Junior Functional Consultant MCA Solutions

MCA Solutions is seeking candidates for Functional Consultant positions. Successful candidates will have strong functional knowledge of Supply Chain Management, specific Service parts planning and optimization exposure or experience is a plus. Competence with MS Office and MS Access as well as Oracle/SQL is desirable.

The primary job responsibilities include solution requirements gathering, system configuration, user training and acceptance test support for the MCA application software for service parts planning (inventory forecasting, planning, and optimization).

You will be joining a knowledgeable and highly educated workforce, enjoying the benefit of intellectually stimulating work. You will be exposed to a number of industries including High Tech, Medical Equipment, Industrial Equipment, and Aerospace and Defense.
Primary Job Duties/Responsibilities :

Consult with customers to provide functional knowledge and guidance assisting them in designing, building and optimizing their MCA Solutions Service Parts Optimization solution.
Provide leadership in solution and business process design and integration.
Collect and document Functional RequirementsSolution Design specifications.
In conjunction with colleagues and clients, ensuring that solution requirements are satisfied through successful implementation and execution of the solution plan.
Provide guidance to client team on data model development and manipulation.
While onsite, provide weekly status updates to the MCA Solutions Project Manager and Services Management on project progress with escalation of application integration issues as appropriate.
Liaison between Services and Product Management team providing field feedback to the R&D group and providing communication and training on new enhancements out to the field.
Proactive sharing and maintenance of the knowledge repository for the SPO Solution. Incorporate best practices into reusable deliverables to promote continuous improvements in client implementations.
Perform weekly mandatory administrative duties on time, including Time & Expense, Status Reports and active participation within internal Team Meetings.

Education:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or Operations Research, minimum. Master degree or PhD preferred.

Experience:

0-3+ years Supply chain management experience
0-3+ years of IT systems / package application implementation consulting experience
Applicable student project, internships, or research will be considered

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Experience in, or exposure to, one or more of the following: Aerospace and Defense, High-Tech, Medical Equipment, Automotive, Industrial products.
Supply Chain Management/Planning solution experience, preferably in Service parts/spare parts planning solutions.
Prior experience in defining, designing, configuring, and supporting large-scale, high-volume planning systems.
Ability to articulate customer requirements and translate those requirements in Solution configurations.
Ability to train project team members and end users.
Ability to understand physical & logical data models.
Testing experience / problem resolution / strong service/spare part data knowledge
Strong analytical and problem solving skills open to the ideas of others.
Self-starter with the ability to multi-task.
A customer service focus - excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently or within a team.
Must be able to travel extensively.
Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder.

Location:	1500 JFK Boulevard Suite 700 Philadelphia, PA 19102 United States