IMU Strategy Consultant

Accenture PLC; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Consultant in its Resources Practice to work with leading organizations across Chemicals, Metals, and Cement sectors. The role emphasizes solving complex operational and business challenges, delivering measurable value, and collaborating with client stakeholders to translate strategy into practical outcomes.

Based in Mumbai, with opportunities in Gurgaon and Bangalore, you will support transformation initiatives, design operating models, and drive digital enablement while

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of relevant industry and/or consulting experience in the Chemicals, Metals, or Cement sectors.
• Bachelor’s degree in Tech; MBA/PGDM or related master’s preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate insights into recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Understand the client’s business and priorities across Chemicals, Metals, and Cement sectors.
• Support opportunity origination with problem statements, value propositions, and solution inputs.
• Co-create transformation recommendations spanning planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and operations.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Provide workplans, effort estimates, and cost inputs to project managers for workstreams.
• Coordinate with Accenture teams to bring appropriate capabilities to the client.
• Guide analysts on current-state assessments, diagnostics, and roadmaps.
• Contribute to market-relevant viewpoints and industry content.
• Develop reusable assets and solutions to differentiate Accenture’s capabilities.

Skills

Industry knowledge

Client engagement

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team leadership

Travel ability

Education

B.Tech / BE

MBA / PGDM

Job description

Consultant – Resources Resources Practice | Management Level: 09 – Consultant Location: Mumbai / Gurgaon / Bangalore

Job Summary As a Consultant in the Resources practice, you will work with leading organizations in the Chemicals, Metals, and Cement sectors to solve complex operational and business challenges and deliver measurable value. You will combine strong industry understanding, analytical problem-solving, and hands‑on consulting delivery to support business assessments, process transformation, operating model design, digital enablement, and implementation. The role requires close collaboration with client stakeholders and cross‑functional teams to translate strategic priorities into practical, sustainable outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand the client’s business, operational priorities, and leadership agenda across the Chemicals, Metals, and Cement sectors.
• Support opportunity origination by developing industry‑relevant problem statements, value propositions, commercial pathways, and solution inputs.
• Co‑create transformation recommendations with clients and help articulate the innovation agenda across planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and operational excellence.
• Build trusted working relationships with client stakeholders through a strong understanding of the client’s business, sector value chain, and cross‑functional operating environment.
• Provide workplan, effort, resource, and cost inputs to project managers for assigned workstreams and transformation initiatives.
• Build networks across Accenture to bring the right industry, functional, technology, and delivery capabilities to the client.
• Guide analysts and junior team members on current‑state process assessment, maturity diagnostics, technology evaluation, opportunity identification, business case development, roadmap creation, and implementation of recommendations.
• Coordinate the right teams and capabilities to support successful transformation delivery and the client’s innovation priorities.
• Contribute to the development of market‑relevant points of view, articles, credentials, and industry content that strengthen Accenture’s position in the Resources market.
• Support the design and development of reusable assets and solutions that differentiate Accenture’s capabilities and enable additional business opportunities.

Professional & Technical Skills

• Strong industry experience in at least one of the following sectors: Chemicals, Metals, or Cement, with an understanding of sector‑specific value chains and operating environments.
• Experience in one or more business areas such as demand and production planning, sourcing and procurement, manufacturing operations, inventory optimization, network and logistics, order fulfilment, or operational excellence.
• Ability to structure ambiguous business problems, perform quantitative and qualitative analysis, and convert insights into implementable recommendations.
• Experience in process mapping, requirements gathering, business case development, roadmap creation, and transformation implementation.
• Strong project management skills, including workplan management, stakeholder coordination, issue resolution, and delivery tracking.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with client and internal teams.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, cross‑cultural consulting environment and travel based on project requirements.

Experience & Educational Qualifications

• Experience: 6–9 years of relevant industry and/or consulting experience, with meaningful exposure to Chemicals, Metals, or Cement.
• Educational Qualification: B.Tech / BE or equivalent degree; MBA / PGDM or a master’s degree in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

About Accenture

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We are a talent- and innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 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.

Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, 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.

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