Core Supply Chain Manager - Fulfilment

Accenture; Manchester; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 30 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year for Charit

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Manager for Supply Chain & Engineering to lead advisory consulting and delivery management across warehousing, transportation, order management, and end-to-end execution. You will work within the Core Supply Chain practice to enable digital and analytics capabilities and help clients optimise their supply chain performance.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, drive client engagement, and build capabilities that address strategic business challenges with a focus on

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in consulting and/or project delivery.
• Functional experience in physical logistics, warehouse processes and operations, and supply chain execution technologies.
• Experience with SAP/S4, BlueYonder, Manhattan, Oracle or similar platforms and analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support delivery teams in Core Supply Chain to deliver transformation initiatives (warehousing, transportation, order management, end-to-end execution).
• Define and implement customer supply chain strategies focused on end-to-end execution.
• Drive end-to-end implementation of supply chain digital and analytics capabilities (e.g., SAP, S4/IBP, Oracle, BlueYonder, Manhattan).
• Build capabilities across process/tools/people aligned with future operating model.
• Analyse financial data to support large-scale cost reduction programmes and value targeting.

Skills

Consulting experience

Delivery management

Supply chain expertise

Warehousing

Transportation management

Analytics

Digital & AI

Tools

SAP

S4/IBP

Oracle Cloud

BlueYonder

Manhattan

Infios

IoT

Job description

Implement advanced warehousing capabilities across people, process and technology to improve warehouse performance and enable autonomous operations in order to improve service levels, reduce operating costs whilst increasing flexibility and resilience.

Transportation

Implement advanced transportation planning and management capabilities across people, process and technology to improve logistics service levels, reduce operating costs whilst increasing flexibility and resilience.

Order Management

Implement advanced order management capabilities across people, process and technology, to enable best in class fulfilment across direct to customer and B2B delivery channels.

Control Towers

Establish digital control towers to provide visibility across the supply chain enabling real-time adjustments to production schedules, inventory levels, and supplier coordination, ensuring seamless synchronization of supply chain operations.

Platform-Driven Transformation (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.)

Lead the integration and adoption of warehousing, transportation, order management and supply chain execution technologies (e.g., SAP, Oracle Cloud, BlueYonder, Manhattan) to digitise & automate fulfilment processes, drive operational improvement, improve supply chain visibility and enable real-time collaboration across the supply chain, leveraging the power of AI throughout.

In this role you will:

• Lead and support delivery teams in our Core Supply Chain group to deliver supply chain transformation initiatives focussing on warehousing, transportation, order management and end to end supply chain execution
• Lead and support the definition and implementation of customer supply chain strategies, focussed on warehousing, transportation, order management and end to end supply chain execution
• Lead and support end-to-end implementation of supply chain digital and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to SAP, S4/IBP, Oracle, BlueYonder, Manhattan, etc.
• Work on supply chain transformations in line with client's business challenges:Create capabilities (process/tools/people) in line with the future operating model
• Analyse and model financial data to support large scale cost reduction programmes, utilising functional and cost category benchmarks, process definitions and enterprise value targeting tools
• Help clients improve their ability to drive business outcomes through digital planning, reporting, and analytics
• Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)

Refine and optimise the client's ability to organise and analyse financial, operational and external information to create substantial shareholder value

Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, the supply chain ecosystem and broader marketplace

• Make, build and sustain trusted client relationships by remaining highly attuned to client needs and styles.
• Develop our people and internal capabilities and assets
• Analyse client challenges, understand financial performance links between operations, supply chain and corporate results and think strategically to create a benefit/business case
• Lead and Support the origination of new work and the sales process
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Support commercial aspects of consulting engagements
• Ability to establish and strengthen client relationships at multiple levels of the client organisation
• Structure ideas and solutions, to communicate clearly and concisely
• Ability to develop new concepts and break-through thinking
• Excellent written, oral and presentation communication skills
• Working in high-performing teams

Set yourself apart:

• 7-10 years of experience in consulting and/or project delivery including: delivery to agreed scope, time scales and budgets from a top tier consulting company or blue-chip organisation
• Functional experience should include some of the following: physical logistics, warehouse processes and operations, warehouse management and execution systems, warehouse automation and robotics, supply chain control tower, network modelling, transportation management and planning, transportation management systems, order management
• Supply chain technology and digital disruptor awareness, including but not limited to SAP/ S4, BlueYonder, Manhattan, Infios, intelligent automation, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and analytics, etc.; other specific systems / applications relevant from previous experience
• Experience working in one or more of Consumer Goods, Logistics, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing, High-Tech (including Aerospace & Defence), Chemical & Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Supply Chain & Engineering is a major Core supply chain practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow's supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human-centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, zero-based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain.

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. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

Supply Chain & Engineering - Core Supply Chain is seeking to recruit a Manager with experience and expertise in advisory consulting and delivery management within supply chain fulfilment projects. The Planning & Fulfilment community is one of the key components of Accenture's Core Supply Chain service that operates across industry groups.

In our team you will:

• Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale.
• Play a central role enabling our Supply Chain & Engineering capabilities in working with some of the best global companies in the world, responsible for helping the CSCO/COO, and their business partners, address some of the critical business issues faced today, including:
• Warehousing

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes:

• up to 30 days vacation per year
• private medical insurance
• 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.