Senior Consultant, Supply Chain & Operations
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Overview
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
Your Opportunity
Take your career to the next level and join a high performing and inclusive team, working collaboratively with some of the world’s most significant organisations as they seek to optimise and transform their supply chain, operations, net zero and commercial and procurement operations. Leverage and expand your experience in commercial and procurement innovation to be at the forefront of shaping leading practices. Develop and impart your experience to help create the next generation of leaders. Develop your leadership and management ability as you work in cross-functional teams across our Consulting, People and Technology practices. Build out your technical and sector knowledge by working alongside our clients in project teams. Work with cutting-edge technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Of Things (IoT) and Blockchain; as well as leading procurement (Source to Pay) technology.
Your Key Responsibilities
Our clients place considerable trust in us and our advice, and people who are passionate about going above and beyond to improve our working world. This is crucial in enabling us to consistently deliver or exceed on our commitments.
As a Senior Consultant, you’ll balance internal and external responsibilities, comprising client, business development support, operational and personal development.
* Focus on our clients: build, maintain and strengthen relationships and be a trusted advisor in at least one form of supply chain i.e., operations, planning, procurement, manufacturing, etc.
* Contribute/lead a workstream within a project and be capable of managing activity to complete deliverables within your remit
* Contribute and be an active member of a core project team, often working with others from different parts of EY’s world
* Support our business: contribute to the development of proposals to showcase leading practices
* Engage the market with thought leadership and public profile, and contribute to enhancing our methodologies
* Work across internal sector and account field of play teams to develop your network, bringing our commercial and procurement expertise to bear
* Support operational excellence: support successful delivery of projects by managing your work products and contribution as forecast to time and budget
* Help ensure the quality of our delivery exceeds client expectations by effectively managing activities within your remit
* Personal and people development: maintain a personal development program to continually enhance your technical and consulting skills
* Increasingly grow your people leadership experience through leading as part of client and internal teams
Your Experience
Typically, Senior Consultants bring practical experience from either a professional services or industry background where you have developed your commercial and procurement experience. Your Commercial and Procurement experience will be valued across several sectors, with a key focus on Consumer Products & Retail, Energy & Resources, Government & Infrastructure, Health & Life Sciences, Private & National and Telecommunication, Media & Entertainment. Our Senior Consultants are expected to possess some experience in at least one of the technical skills below and some exposure across one or multiple others:
* Supply Chain Strategy — Operating Model design, segmentation strategy and inventory optimisation. Understanding the issues across the end-to-end supply chain, and potential solutions to improve performance.
* Supply Chain Transformation — Being part of one or many significant supply chain transformation projects with considerable scope and scale, including design, setup and delivery across people, process and technological change.
* Digital Supply Chain — Applying or implementing next-generation supply chain technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, cognitive automation and AI, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Blockchain and Big Data analytics.
* Supply Chain Analytics — Developing detailed supply chain analytics to deliver enhanced end-to-end visibility (e.g. connecting supply chain models to customer and pricing analytics).
* Supply Chain Planning Functional — Demand and supply planning, S&OP, segmentation strategy, inventory optimisation and/or production scheduling.
* Supply Chain Planning with Technology — Knowledge of technologies such as OMP, Kinaxis, o9, Aera, SAP IBP, Blue Yonder, and SAP S/4HANA.
* Logistics — Network design and modelling; understanding of global customs and trade; warehouse design and optimization; 3PL/4PL or Control Tower management.
* Manufacturing — Manufacturing optimisation at plant level or network level.
* Procurement — Strategic, operational or transactional procurement across the buying lifecycle; experience with SAP Ariba is valued.
* Service and Asset Management Transformation — Understanding end-to-end asset management lifecycle including field force, service and asset management transformation.
Qualifications
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; proactive and energetic, self-starters with innovative qualities to enable high-quality work often in relatively short timeframes. Professional body membership or qualifications such as Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or International Association of Commercial & Contract Management (IACCM) are welcome but not required. If you believe you have skills that would add to our team, please apply.
What We Offer
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer; flexible working arrangements and travel to client sites as required. We offer a competitive remuneration package with a comprehensive Total Rewards package and FlexEY benefits, supporting holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and discounts. Continuous learning, leadership development, and a diverse and inclusive culture are part of our offering.
* Continuous learning: develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
* Success as defined by you: tools and flexibility to make a meaningful impact, your way.
* Transformative leadership: insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
* Diverse and inclusive culture: you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
Please note: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help analyse our recruitment process and promote diversity and inclusiveness. Providing this information is optional, but encouraged to help us improve the quality of our hiring process.
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