Senior Consultant, Supply Chain Design

GHD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Career growth opportunities

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Job summary

GHD is seeking a professional to lead the growth of the Supply Chain Design & Operation vertical. This role focuses on helping clients navigate logistics and supply chain environments through strategic development.

The ideal candidate is expected to have experience in management consulting or operations, with strong systems thinking and stakeholder engagement skills. Opportunities include working across multidisciplinary teams on strategic client projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in management consulting, logistics infrastructure or operational design.
• Ability to understand design decisions influencing operations and policy.
• Experience in business development or proposition building.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Supply Chain Design & Operation offer.
• Lead client engagement and new business opportunities.
• Advise clients on master-planning and operational design.
• Support the growth of the practice with high-quality advisory input.

Skills

Systems thinking

Logistics and supply chain operations

Master-planning

Commercial leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Join a global professional services business helping clients shape logistics, infrastructure and operational environments for long-term growth and transformation.

The Role

This role will be tasked with developing and growing the Supply Chain Design & Operation vertical. The focus is on helping clients shape logistics and supply chain environments through master‑planning, operational design and strategic development of assets, facilities and clusters. The successful candidate will combine strong design or master‑planning capability with a broader systems view, enabling them to connect land use, operations, market feasibility, policy and commercial strategy to create compelling client solutions and support long‑term team growth. The role also requires a consulting mindset: working across multidisciplinary teams, contributing to proposition development, and helping clients translate complex supply chain and operational challenges into practical, deliverable strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Development of the Supply Chain Design & Operation offer across logistics and supply chain consulting, helping define the proposition, methodologies and priority growth opportunities.
• Identify and progress priority client opportunities, supporting business development, proposals, bids and early‑stage delivery as the vertical grows.
• Advise clients on master‑planning, operational design and site or network concepts that support logistics and supply chain performance.
• Build, maintain and strengthen client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor on supply chain design, operational strategy and infrastructure‑led transformation.
• Lead or contribute to discrete workstreams within larger engagements, managing activity within scope, timeline and budget while maintaining high‑quality client deliverables.
• Assess how facilities, land use, infrastructure and operational models can be designed to support future growth, tenant clustering and commercial outcomes.
• Translate technical and spatial design questions into wider strategic considerations including market feasibility, business case development, regulatory context and implementation pathways.
• Act as the central point of integration across design, policy, regulatory, commercial and sector specialists to create joined‑up client solutions, working effectively in cross‑functional teams across advisory, people and technology disciplines.
• Help define the proposition, methods and capability foundations needed to scale the vertical over time.
• Contribute as a seller‑doer, combining client development activity with high‑quality advisory input, thought leadership and market engagement to support the growth of the practice.

Key Skills & Experience Required

We are looking for someone with strong systems thinking and enough breadth to work beyond a purely technical master‑planning brief. This person should be able to understand how design decisions influence operations, commercial outcomes, policy requirements and client growth ambitions. They will be comfortable navigating ambiguity, shaping opportunities in an emerging space and helping define how this vertical develops in the market. They should also be a strong communicator and collaborative problem‑solver, able to build credibility with senior stakeholders and work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

• Experience in management consulting, master‑planning, logistics infrastructure, industrial development, operational design or commercial leadership within relevant operational environments. Experience gained in either consulting or industry environments would be valuable.
• Strong understanding of logistics and supply chain operations, with exposure to master‑planning, site utilisation, network design or operational strategy.
• Understanding of end‑to‑end supply chain issues and how network design, operational planning, facility strategy and transformation initiatives can improve performance would be advantageous.
• Ability to connect technical design thinking with commercial value, policy context and implementation considerations.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders on complex development, infrastructure or operational transformation challenges.
• Ability to work across multiple disciplines and bring together contributors from advisory, technical and sector teams.
• Track record of supporting business development, proposition building or the growth of a new service line would be highly valuable.
• Exposure to digital or technology‑enabled improvement in supply chain and operations, such as analytics, automation or planning tools, would be beneficial where relevant to the brief, but is not essential.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a defining role in a growing advisory proposition, helping shape how supply chain design and operations consulting develops within the business. You will work across multidisciplinary teams on strategic client opportunities, combining technical, commercial and operational thinking to deliver meaningful outcomes. The role offers scope to influence proposition development, client relationships and long‑term market positioning while building your own profile in an emerging and high‑impact area.

Our Commitment to You

We are committed to creating an inclusive, collaborative and flexible environment where people can do their best work, grow their careers and contribute meaningfully to shared success. We value curiosity, practical problem‑solving and diverse perspectives, and we want every team member to have the support, development and opportunity needed to make a lasting impact.

Working Location

This role can be based in one of our UK offices and we operate a Hybrid Working Standard across the Enterprise, with a minimum of three days per week at a GHD office.