Strategy Consultant / Manager SCO - Supply Chain Resilience

Accenture

London

GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Job Role: Strategy Consultant/Strategy Manager - Supply Chain Resilience

Location: London

Career Level: Consultant to Manager (Career Level 9 to 7)

Industry/Sector: Energy, Consumer Goods & Services, Communications and Media, Insurance, Banking and Capital Markets

Functional Area: Supply Chain Resilience

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. In joining Accenture Strategy you will drive the CEO agenda on issues related to digital disruption, competitive agility, global operating models, and workforce of the future to identify new sources of value.

No-one brings all of that together at the scale and with the degree of integration as we can. Serving 95 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, we’re different from every other strategy firm on the market – which makes us an undeniably exciting place in which to forge a career. Technology will continue to be the disruptor in the strategy arena. Which makes Accenture the strategy firm of tomorrow.

You will learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

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!

Supply Chain and Operations is a major functionally-oriented strategy consulting practice: we help our clients to identify and quantify the transformational opportunities available in today’s dynamic business environment.

Our work spans a range of value-focused operations assignments from redefining an operating model, reconfiguring national, regional or global supply chain footprint and capabilities through to global sourcing of core categories and creation of supply chain risk frameworks to ensure that potential risks are transparent and the extended supply chain is resilient.

In this role you will:

Assess supply chain vulnerabilities and help design strategies to increase resilience through diversified sourcing, risk management, and scenario planning.
Translate macroeconomic and geopolitical risks into actionable insights for more agile, adaptive supply chain strategies.
Develop financial models to assess cost structures, budget variances, and savings potential – leveraging industry sources and benchmarks where necessary.
Create client business and value cases for the addressing and mitigation of supply chain risk.
Understand the end-to-end client value chain to provide a complete picture of the factors impacting their resilience and customer delivery.
Collaborate with senior leadership to align resilience investments and transformations with business goals.
Support implementation of organisational and technological transformations to increase Supply Chain Resilience.
Link and understand how Supply Chain Resiliency and Sustainability priorities are inherently linked and articulate this to clients.

We are looking for experience in the following:

Experience at a top tier or boutique consulting firm or at a leading company with a combination of technical/operational and management/business development/strategy roles and a strong focus on cost management.
Good understanding of Supply Chain and Operations and one or more of the following industries: Energy (Oil & Gas, Mining), Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services (Banking and Capital Markets), Life Sciences.
Establishing end-to-end supply chain visibility including n-tier understanding and supplier performance management with regards to resilience.
Expertise in procurement and sourcing strategies that enhance supplier resilience, diversification, and cost-efficiency.
Strong understanding of how macroeconomic and geopolitical factors affect supply chain continuity and risk exposure.
Advanced analytical capabilities to identify supply chain vulnerabilities, evaluate risk scenarios, and support strategic, data-driven decision making.
Proficiency in financial modelling, data analytics, and reporting tools (Excel, Power BI preferred but not required).
Experience of research, quantitative analysis and structured problem solving.
Experience of building relationships at all levels in an organisation.
Experience working in diverse teams in complex strategy/consulting engagements, delivering high-quality output in short timeframes.
An interest in Commercial capability, selling and managing multiple projects.

Set yourself apart:

Masters in Business Administration or Supply Chain from a top-tier school.
Experience in top leading consulting firm or working with strategic leadership within client industry.
Accounting/Management Accounting certification or demonstrated strong experience working with financial statements and cost management to allow precise measurement of the financial impact of your work.
Ability to understand complex issues, quickly absorb information and work creatively.
Experience in how technology and digital can contribute to solving business problems.
Experience in building and managing diverse teams in complex strategy/consulting engagements, delivering high-quality output in short timeframes.
Experience of developing & mentoring junior practitioners.
Experience of leading meetings and presentations.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on a range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. Our 738,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.