summary:

The goal is to develop solutions that optimize and improve customer satisfaction and increase operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of the applications from conception through deployment and ongoing support ensuring seamless integration with other business systems and alignment with the companys strategic objectives.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Gain alignment with senior leadership and establish credibility with key stakeholders by demonstrating a sound understanding of business objectives and goals. Leverage understanding to ensure technology roadmaps are maintained with timelines impacts and dependencies communicated.
• Design and architect D365 solutions tailored to the needs of field operations ensuring robust functionality and scalability.
• Lead the implementation and customization of the D365 Supply Chain module including integration with existing systems and data migration.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements translate business processes into system designs and ensure that the solutions meet business needs.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of D365 applications ensuring they deliver maximum efficiency and reliability.
• Provide expert guidance and support to the development team overseeing the coding testing and deployment of D365 solutions.
• Manage the relationship with Microsoft and other technology vendors to ensure the organization receives the best service and technology solutions.

Key Management Responsibilities:

• Manage project timelines resources and budgets to ensure successful implementation of D365 solutions.
• Lead mentor and support a team of developers and analysts fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Communicate effectively with IT leadership and business executives to align D365 solutions with broader business goals.
• Establish best practices and standards for the development and maintenance of D365 applications.
• Conduct regular reviews and updates of D365 solutions to ensure they adapt to changing business needs and technology advancements.
• Strong interpersonal skills include excellent written and verbal communication skills; listening and critical thinking; presentation skills facilitation skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with stakeholders at all different levels.
• Flexibility during organizational and/or business changes.
• Effective problemsolving skills with attention to detail.
• Customer Service oriented.
• Effectively disseminates information to appropriate audiences verbally and in writing.
• Ability to actively gather appropriate level of participation and input to decisionmaking and foster it within teams.
• Excellent proficiency in a variety of platforms including databases cloud native architectures and paradigms continuous build testing and deployment platforms.
• Effectively influences IT senior leaders and business leaders on industry trends and emerging technologies in anticipation of new business processes and systems; challenge the status quo in support of the technology direction.
• Excellent problem solving root cause analysis skills.
• Able to readily diagnose system deficiencies and independently design and implement effective solutions to complex technical problems.
• Exceptional management & organizational skills enabling real time prioritization an effective intake process for the team and a strong ability for holding the team accountable to results.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and manage technical projects including identification of project scope requirements deliverables and coordination of project design and implementation activities.

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field; Masters degree is a plus.
• Certified in Microsoft Dynamics 365 with a focus on Supply Chain.
• At least 5 years of experience in systems architecture and design specifically with Dynamics 365 or similar ERP/CRM systems.
• Proven track record in managing and implementing complex D365 solutions particularly in Supply Chain management.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with Azure Cloud
• Expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and related technologies with a strong focus on the Supply Chain module.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills capable of creating innovative solutions to complex business challenges.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills with an ability to motivate and guide teams.
• Indepth understanding of Supply Chain and business processes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills capable of working closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Proven ability for working with a large and diverse group of personnel within field of expertise and providing direction for resolving complex work assignments.
• Must be knowledgeable of best practices for utilizing technology automation and various software applications in order to achieve the highest level of productivity.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to make effective presentations to senior management must also be demonstrated. Influencing and Negotiating skills are important requisites for this role.
• Ability to read analyze interpret and understand general business periodicals professional journals technical procedures financial reports legal documents or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals
• Ability to work with a variety of mathematical concepts
• Highlevel ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Highlevel ability to interpret a variety of instructions
• Strong Microsoft Office skills