Industry Manager - RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT, WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS

Kalypso, A Rockwell Automation Business, is a professional services firm dedicated to helping clients discover, create, make, and sell better products with digital. We believe that innovation across the value chain is the single most important factor for long-term growth and success.

We are passionate about our work and committed to helping clients become more innovative, competitive, and productive. The Kalypso team consists of diverse industry and technical experts with proven experience delivering results. Our people are recognized business, industry, and technical thought leaders with a passion for innovation.

As a provider of professional services, our people are the key to success. We are looking for the absolute best to join our world-class team. We want balanced individuals who are willing to go the extra mile to provide the sustainable results our clients expect. At the same time, we are looking for real, multi-dimensional people – Characters with Character – who complement their expertise and intelligence with personality and integrity.

Kalypso is seeking exceptional candidates who are looking for an exciting career as an Industry Manager. You will leading consulting workstreams that help our clients solve challenging issues involving product development, warehousing, and logistics. The work is fast paced, demanding, and provides unparalleled exposure to unique opportunities. The learning curve can be quite steep at times, but our team will help you develop a broad set of skills and enable you to explore areas that are of interest to you. You will help design, develop, and test new strategies, processes, and software solutions for a diverse set of clients in industries such as Retail, Life Sciences, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), High Tech, Manufacturing and Automotive. You will report to the Kalypso Director and work remote from anywhere in the United States.

· Lead consulting project delivery for multiple accounts and complex projects, allocation of tasks to team members and management of progress, tracking of team activities and reporting usage of effort, providing oversight, and coaching to ensure project delivery remains within specified scope, on time and on budget.

· Assess the implication of changes in scope of work and participate in crafting necessary client message.

· Manage various workstreams of a project.

· Work with multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural teams.

· Ensures that knowledge management and sharing activities are implemented in accordance with the firm’s objectives.

· Maintain a key role in the internal structure of the firm, taking on management responsibilities and actively participate in business development to support the strong growth of the firm.

· Identifies industry trends and provides information to clients regarding the impact of industry, legislative, or regulatory changes to specific business processes and applications.

· Be the communication bridge between the business and technical team.

· Superior analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills.

· Effective organization and time management skills, with ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines.

· Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

· Versatility, flexibility, and proactivity when dealing with ambiguity.

· Proven track record of gaining and sustaining executive relationships as a trusted advisor.

· Strong leadership, good influencing skills, excellent management, and interpersonal skills to manage consultant teams and to work with senior management.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

· Bachelor’s degree

· Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future.

· The ability to travel up to 70% travel domestically

· Degree in Computer Science, Digital Systems, Software Development, or related.

· Knowledge of Product Development Systems or PLM software solution capabilities, such as Agile, PTC, Matrix One, Team Center, Eigner, Dassault, Optiva, etc.

· Demonstrated ability to sell and lead delivery of complex engagements.

· Understanding of product development, supply chain, and logistics practices, our client’s business, and industry knowledge.

· 5+ years experience in planning and tracking complex projects and demonstrated ability to lead teams in high change environments.

· Experience with business-critical software development and/or rollout in organization is necessary.

The total target compensation range for this role is $144,000 to $216,000 of which 85% is base salary and 15% is variable. Our company benefits for the US can be found here. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.