D365 F&O Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant - Future Opportunities

Do you think it’s important to empower every voice? So do we.

At Avanade, we believe the rich fabric of who we are has been borne out of people bringing out the best in each other. By being generous with their time, by sharing experiences and taking the time to understand what’s important, we all benefit from that moment of lift. Together we go beyond.

About the Opportunity

With exposure across a mixture of large-scale complex solutions, cross platform implementations and international projects, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to flex your delivery methodologies to meet the needs of our clients. Specializing in Microsoft Business Application Technology, you’ll be responsible for the definition and collection of requirements through to the build and deployment of the solution. With the agility and energy of a company backed by the resources of Accenture and Microsoft you’ll collaborate with a team of people who thrive on turning ideas and innovations into breakthrough results for leading organizations around the globe. Ultimately, we’re not just making business better. We’re making life better for our client partners and their customers.

What you will love doing

• Participating in all phases of the project life cycle including analyzing, designing, modelling, testing, training, pre and post Go live support, and deploying suitable and appropriate solutions
• Evaluating SCM or Manufacturing processes and recommending improvements
• Working in a dynamic environment towards meeting deadlines
• Communicating at all levels of an organization, from C-Suite, SME and End users through strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Challenging the status quo including advising customers on how to leverage and adopt Microsoft leading business practices
• Collaborating effectively with a larger team throughout an enterprise transformation

Who you will enjoy working with

As part of the D365 ERP team, you will connect with the best in the industry, and you will have the opportunity to work on large cutting-edge projects and cross-technology implementations. The Avanade Australia ERP team is led by Prashanth Umashanker, whose open and thoughtful leadership style helps to bring out the best in the team, and Martin McCaffery, an experienced ERP Practice Director with a warm and transparent leadership style that is focussed on developing high performing teams and connecting team colleagues with the best resources in both Avanade and Microsoft. And in terms of the big picture, Avanade proudly celebrates the leadership of Global CEO, Pamela Maynard who has brought our purpose of making a genuine human impact to the forefront of all the work we do for our clients, their employees, and their customers.

What technical skills are we interested in you having?

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience with full life-cycle implementation of D365FO/ Dynamics AX SCM experience (prefer at minimum AX 2012 R3)
• Participation in FIT/GAP process and ability to write complete functional design specifications.
• Experience and strong working knowledge across key SCM modules and Microsoft products:
• Products and Inventory
• Procure to pay
• Order to cash
• Warehouse management
• Transportation management
• Master planning, demand, and supply forecasting
• Intercompany trade
• Enterprise Asset Management
• Manufacturing
• Data migration, data management and FastTrack go-live assessment.
• Security framework roles and best practices
• Understanding the integration options and underlying technologies available
• Power Platform, Azure surround and Dual Write
• Using Azure DevOps, test case planning and acceptance testing framework

Preferred current certifications:

• MB-300: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Unified Operations Core
• MB-330: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant 

• MB-320: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing

What are we interested in you having?

• Successful completion of a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Proven experience leading requirement gathering and discovery with users and stakeholders.
• Solid experience in designing and writing technical specification documents.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in ERP implementation principles, practices, and methodologies.

We do not expect you tick every box. What is important is that you help us to understand what your core strengths are and, that you will be excited to learn and develop in areas if you need to.

What you can expect from us

• Take full advantage of 5 MyDays off a year to relax, rebalance and focus on your health and wellbeing or honor your personal cultural beliefs
• Love a gadget? Of course you do! Go spoil yourself on us. Gadget allowances start from $1,000 p.a
• Your wellbeing matters to us. That’s why you’ll receive $2,000 pa to help you, take care of you
• Empower others and be empowered through our employee networks: Women employees, PRISM for LGBTI+ employees and Veterans employees
• Help yourself to an extensive menu of Microsoft and technology certifications and enjoy up to 80 paid training hours per year.

Please Note:

This role requires direct contact with Avanade clients as well as attendance in person at Avanade workplaces and other company sponsored meetings and events.  In order to comply with our client requirements and Avanade’s own health and safety obligations this role requires the Applicant to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Proof of vaccination will be required during the application process.  Applicants who have appropriate written proof of a medical or religious reason for not being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 may provide such documentation.