Senior Manager – Supply Chain Management

Accenture Poland; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Employee share purchase plan

Training & development package

Well-being and coaching resources

Multisport card access

Job summary

Accenture Poland is seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager to lead end-to-end supply chain transformation, optimization, and operational excellence across planning, fulfillment, and manufacturing operations. The role requires strategic grasp and hands-on execution.

The candidate will lead large cross-functional teams, engage senior stakeholders, and deliver measurable business benefits through advanced planning and optimization solutions, in a hybrid Warsaw-based setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in Supply Chain Management.
• Experience across: Supply Chain Planning (Master Planning, Scheduling), Fulfillment, Manufacturing Operations.
• Proven experience in Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization.
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success leading complex supply chain transformation or improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead production planning, scheduling, inventory optimization, and supply planning improvement.
• Design and implement advanced planning processes and planning operating models.
• Optimize performance through improved planning policies and decision-support methodologies.
• Drive continuous improvement of forecast accuracy, inventory management, service levels, and production efficiency.
• Lead supply chain network design and optimization studies.
• Evaluate footprints to identify cost and service improvements.
• Develop supply chain strategies supporting growth, resilience, and excellence.
• Assess trade-offs between cost, service, inventory, and constraints.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve end-to-end execution.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to organizational capability development.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Supply Chain Optimization

Manufacturing Excellence

Network Design

Executive Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Analytical Problem Solving

Change Management

Business Case Development

Fluent English

Fluent Polish

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field

Job description

Fulfillment

We are seeking an experienced Supply Chain Management Senior Manager to lead complex supply chain transformation, optimization, and operational excellence initiatives. The successful candidate will combine deep expertise in supply chain planning, manufacturing operations, fulfillment, and network design to drive business performance improvements across end-to-end supply chains.

This role requires a strategic thinker with hands‑on operational experience, capable of leading cross-functional teams, engaging senior stakeholders, and delivering measurable business outcomes through advanced planning and optimization solutions.

THE WORK

Supply Chain Planning & Optimization

• Lead initiatives focused on production planning, scheduling, inventory optimization, and supply planning improvement.
• Design and implement advanced planning processes and planning operating models.
• Optimize supply chain performance through improved planning policies, planning parameters, and decision‑support methodologies.
• Drive continuous improvement of forecast accuracy, inventory management, service levels, and production efficiency.

Network Design & Supply Chain Strategy

• Lead supply chain network design and network optimization studies.
• Evaluate manufacturing, distribution, and logistics footprints to identify cost and service improvement opportunities.
• Develop supply chain strategies supporting business growth, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Assess trade‑offs between cost, service, inventory, and operational constraints.

Manufacturing & Operations Excellence

• Utilize practical manufacturing operations experience to improve plant performance and supply reliability.
• Collaborate with production, procurement, logistics, and commercial teams to improve end‑to‑end execution.
• Identify and implement process improvements within manufacturing and fulfillment operations.
• Support transformation programs involving production planning, shop floor scheduling, and operational performance management.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Lead client and internal teams across large-scale supply chain transformation programs.
• Facilitate executive‑level workshops and provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Develop business cases and quantify operational and financial benefits of proposed improvements.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to organizational capability development.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Challenging and rewarding job in a dynamic, international, supportive and multicultural environment, embracing challenges as opportunities, motivated to embrace new opportunities.
• Opportunity to leverage your expertise and broaden it, by working on challenging projects in exposure to clients.
• Grow your career in a planned way, with enabled progress to lead work streams and engagements.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Minimum 15 years of experience in Supply Chain Management.
• Extensive experience across:
  • Supply Chain Planning (Master Planning, Scheduling)
  • Fulfillment
  • Manufacturing Operations
• Proven experience in Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization.
• Hands‑on experience working in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success leading complex supply chain transformation or improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced planning systems and optimization platforms
• Experience in supply chain digital transformation programs.
• Knowledge of supply chain analytics, modeling, and scenario planning.
• Experience leading international and cross‑functional teams.

Language Requirements

• Fluent Polish (written and spoken).
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Manufacturing Excellence
• Network Design
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• Team Leadership
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Change Management
• Business Case Development

WHAT WE OFFER?

• Individual support of a People Lead and a specific path of professional development, as well as the possibility of a session with a Coach.
• A wide training package (soft, technical, and language training offer, access to the e‑learning platforms, Gallup test, GenAI training, possibility of co‑financing courses, and certification).
• Employee Assistance Program - legal, financial, and psychological consultations.
• Accenture employees eligible for the Employee share purchase plan automatically become eligible for quarterly dividends if they own company shares.
• Paid employee referral program.
• Private medical care and life insurance.
• Access to the WorkSmile benefits platform (possibility of using a wide range of products and services, including the Multisport card).

Working Conditions:

• Employment contract (umowa o pracę)
• Headquarter inWarsaw.
• Traveling to work with prestigious clients and deliver large‑scale transformational change. We deliver our work in hybrid model, remotely, in our offices but also traveling and working closely with our Clients in their offices. With all our roles, there is some in‑person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. That is why traveling declaration, willingness and ability to work at client locations mostly across Europe and beyond, for short or long term, is required.
• The work location for this role may include a mix of working remotely, onsite at a client, or in an Accenture office—depending on specific project circumstances. With all our roles, there is some in‑person time for collaboration, learning, and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

WHAT WE BELIEVE:

Accenture does not discriminate employment candidates on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, disability, national origin, political beliefs, trade union membership, ethnicity, denomination, orientation or any other basis impermissible under Polish law.

All our leaders are committed to building a better, stronger and more durable company for future generations to create positive, long‑lasting change. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Our position as partner to many of the world’s leading businesses, organizations and governments affords us both an extraordinary opportunity and a tremendous responsibility to make a difference. Sustainability is one of our greatest responsibilities, which we embed it into everything we do and for everyone we work with.