Strategy Manager - Procurement & Supply Chain

GEP Worldwide; Clark (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage (medical

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Company holidays

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

GEP Worldwide is seeking a Manager in Strategy Consulting to lead client engagements and deliver high-impact procurement and supply chain solutions. You will structure problems, guide analysis and help senior stakeholders improve profitability and resilience.

The role emphasizes ownership of client delivery, developing strategies across external spend, and building executive-ready presentations. A strong background in consulting and cross-functional leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Typically 4-7 years of relevant experience in strategy or management consulting.
• Strong hypothesis-led problem-solving, financial modeling, and executive storytelling skills.
• Experience in procurement, supply chain, or operations strategy; cross-functional work.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements or major workstreams: frame the problem, develop hypotheses, define the analytical approach and manage delivery against scope, timelines and quality standards.
• Develop procurement strategies across external spend, category portfolios, supplier economics, sourcing models and procurement operating models.
• Assess supply chain opportunities across cost-to-serve, inventory, service, complexity and resilience, working with specialists where deeper technical expertise is needed.
• Build financial models and business cases; evaluate trade-offs, quantify value and prioritize practical transformation initiatives.
• Translate findings into clear executive presentations, facilitate client workshops and build alignment around recommendations.
• Lead and coach consultants; coordinate analytics resources and ensure that evidence supports each recommendation.
• Support proposals and follow-on opportunities, and contribute reusable tools and approaches from client work.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Leadership

Financial modeling

Executive storytelling

Procurement / Supply chain

Client relationships

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm - consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world's largest organizations.

Welcome to GEP

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm - consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world's largest organizations.

How You Grow At GEP

We recognize people who make a genuine difference, work hard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It's how you will grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at other firms.

Celebrating Everyone

GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities, cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makes you unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more. And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP a great place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and give back.

Are You One of Us

As a Manager in GEP's Strategy Consulting team, you will lead client engagements and complex workstreams spanning procurement and supply chain. You will structure business problems, guide analysis and help senior stakeholders make decisions that improve profitability, working capital and resilience. This role suits a strategy consultant ready to combine rigorous problem-solving with ownership of client delivery.

What you'll do

• Lead engagements or major workstreams: frame the problem, develop hypotheses, define the analytical approach and manage delivery against scope, timelines and quality standards.
• Develop procurement strategies across external spend, category portfolios, supplier economics, sourcing models and procurement operating models.
• Assess supply chain opportunities across cost-to-serve, inventory, service, complexity and resilience, working with specialists where deeper technical expertise is needed.
• Build financial models and business cases; evaluate trade-offs, quantify value and prioritize practical transformation initiatives.
• Translate findings into clear executive presentations, facilitate client workshops and build alignment around recommendations.
• Lead and coach consultants; coordinate analytics resources and ensure that evidence supports each recommendation.
• Support proposals and follow-on opportunities, and contribute reusable tools and approaches from client work.

What you'll bring

• Typically 4-7 years of relevant experience, including substantial strategy or management consulting experience and demonstrated leadership of complex workstreams or engagements.
• Strong hypothesis-led problem-solving, financial modeling, commercial judgment and executive storytelling skills.
• Experience in procurement, supply chain, operations strategy or enterprise performance improvement, with depth in at least one area and readiness to work across both functions.
• Evidence of managing consulting teams, building client relationships and translating analysis into actionable business decisions.
• Bachelor's degree required; an MBA or relevant advanced degree is valued.

Salary Range

$140,000 - $160,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications.

Additional Compensation

Eligible for a performance-based bonus tied to individual and company performance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(k) plan with a 3% company match
• paid time off
• company holidays
• professional development opportunities

Why GEP?

• Own substantive client problems and develop through engagement leadership and senior stakeholder exposure.
• Build a broader portfolio across procurement and supply chain strategy, industries and business challenges.
• Connect strategic recommendations to execution through GEP's consulting, technology and managed services capabilities.

We value rigorous consulting training, diverse industry experience and demonstrated impact. Candidates from leading strategy and management consulting firms are encouraged to apply.