Senior Operations & Supply Chain Solutions Architect

Accenture PLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture, a leading global professional services company, seeks an Operations Solution Architect Senior Manager in Supply Chain to design and implement complex, outcomes-driven solutions. You will lead client discussions at the C-suite level and orchestrate Accenture's assets—talent, processes, technology, and AI tools—to deliver commercially viable solutions that meet client objectives.

You will manage deal shaping, pricing, and cross-functional engagement across delivery, legal, and industry

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Solution Architect, Business Consultant, or similar role within supply chain, operations, or managed services.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Supply Chain As-a-Service or supply chain managed services.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in business development, sales strategy, and/or proposal development roles.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with outsourcing, solution planning, and deal shaping.
• Minimum of 1 year of working knowledge of leading supply chain technology platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Blue Yonder, o9 Solutions, Oracle SCM Cloud).
• Minimum of 1 year of proficiency with AI tools (Claude, Gemini, GPT, Copilot).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years). (If Associate’s Degree, minimum 6 years).

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end solutions for large-scale managed services deals, covering planning, fulfillment, logistics, and more.
• Lead client discovery sessions and translate business challenges into deliverable solutions.
• Coordinate assets, people, processes, technology, and AI tools to design commercially viable solutions.
• Manage relationships with industry groups, client buyers, and functional owners.
• Oversee sign-off with input from industry groups on objectives, context, risk, budget and preferences.
• Lead sales team and SMEs during the sales process and coordinate with delivery organization.
• Collaborate with legal, commercial and regulatory teams to ensure contractual compliance.
• Develop cost model estimates with delivery and pricing teams.
• Align solution architecture with terms and conditions and handover plan for closed deals.
• Identify leadership contacts for service transition and operation handover.
• Apply AI/agentic tools to embed intelligent automation in client solutions.
• Stay current on industry trends to bring market-leading perspectives to engagements.

Skills

Supply chain expertise

Senior stakeholder management

Client discovery sessions

AI tools familiarity

Deal shaping & sales strategy

Project leadership

Pricing & cost modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Blue Yonder

o9 Solutions

Oracle SCM Cloud

Job description

Accenture, a leading global professional services company, seeks an Operations Solution Architect Senior Manager in Supply Chain to design and implement complex, outcomes-driven solutions. You will lead client discussions at the C-suite level and orchestrate Accenture's assets—talent, processes, technology, and AI tools—to deliver commercially viable solutions that meet client objectives.

You will manage deal shaping, pricing, and cross-functional engagement across delivery, legal, and industry