Industrials Supply Chain Management Consultant

Job description

Accenture helps leading Automotive and Industrial companies drive superior performance in their global and complex supply chains to deliver products to their customers. We offer a comprehensive suite of capabilities in the supply chain planning space including defining and implementing operating capabilities across the long, medium and short term planning horizons as well as leveraging advanced technologies to enable these complex yet integrated functions. We help clients drive cost reduction and implement controls supporting the world's largest supply chain operations capabilities.

As a Consultant, you will have primary responsibility for:

· Understanding our clients supply chain planning needs and making recommendations about capabilities, technologies and partners to drive and maximize value creation.
· Understanding key client issues and doing the necessary analysis and problem-solving to determine the best path forward.
· Working on a team under the guidance of a Project Manager to deliver client projects that relate to solving problems related to S&OP, forecasting, inventory planning, supply planning and production planning or sourcing and procurement integrating these functions across global enterprises.
· Leading a team of Analysts and will play the role of defining the functional and technical aspects of the project

Desired profile

Basic Qualifications:

·  Bachelor's degree required
·  Minimum of 3 years of experience in supply chain planning (S&OP, forecasting, inventory planning, supply planning, production planning) in both functional analysis roles and technology enablement roles (technologies to include Oracle, SAP, Kinaxis, JDA primarily)
·  At least 1 year of sourcing and procurement experience
·  Minimum of 2 years of experience in industrial and/or automotive industries

Preferred Qualifications:

·  Consulting experience preferred
·  Full understanding of discrete manufacturing processes

Professional Qualifications:

·  Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
·  Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
·  Desire to work in an information systems environment
·  Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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