Performance Improvement Supply Chain Optimization Consultant Manager

Crowe Advisory LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 124,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe Advisory LLC in the United States seeks a seasoned Supply Chain Consulting Manager to lead strategic sourcing initiatives and ensure execution of category strategies across client engagements.

The role demands hands-on leadership of complex projects, frequent client interaction, and the ability to travel up to 95% of the time while delivering tangible value through procurement transformations and operational improvements.

Qualifications

• Travel 95% of the time – Sunday through Thursday, more than 45 weeks a year (no flexibility on this)
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or a relevant field required, or more than ten years of professional field experience
• More than seven years of strategic sourcing experience – creating and executing category strategies independently
• More than three years of experience managing projects and people

Responsibilities

• Managing supply chain assessments and developing spend analytics to shape category events and enable impact tracking
• Post‑assessment, managing implementation of recommendations and leading category strategies through negotiations
• Occasional engagement in logistics or operational consulting and leading broader supply chain transformation projects

Skills

Power BI

Excel

Strategic sourcing

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or a relevant field

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description

Crowe's Performance Improvement practice helps clients significantly improve their profitability by: Solving supply chain, procurement / sourcing, supplier management / development, and operational challenges; Developing an executable improvement plan and aligning stakeholders; Quantifying the financial value associated with implementing the improvements; and Partnering with our clients to drive value capture (e.g., we deliver bottom-line results, not PowerPoint presentations).

We need more Supply Chain Consulting Managers to manage our strategic sourcing engagements, including leading development of global supply strategies, helping to build category strategies, managing the team's delivery of competitive sourcing initiatives, assuming ownership for more complex value creation workstreams, and driving procurement transformations, logistics, and operational excellence strategies with clients.

Our delivery model is reliant on highly capable managers to oversee the team's daily work, build and maintain productive relationships with client stakeholders; in addition to leading and managing their own workstreams. This is to say that our managers assume direct ownership for solving tough sourcing, logistics, or operational challenges, while supporting other Crowe teammates in parallel. Additionally, to ensure success and exceptional client experience our teams work on site with our clients; as such, this position requires your ability to travel 95% of the time.

To summarize, you need to be confident in your ability to manage complex projects and workstreams in high pressure client environments to drive results, and weekly travel cannot be an issue.

Job Duties

• Managing supply chain assessments which involves: Conducting executive and front-line leader interviews and completing job observations Developing a spend cube and performance analytics to shape category events and enable impact tracking (leveraging Power BI) Leading organizational sourcing and procurement maturity assessments to understand gaps and opportunities and develop improvement plans Building out detailed category sourcing strategies with clients to shape plans to improve commercial terms and improve alignment with suppliers Facilitating ideation workshops independently to gain alignment with stakeholders and refine strategies grounded in feedback Building assessment reports and confidently presenting insights and strategies to executive leaders
• Post-assessment, managing implementation of recommendations, which involves: Managing engagement and client relationships Leading execution of one (1) to two (2) category strategies through final negotiations and award recommendations, and leading implementation of resulting supplier agreements Supporting client optimization of sourcing and procurement organizational structures, policies, processes, and management practices; and, Assuming ownership for ad hoc value creation workstreams when appropriate.
• Our managers can also be assigned to logistics or operational consulting engagements from time to time when appropriate as a manager or as an individual contributor, which involve elements such as: Managing logistics optimization or operational improvement engagements Collaborating with, or managing, our extended team and client(s) to assess, design, and implement broader operational and supply chain transformation projects for diverse industries Leading and managing execution of complex consulting value workstreams, providing operational, financial, and process analysis, strategy development, process reengineering, and modeling

Qualifications

• Travel 95% of the time – Sunday through Thursday, more than 45 weeks a year (no flexibility on this)
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or a relevant field required, or more than ten (10) years of professional field experience
• More than seven (7) years of strategic sourcing experience – creating and executing category strategies independently, in industry or as a consultant
• More than three (3) years of experience managing projects and people

Life Skills

• Personable and able to pass the airplane test – we work to lead and influence stakeholders in every aspect of our client engagements; as such, this is critical.
• Self-starter with the demonstrated ability to drive results independently
• Ability and interest in learning new skills quickly and often
• Ability to conduct analytics that generate insights versus pivot charts (including proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and the ability to ramp up on Power BI quickly)
• Ability to connect issues and opportunities back to clients’ financials
• Ability to say more with fewer words in your professional writing
• Ability to interact and present to all levels of the organization, including executive leaders weekly
• Ability to monitor teammate performance, give feedback and coach others
• Ability to build and maintain productive relationships with our clients and throughout the Firm

Benefits

Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow

We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More About Crowe

Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world. Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third‑party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge. Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. Please visit our webpage to see notices of the various state and local Ban-the-Box laws and Fair Chance Ordinances, where applicable. We are committed to a merit-based hiring process, evaluating all candidates consistently using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, demonstrated skills, measurable impact, and alignment with the role’s responsibilities, and making employment decisions in a fair and inclusive manner free from discrimination. Crowe (www.crowe.com) is a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities. The firm and its subsidiaries also help clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value with its tax, advisory, and consulting services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $123,500.00 - $197,500.00 per year. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.