Associate Supply Chain Manager

Job Role: Strategy & Consulting – Supply Chain & Operations Senior Manager /Associate Director with experience in Communications Media and Technology (CMT)

Career Level: CL5 Associate Director

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

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.

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. Supply Chain & Operations is seeking to recruit a Associate Director with strong advisory consulting experience with a focus on CMT and to drive supply chain projects engagement in this industry.

Play a leading role in shaping and delivering innovating Supply chain engagements for our clients

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

Work in 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

Physical Logistics & Supply Chain Network Design

Warehouse Design & Warehouse Automation

Transportation & Last Mile Delivery

Responsible and Resilient Supply Chain: Risk, Performance, Innovation, Diversity, Sustainability

Be responsible for leading projects and delivery teams in our Supply Chain and Operations practice to formulate and execute supply chain transformations

Lead 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, O9, etc.

Drive supply chain transformations in line with client’s business challenges:

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

Establish and strengthen client relationships with the CSCO, as well as COO, CFO, CPO, and Operations executives

Lead business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals

Build and manage highly effective teams of Consultants to help shape and 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

Develop Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations assets, tools and PoV to support both sales opportunities and the education of the broader Supply Chain and Operations community

Build and establish relationships with key third parties (e.g. technology providers, governmental bodies) that help to complement and expand Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations capabilities and PoV

Collaborate with the broader Accenture network including Sustainability, Industry X, Technology and Operations to jointly shape and advance Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations agenda

Play a leading role in the development and education of our UKI Supply Chain and Operations practice.

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 execute programme management and large scale delivery of projects

Experience scoping and delivering transformation and innovation technology advisory solutions and services that includes advanced functional-level understanding of at least one of the following: o9, Kinaxis, SAP IBP or SAP S4, Blue Yonder.

Commercial management of consulting engagements

Strong strategic thinking and team building with a proven track record in driving business outcomes for large clients

Significant consulting experience including: delivery to agreed scope, time scales and budgets from a top tier consulting company or blue-chip organisation

Planning, Logistics, Procurement, Process Transformation, and Sustainability

Supply chain technology and digital disruptor awareness, including but not limited to SAP, S4/IBP, Oracle, intelligent automation, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and analytics; Knowledge of core Supply Chain business capabilities

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.