Assistant Manager - Business Consulting - Supply Chain & Operations

Job description

The opportunity

 

As new markets open up and technology advances at a dramatic pace, the world of supply chain and operations is becoming increasingly complex. At the same time, clients understand just how vital effective, sustainable operational management is to their global success. We are currently aiming at recruiting a Senior Consultant/Assistant Manager to join our team. As a supply chain and operations professional, you’ll use your analytical insight to drive our clients’ global business performance. Working as part of a high-performing team, you’ll deliver exceptional client service and help leading organizations improve their planning, design, procurement, sourcing, manufacturing, fulfillment, operations and services processes.

 

Your key responsibilities

 

Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.  You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.  

Skills and attributes for success

 

To qualify for the role you must have

·  Strong Supply Chain with a focus on asset management ( 3 to 5 years work experience)
·  Prior consulting experience in asset management, procurement in Government and Public Sector or Energy sector
·  Experience or passion  with Digital solutions and trends
·  Arabic speaking
·  KSA based
·  Outstanding academic record
·  Good entrepreneurial flare and the ability to identify business opportunities and cross sell different services and/or products
·  Excellent communications skills including verbal, written, and presentation skills
·  Demonstrate at least one supply chain management core domain knowledge/experience, including but not limited to supply chain management planning, inventory management, manufacturing and procurement;

Ideally, you’ll also have

·  Engineering background
·  Familiarity with leading supply chain solutions and ERP systems
·  Coding experience is a plus
·  A professional designation (e.g. SCMP, CPSM) is an asset
·  Willingness to travel across the region
 

What we look for

 

We’re interested in professionals with a deep understanding in multiple supply chain areas. You’ll need to be comfortable handling several responsibilities at once, often with shifting priorities. It’s a highly collaborative environment, where you’ll be building and maintaining relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels – so you’ll also need to be genuinely engaging, with interests and contacts in communities outside of your work life.

 

What working at EY offers

 

We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on your performance and recognised for the value you bring to the business. We also offer:

 
·  Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
·  Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
·  The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY
 

As a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy, transaction and consulting services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

If you can positively demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

 

Join us in building a better working world. Apply now.