Supply Chain and Operations Strategy Manager

This role can sit anywhere in the US as long as it is near an Accenture Corporate Office Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.In Strategy & Consulting we work with C-suite executives, leaders and boards of the world’s leading organizations, helping them reinvent every part of their enterprise to drive greater growth, enhance competitiveness, implement operational improvements, reduce cost, deliver sustainable 360° stakeholder value, and set a new performance frontier for themselves and the industry in which they operate. Our deep industry and functional expertise are supported by proprietary assets and solutions that help organizations transform faster and become more resilient. Underpinned by technology, data, analytics, AI, change management, talent and sustainability capabilities, our Strategy & Consulting services help architect and accelerate all aspects of an organization’s total enterprise reinvention.We are:Supply Chain Strategy.  We embed innovation, intelligence, and sustainability in the way the world makes and moves things while optimizing resources, keeping people safe, and ensuring a sustainable future for all.  We enable leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot their supply chain to the future. We believe that smart, sustainable, connected digital products and assets are revolutionizing industrial experiences with new levels of operational efficiency, transparency & traceability, tangible impact on sustainability, and more sources of revenue.You are:A skillful advisor. You know how to make the supply chain work for clients, society, and our planet – ensuring input products and services are received responsibly without interruption. And, what’s more - you’ve got the real-life experience and analytical know-how to reduce complexity, optimize risk exposure/resiliency, and increase long-term profitability. You have energy and drive, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning. You have a flair for breaking down challenges into logical issues and constructing clear reasoning and root-cause analysis — an aptitude you use to solve problems. You have both communication and people skills, and as a team leader, you’re a natural at appreciating diverse perspectives and bringing out the best in teams.The work:

Work directly with business leaders to deliver actionable supply chain insights for top organizations.

Help address priority enterprise-wide issues with strategies that can be executed with speed and at scale.

You will spot, define, and solve Supply Chain problems using your skills in one or more of the following:

Operating model architecture – people, process, and technology.

Business analytics – network optimization, business case modeling.

Supply Chain processes – planning/scheduling, routing optimization, capital projects.

Give clients insights that help make their operations work better, faster, and more efficiently.

Challenge legacy ways of working using constructive techniques that fuel client growth.

Leverage tech to find new ways to make client organizations more effective and efficient.

Manage small to medium-sized teams with diverse backgrounds, skills, and knowledge.

Effectively mentor and coach others, collaborating with internal and external parties.

Support client sales origination, business development, and external thought leadership.

Drive a positive impact in the communities where we work and live with volunteerism initiatives.

T ravel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what you need:

Minimum of 5 years of experience working on relevant Supply Chain transformation initiatives. 　

Minimum of 5 years of experience at a consulting firm or 7 years of internal consulting experience or equivalent role in non-consulting companies.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

Bonus points if:

You have a deep specialization in strategies for one or more of the following: procurement or third-party / vendor cost takeout initiatives; supply chain forecasting, planning and inventory optimization; manufacturing production in either continuous or discrete manufacturing environments

You excel in building and developing relationships, overseeing complex programs, and demonstrating team leadership

You’ve earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree.

You have a functional-level understanding of technology solutions such as Oracle and SAP.

Lean or Six Sigma qualifications.

You can use the latest data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvements with prior experience in visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics).

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