Management Consultant (Supply Chain and Operations)

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As a team:

Supply Chain & Operations is a major functionally oriented strategy & consulting practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, zero based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

Supply Chain & Operations is seeking to recruit a Consultant with strong advisory consulting experience in one or more of the following areas: Planning, Logistics, Procurement, Process Transformation, and Sustainability. Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations service line within Strategy & Consulting operates across industry groups and consists of four communities: Supply Chain & Fulfilment, Sourcing & Procurement, Operations & Process Transformation, and Responsible Value Chain.

In our team you will:

• Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale
• Play a central role enabling our Supply Chain & Operations capabilities in working with some of the best global companies in the world, responsible for helping the C-suite and their business partners address some of the critical business issues faced today, including:
  • Supply Chain Strategy & Segmentation (Operating Model, Process Design, etc.)
  • Strategic Cost Reduction (Zero Based Supply Chain)
  • Operations and Process Transformation (Prime Value Chains)
  • Procurement Transformation and Direct & Indirect Sourcing Optimisation
  • Platform Driven Transformation (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.)
  • Integrated Business Planning: S&OP, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimisation
  • Control Towers & Analytics
  • Physical Logistics & Supply Chain Network Design
  • Warehouse Design & Warehouse Automation
  • Transportation & Last Mile Delivery
  • Responsible and Resilient Supply Chain: Risk, Performance, Innovation, Diversity, Sustainability

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for supporting delivery teams in our Supply Chain and Operations practice to formulate and execute supply chain transformations
• Support end-to-end strategy to implementation of supply chain digital and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to SAP, S4/IBP, Oracle, Coupa, Kinaxis, iValua, 09, etc.
• Deliver supply chain transformations in line with client’s business challenges:
  • Create capabilities (process/tools/people) in line with the future operating model
  • Analyse and model financial data to support large scale cost reduction programmes, utilising functional and cost category benchmarks, process definitions and enterprise value targeting tools
  • Help clients improve their ability to drive business outcomes through digital planning, reporting, and analytics
  • Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)
• Refine and optimise the client's ability to organise and analyse financial, operational and external information to create substantial shareholder value
• Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, the supply chain ecosystem and broader marketplace
• Make, build and sustain trusted client relationships by remaining highly attuned to client needs and styles.
• Present key findings to clients
• Support business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals
• Execute client engagements, with a strong capability to develop the skills and capabilities of junior colleagues
• Contribute to global thought-leadership and leverage the skills of others throughout the practice to enable cohesive delivery of strategic and transformative solutions

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Ability to analyse complex client problems, understand financial performance links between operations, supply chain and corporate results and think strategically to create a benefit/business case
• Ability to support the origination of new work, and drive the sales process
• Ability to execute programme management and large scale delivery of projects
• Support commercial management of consulting engagements
• Ability to form strong client relationships
• Ability to structure ideas and solutions, to communicate clearly and concisely
• Ability to develop new concepts and break-through thinking
• Excellent written, oral and presentation communication skills
• Working in high-performing teams

Set yourself apart:

• Consulting and/or project delivery experience including: delivery to agreed scope, time scales and budgets from a top tier consulting company or blue-chip organisation
• Functional experience should include some of the following: Planning, Logistics, Procurement, Process Transformation, and Sustainability
• Supply chain technology and digital disruptor awareness, including but not limited to SAP, S4/IBP, Coupa, intelligent automation, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and analytics; other specific systems / applications relevant from previous experience
• Experience working in one or more of Financial Services, Energy, Utilities, High-Tech (including Aerospace & Defence), Communications, Media & Entertainment, Chemical & Natural Resources, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences and Logistics
• Knowledge of core Supply Chain business capabilities