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Job Role: Strategy Consultant/Strategy Manager - Supply Chain Resilience
Location: London
Career Level: Consultant to Manager (Career Level 9 to 7)
Industry/Sector: Energy, Consumer Goods & Services, Communications and Media, Insurance, Banking and Capital Markets
Functional Area: Supply Chain Resilience
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 Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognised 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. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
As a team:
Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. In joining Accenture Strategy you will drive the CEO agenda on issues related to digital disruption, competitive agility, global operating models, and workforce of the future to identify new sources of value.
No-one brings all of that together at the scale and with the degree of integration as we can. Serving 95 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, we’re different to every other strategy firm on the market – which makes us an undeniably exciting place in which to forge a career. Technology will continue to be the disruptor in the strategy arena. Which makes Accenture the strategy firm of tomorrow.
You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture thatthrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunitiesthat candrive 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!
Supply Chain and Operations is a major functionally-oriented strategy consulting practice: we help our clients to identify and quantify the transformational opportunities available in today’s dynamic business environment.
Our work spans a range of value-focused operations assignments from redefining an operating model, reconfiguring national, regional or global supply chain footprint and capabilities through to global sourcing of core categories and creation of supply chain risk frameworks to ensure that potential risks are transparent and the extended supply chain is resilient.
Accenture SC&O Strategy focuses on the following elements:
1. Supply Chain Risk and Resilience
2. Strategic Cost Reduction & Working Capital
3. End-to-End Supply Chain & Operation Transformation
4. Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
5. Sustainable Value Chain inc. Responsible Procurement
6. Global Operating Models (SC, Procurement & GBS)
7. Supply Chain Risk and Resilience
8. Operations and process transformations (Prime Value Chains)
In this role you will:
9. Assess supply chain vulnerabilities and help design strategies to increase resilience through diversified sourcing, risk management, and scenario planning
10. Translate macroeconomic and geopolitical risks into actionable insights for more agile, adaptive supply chain strategies
11. Develop financial models to assess cost structures, budget variances, and savings potential – leveraging industry sources and benchmarks where necessary
12. Create client business and value cases for the addressing and mitigation of supply chain risk
13. Understand the end-to-end client value chain to provide a complete picture of the factors impacting their resilience and customer deliver
14. Collaborate with senior leadership to align resilience investments and transformations with business goals
15. Support implementation of organisational and technological transformations to increase Supply Chain Resilience
16. Link and understand how Supply Chain Resiliency and Sustainability priorities are inherently linked and articulate this to clients
We are looking for experience in the following:
17. Experience at a top tier or boutique consulting firm or at a leading company with a combination of technical / operational and management / business development / strategy roles and a strong focus on cost management
18. Good understanding of Supply Chain and Operations and one or more of the following industries; Energy (Oil & Gas, Mining), Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services (Banking and Capital Markets), Life Sciences
19. Establishing end-to-end supply chain visibility including n-tier understanding and supplier performance management with regards to resilience
20. Expertise in procurement and sourcing strategies that enhance supplier resilience, diversification, and cost-efficiency
21. Strong understanding of how macroeconomic and geopolitical factors affect supply chain continuity and risk exposure
22. Advanced analytical capabilities to identify supply chain vulnerabilities, evaluate risk scenarios, and support strategic, data-driven decision making
23. Proficiency in financial modelling, data analytics, and reporting tools (Excel, Power BI preferred but not required)
24. Experience of research, quantitative analysis and structured problem solving
25. Experience of building relationships at all levels in an organisation
26. Experience working in diverse teams in complex strategy/consulting engagements, delivering high-quality output in short timeframes
27. An interest in Commercial capability, selling and managing multiple projects
Set yourself apart:
28. Masters in Business Administration or Supply Chain from a top-tier school
29. Experience in top leading consulting firm or working with strategic leadership within client industry
30. Accounting/Management Accounting certification or demonstrated strong experience working with financial statements and cost management to allow precise measurement of the financial impact or your work
31. Ability to understand complex issues, quickly absorb information and work creatively
32. Experience in how technology and digital can contribute to solving business problems
33. Experience in building and managing diverse teams in complex strategy/consulting engagements, delivering high-quality output in short timeframes
34. Experience of developing & mentoring junior practitioners
35. Experience of leading meetings and presentations
What’s In It For You
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. Our 738,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citzenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
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