Supply Chain and Operations, Sourcing & Procurement Consulting Manager – Utilities

Accenture

North Carolina

On-site

USD 120,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Bonuses

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for utilities to lead transformation initiatives across generation, transmission, distribution, and field services. You will shape strategies, design future‑state capabilities, and oversee implementation spanning people, process, data, and technology.

You will guide executives on adopting AI/agentic planning, predictive analytics, and digital twins to improve forecasting, cost-to-serve, and risk management in a volatile energy market.

Qualifications

5+ years in supply chain consulting, operations, or transformation.
Experience leading cross-functional projects across procurement, logistics, inventory, and field services.
Deep knowledge of utility operations (generation, transmission, distribution).
Familiarity with AI/ML, agentic tools, and digital twins in an advisory context.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years).

Responsibilities

Lead end‑to‑end supply chain transformation strategies for utility clients across generation, transmission, distribution, and field services.
Assess current-state models, maturity, and performance; identify improvement opportunities using data-driven frameworks.
Develop future‑state architectures incorporating AI-driven planning, autonomous agents, digital twins, and predictive analytics.
Advise executives on modernization aligned with grid resilience, decarbonization, regulation, and capital projects.
Build business cases and value models to quantify impact and risk reduction.

Skills

Executive communication

Financial modeling

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Workday

IBM Maximo

Coupa

Job description

We Are:

We are part of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations practice, helping Fortune 500 and private-equity-backed clients reinvent how they plan and run their supply chains. Our work sits at the intersection of functional consulting, data, digital platforms, and advanced analytics, with increasing focus on GenAI- and Agentic-enabled planning.

The Supply Chain Manager serves as a strategic advisor to utility-sector clients, leading the design, optimization, and transformation of supply chain operations across generation, transmission, distribution, and customer service functions. This role blends deep industry knowledge with advanced digital capabilities, leveraging AI, machine learning, and emerging agentic technologies to improve resilience, operational efficiency, and decision intelligence.

You Are:

The Manager role partners with client executives to assess supply chain maturity, identify performance gaps, and architect data-driven solutions spanning procurement, logistics, inventory management, field services, asset management, and supplier ecosystems. They guide clients in adopting next-generation capabilities—including autonomous planning agents, predictive analytics, intelligent sourcing platforms, and digital twins—to enhance forecasting accuracy, reduce cost‑to‑serve, and strengthen risk management in an increasingly volatile energy environment.

This role leads multidisciplinary teams to deliver end‑to‑end consulting engagements, from strategy and business case development through solution design, implementation, and change enablement. The Manager also plays a key role in shaping thought leadership, building reusable assets, and developing innovative AI/agentic tools that accelerate value for utility clients navigating grid modernization, decarbonization, and regulatory pressures.

The Work:

As a Manager, you will lead transformation initiatives, working directly with Utilities clients and senior Accenture stakeholders. You will shape strategy, design future‑state capabilities, and oversee implementation across people, process, data, and technology.

Your responsibilities span the following dimensions:

Strategic & Advisory Responsibilities

Lead end‑to‑end supply chain transformation strategies for utility clients across generation, transmission, distribution, and field services.
Assess current-state operating models, maturity, and performance; identify improvement opportunities using data-driven frameworks.
Develop future‑state architectures incorporating AI-driven planning, autonomous agents, digital twins, and predictive analytics.
Advise executives on supply chain modernization aligned to grid resilience, decarbonization, regulatory expectations, and capital project demands.
Build business cases and value models to quantify financial impact, operational efficiency gains, and risk reduction.

Supply Chain Strategy & Planning

Building and optimizing end‑to‑end supply chain strategies for utilities.
Experience with demand forecasting, planning, and S&OP models.
Familiarity with capital project supply needs (e.g., substations, undergrounding, AMI, pipelines).

Procurement & Category Management

Leading strategic sourcing initiatives (T&D equipment, field services, IT/OT, fleet, materials).
Vendor selection, bid evaluation, negotiations, and contract development.
Category plans aligned with utility reliability and cost goals.
Supplier risk assessment, audits, and continuous improvement programs.
Contract performance monitoring for safety, delivery, and productivity.
Knowledge of ESG and sustainability requirements in sourcing.

Utility Capital Projects & Construction Support

Supply chain support for large capital programs (grid hardening, undergrounding, renewable interconnection).
Forecasting material needs, contractor coordination, and scheduling alignment.
Risk management for long‑lead items and supplier capacity.

Emergency Preparedness & Storm Response (preferred)

Understanding of mutual assistance supply logistics, mobile staging, rapid procurement.
Ability to design storm‑ready inventory and vendor programs.

AI & Agentic Solutions Responsibilities

Identify opportunities to apply large language models, intelligent agents, and machine learning to optimize procurement, logistics, inventory, and asset management.
Lead design of agentic workflows such as:
Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to operationalize and scale AI solutions within client environments.
Define governance, ethical AI standards, and risk mitigation frameworks for responsible AI deployment.

Consulting Competencies

Executive communication skills and ability to simplify complex topics.
Strong business case development and financial modeling capability.
Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating complex organizations.
Strong leadership, team development, and collaboration skills.

Operational & Delivery Responsibilities

Manage consulting project teams delivering strategy, design, implementation, and change management engagements.
Oversee solution configuration and adoption of digital platforms (e.g., ERP, EAM, procurement suites, supply chain control towers).
Drive cross‑functional integration across procurement, finance, operations, and capital projects.
Ensure quality, timeliness, and profitability of engagements.
Lead stakeholder alignment sessions and facilitate communication between business, operations, and technology teams.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirement

Here’s what you need:

Minimum of 6 years experience in Supply Chain consulting, operations, or transformation roles including managing and delivering cross functional projects
Minimum of 4 years hands‑on experience in the core Supply Chain area’s, specifically Sourcing and Procurement
Hands on experience and deep understanding of utility operations (generation, transmission, distribution).
Consulting experience at a firm or equivalent internal consulting experience at Manager level or above.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience)

Bonus Points if:

You have awareness of grid modernization, resiliency, decarbonization, and renewable integration trends.
You have hands‑on experience in areas such as procurement, inventory optimization, logistics, demand planning, or field service supply chain.
You have working knowledge of AI technologies, automation tools, and/or advanced analytics (e.g., LLMs, machine learning, agentic systems).
You have strong project management skills and experience delivering complex cross‑functional projects.
You have strong understanding of operating models, processes, and performance management.
You have experience with utility industry regulatory environments, outage response logistics, capital project supply chains, and grid modernization initiatives.
You have familiarity with digital twin platforms, supply chain control towers, and predictive maintenance solutions.
You have experience embedding advanced analytics, GenAI, or automation into planning processes.
You have experience implementing digital supply chain or ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, IBM Maximo, Coupa).
You have experience working directly for a Utility company in a supply chain role.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 08/20/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $94,400 to $293,800
Cleveland $87,400 to $235,000
Colorado $94,400 to $253,800
District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300
Illinois $87,400 to $253,800
Maine $80,400 to $216,200
Maryland $94,400 to $253,800
Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300
Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800
New York $87,400 to $293,800
New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800
Virginia $87,400 to $270,300
Washington $100,500 to $270,300

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. 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. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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