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capSpire is a global consulting and solutions company that solves difficult business and technology problems for commodity-focused organizations. We take pride in putting our people first and are proud to be recognized consecutively as a Great Place to Work for our strong company culture focused on our people and enabling them to achieve their best. As a vendor-independent consultancy, you’ll work with traditional technologies and leading-edge solutions for on-prem and cloud. We offer our employees progression, development and a diverse range of client engagements.
What will you be doing?
The Managing or Principal Consultant, Endur, serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for physical commodity logistics, scheduling, and inventory operations within Openlink Endur environments. This role drives continuous improvement and optimization across post-implementation support, system enhancements, and business process transformation initiatives. Leveraging deep expertise in cMotion and physical logistics workflows (movements, scheduling, transportation, storage, inventory, and settlements), the consultant partners with clients to deliver strategic solutions that maximize the value of their Endur investment. Experience in agricultural commodities is highly preferred. This position also plays a key role in mentoring team members, developing scalable solutions, and fostering long-term client relationships.
Job Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cMotion, including physical logistics, movement and scheduling workflows, inventory management, and the downstream settlement and risk impacts within Openlink Endur.
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic guidance on physical commodity logistics processes, operational efficiencies, and Endur best practices.
- Develop and support technical solutions for system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, ensuring scalability, robustness, and maintainability.
- Create design documents and contribute to object-oriented system designs for extending and customizing Endur and cMotion functionality.
- Collaborate with clients to identify opportunities for process optimization across the physical trade lifecycle, including deal capture, nominations, scheduling, movement execution, inventory management, settlements, and reporting.
- Apply agricultural commodities knowledge to guide solution design for grain, oilseed, and softs workflows, including origination, storage and warehouse positions, rail, barge, truck, and vessel logistics, and quality, grade, and discount handling. (Highly preferred)
- Design functional solutions for custom JVS and/or OpenComponents using Java or .NET (C#) to meet client-specific requirements.
- Work as part of a team on the functional implementation of Openlink Endur and cMotion solutions, including design, configuration, testing, deployment, and transition to support operations.
- Validate test cases to ensure software quality and alignment with logistics and business requirements.
- Leverage expertise in front, middle, and back-office processes to align Endur and cMotion solutions with client operational and commercial objectives.
- Provide guidance and training on Openlink Endur and cMotion functionality, physical logistics operations, and ETRM/CTRM best practices.
- Support clients in addressing regulatory, transportation, seasonal, and market-specific challenges within their physical commodity operations, including agricultural markets.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Deep functional expertise in cMotion, including logistics and scheduling workflows, movements, transportation modes, storage and terminals, inventory tracking, and the connection to settlements and risk.
- Strong understanding of the physical commodity trade lifecycle and associated front, middle, and back-office business processes.
- Proficiency in commodity trading, supply chain operations, and financial systems, with the ability to solve complex business and operational challenges.
- Strong understanding of software quality assurance methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- In-depth knowledge of Openlink Endur architecture, logistics modules, and customization approaches.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex business and technical scenarios.
- Ability to assess project needs and apply appropriate resource planning and delivery methodologies based on client requirements and team capabilities.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences.
- Self-driven and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Highly Preferred:
- Hands-on experience with agricultural commodities in an ETRM/CTRM context, such as grains, oilseeds, softs, or biofuels feedstocks, including supply chain, storage, quality, and logistics considerations.
- Experience implementing or supporting cMotion for agricultural clients.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 10-15+ years of experience validating and implementing software solutions, including strong knowledge of Endur in a technical capacity.
About the capSpire Team
To understand who our people are, you should first understand what they’re not: replaceable. Each member of the team is chosen carefully and with intention. We believe that finding the right fit is more important than a laundry list of credentials, and that people are people first, and titles second. Because we hire the capSpire way, our team is certainly one of a kind. We’ve brought together incredible talent that regularly collaborates to create clean, fresh solutions. That effort has led to remarkable opportunities, including work with many Fortune 500 clients. We’ve found that the winning combination of exciting achievements, trust in one another and open communication lays the groundwork for long-lasting, successful careers. That, and the fact that we clap for each other at every opportunity. Problem solvers, go-getters and charge-takers, we (really) want to hear from you.
Why capSpire?
capSpire is a global consulting and solutions company that solves difficult business and technology problems for commodity-focused organizations. We take pride in putting our people first and are proud to be recognized consecutively as a Great Place to Work for our strong company culture focused on our people and enabling them to achieve their best. As a vendor-independent consultancy, you’ll work with traditional technologies and leading-edge solutions for on-prem and cloud. We offer our employees progression, development and a diverse range of client engagements.
What will you be doing?
The Managing or Principal Consultant, Endur, serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for physical commodity logistics, scheduling, and inventory operations within Openlink Endur environments. This role drives continuous improvement and optimization across post-implementation support, system enhancements, and business process transformation initiatives. Leveraging deep expertise in cMotion and physical logistics workflows (movements, scheduling, transportation, storage, inventory, and settlements), the consultant partners with clients to deliver strategic solutions that maximize the value of their Endur investment. Experience in agricultural commodities is highly preferred. This position also plays a key role in mentoring team members, developing scalable solutions, and fostering long-term client relationships.
Job Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cMotion, including physical logistics, movement and scheduling workflows, inventory management, and the downstream settlement and risk impacts within Openlink Endur.
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic guidance on physical commodity logistics processes, operational efficiencies, and Endur best practices.
- Develop and support technical solutions for system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, ensuring scalability, robustness, and maintainability.
- Create design documents and contribute to object-oriented system designs for extending and customizing Endur and cMotion functionality.
- Collaborate with clients to identify opportunities for process optimization across the physical trade lifecycle, including deal capture, nominations, scheduling, movement execution, inventory management, settlements, and reporting.
- Apply agricultural commodities knowledge to guide solution design for grain, oilseed, and softs workflows, including origination, storage and warehouse positions, rail, barge, truck, and vessel logistics, and quality, grade, and discount handling. (Highly preferred)
- Design functional solutions for custom JVS and/or OpenComponents using Java or .NET (C#) to meet client-specific requirements.
- Work as part of a team on the functional implementation of Openlink Endur and cMotion solutions, including design, configuration, testing, deployment, and transition to support operations.
- Validate test cases to ensure software quality and alignment with logistics and business requirements.
- Leverage expertise in front, middle, and back-office processes to align Endur and cMotion solutions with client operational and commercial objectives.
- Provide guidance and training on Openlink Endur and cMotion functionality, physical logistics operations, and ETRM/CTRM best practices.
- Support clients in addressing regulatory, transportation, seasonal, and market-specific challenges within their physical commodity operations, including agricultural markets.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Deep functional expertise in cMotion, including logistics and scheduling workflows, movements, transportation modes, storage and terminals, inventory tracking, and the connection to settlements and risk.
- Strong understanding of the physical commodity trade lifecycle and associated front, middle, and back-office business processes.
- Proficiency in commodity trading, supply chain operations, and financial systems, with the ability to solve complex business and operational challenges.
- Strong understanding of software quality assurance methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- In-depth knowledge of Openlink Endur architecture, logistics modules, and customization approaches.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex business and technical scenarios.
- Ability to assess project needs and apply appropriate resource planning and delivery methodologies based on client requirements and team capabilities.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences.
- Self-driven and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Highly Preferred:
- Hands-on experience with agricultural commodities in an ETRM/CTRM context, such as grains, oilseeds, softs, or biofuels feedstocks, including supply chain, storage, quality, and logistics considerations.
- Experience implementing or supporting cMotion for agricultural clients.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 10-15+ years of experience validating and implementing software solutions, including strong knowledge of Endur in a technical capacity.
About the capSpire Team
To understand who our people are, you should first understand what they’re not: replaceable. Each member of the team is chosen carefully and with intention. We believe that finding the right fit is more important than a laundry list of credentials, and that people are people first, and titles second. Because we hire the capSpire way, our team is certainly one of a kind. We’ve brought together incredible talent that regularly collaborates to create clean, fresh solutions. That effort has led to remarkable opportunities, including work with many Fortune 500 clients. We’ve found that the winning combination of exciting achievements, trust in one another and open communication lays the groundwork for long-lasting, successful careers. That, and the fact that we clap for each other at every opportunity. Problem solvers, go-getters and charge-takers, we (really) want to hear from you.
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Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
Principal Consultant roles typically require an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience. Document your consulting specialization in writing before PERM begins, since DOL evaluates whether your credentials genuinely match the posted position requirements.
Search for PERM-active employers on Migrate Mate
Target employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history. Migrate Mate shows which firms have sponsored Principal Consultant or related management consulting roles, so you approach the right employers before investing time in lengthy interview processes.
Distinguish EB-2 from EB-3 before accepting an offer
Ask whether the employer intends to file under EB-2 or EB-3. If your role requires an advanced degree, EB-2 is likely the right category. Your category affects your priority date queue, which matters significantly if you're a national of India or China.
Anticipate the PERM recruitment test timeline
PERM requires your employer to run a formal recruitment test before DOL will certify the labor certification. This process takes roughly 60 to 90 days minimum. Factor that into your offer negotiation so your employer starts PERM before your current work authorization becomes a constraint.
Carry your priority date if you change firms
Once your original employer's I-140 is approved, you can transfer that priority date to a new employer's I-140 petition. This protects years of waiting if you switch consulting firms. USCIS calls this priority date portability, and it's separate from AC21 job portability.
Use OFLC Wage Search to verify prevailing wage before negotiating
DOL sets the prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location. Use OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for Principal Consultant before salary negotiations, since your employer must pay at least that amount throughout the PERM and green card process.
Green Card Principal Consultant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does my employer need to prove they couldn't find a U.S. worker before sponsoring me?
Yes. PERM labor certification requires your employer to conduct a formal recruitment campaign, post the role publicly, and document that no qualified U.S. workers applied. Only after DOL certifies that recruitment did the employer file your I-140. This recruitment test is specific to employment-based green cards and does not apply to H-1B visa sponsorship.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for Principal Consultants?
H-1B sponsorship is temporary, requiring renewal every few years and tied to your employer. Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 leads to lawful permanent residence, meaning you can eventually work for any employer. The process takes longer because it includes PERM labor certification, an I-140 petition, and an adjustment of status or consular processing stage, plus any priority-date waiting period.
Can I switch consulting firms while my green card application is in progress?
It depends on where you are in the process. Once your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a same or similar occupation without restarting. Separately, an approved I-140 lets you carry your priority date to a new employer's petition. These are two distinct protections, and you may qualify for one or both.
How do I find Principal Consultant roles where the employer already sponsors green cards?
Search Migrate Mate, which shows employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history for consulting and management roles. Targeting firms that have already navigated PERM for similar positions saves time and reduces the risk of an employer agreeing to sponsor in principle but lacking the internal process to follow through.
Does my nationality affect how long the EB-2 or EB-3 process takes?
Yes. Employment-based green cards have per-country annual limits, and nationals of India and China often face priority-date backlogs that can extend the wait significantly beyond what applicants from other countries experience. Your employer can file your I-140 and even your I-485 concurrently in some cases, but you can't complete adjustment of status until your priority date becomes current.