Supply Chain Consultant - Houston

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood Mackenzie is seeking a Consultant to join our Supply Chain Consulting team in Houston. You will execute projects, deliver insights from WoodMac data, and work with clients to inform procurement and capital project decisions.

You will leverage WoodMac tools, contribute to project delivery, and travel 60-80% as needed to engage with clients and drive engagement success in the energy sector.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in engineering, science, supply chain or business.
• Coops / Internships in Consulting, Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering; Energy sector preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and time management skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and synthesize results for strategic procurement and capital decisions.
• Perform market research to assess supply and demand factors.
• Support bidding processes for large capital contracts and supply chain initiatives; include pricing analysis and bidder coordination.
• Use WoodMac Energy Intelligence Platform to analyze spend, build cost models, forecast escalation, and support eSourcing events.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Time management

Effective communication

Team-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

WoodMac Platform

Job description

Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in analytics, insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape.

For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the world’s most influential energy producers, utilities companies, financial institutions and governments.

Now, with the world’s energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before, sector-specific views are no longer enough. That’s why we’ve redefined what’s possible with Intelligence Connected.

By fusing our unparalleled proprietary data with the sharpest analytical minds, all supercharged by Synoptic AI, we deliver a clear, interconnected view of the entire value chain. Our trusted team of 2,700 experts across 30 countries breaks siloes and connects industries, markets and regions across the globe.

This empowers our customers to identify risk sooner, spot opportunities faster and recalibrate strategy with confidence – whether planning days, weeks, months or decades ahead.

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Wood Mackenzie Values

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Role Purpose

With ambitious growth goals over the next four to five years, WoodMac Supply Chain Consulting is an exciting place to build a career. With a very strong pipeline over the foreseeable future, our intent is to build out our team with folks capable supporting and driving execution of our upcoming client engagements while helping make our revenue goals achievable. These people will bring strong analytical and communication skills to the table and will have ambition to lead projects and manage client relationships in the future.

In your role as Consultant, you will be responsible for execution and delivery on the projects that you are staffed. You will be tasked with developing and delivering insights drawn from our unparalleled industry data and experience. You will deliver innovative thinking supported by market research and the subject matter expertise of the collective WoodMac Supply Chain team. You will leverage our software tools to help our energy clients make effective supply chain and capital project execution decisions. You will work closely with your project lead to successfully deliver to the project schedule. You will welcome the opportunity to onboard Consultants who subsequently join the team. We are looking for candidates who are anxious to roll up their sleeves to help us get the work done while enabling the energy transition. You will have opportunities to develop relationships with clients and establish yourself as a trusted advisor.

Main Responsibilities (Serving our Clients)

• Provide deep analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and synthesize results into meaningful conclusions to help our clients make strategic procurement and capital project decisions
• Perform market research to assess supply and demand factors influencing our clients' strategic business decisions
• Support the bidding processes for large capital project contracts and strategic supply chain initiatives, including performing pricing analysis, coordinating bidder correspondence, designing, and orchestrating bidder negotiations and implementing contracts
• Use WoodMac Energy Intelligence Platform software tools to analyze spend, build custom cost models, forecast escalation, manage eSourcing bid events and support many of our other consulting solutions. This often requires training our clients to harness the value of the WoodMac tools
• Coordinate / communicate with client supply chain stakeholders as they design and implement supply chain strategies
• Contribute to the broader Supply Chain Consulting team’s goals and facilitate successful project execution

About You

• BA/BS degree with focus in engineering, science, supply chain or business required, Master's degree is preferred
• Coops / Internships in a Consulting, Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering function; experience within the Power & Renewables and/or Oil & Gas sectors is preferred
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and time management skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly inquisitive, innovative, organized and detail-oriented
• Work in team-oriented environments
• Actively work to develop areas of expertise
• Results driven; enjoys the challenge of a changing business environment
• Willingness to travel 60- 80% of the time

Expectations

This section is not a comprehensive list of everything that is expected from the ideal candidate but rather a spotlight on the skills and behaviors that are most critical to the role:

• Personal Impact – a strong sense of self-awareness; understand how others perceive and are impacted by your actions for which you take ownership and accountability
• Growth Mindset – believe that new abilities can be developed through practice, embrace feedback, motivate others, solve problems and persist
• Customer Collaboration – the desire to understand who our customers are, to engage effectively, build impactful relationships, and to serve all while keeping them at the heart of our decision making
• Planning and Prioritizing – a proven ability to plan, prioritize, monitor and manage your own workflows
• Continuous Improvement – an ongoing effort to improve ourselves, our offerings and the way we work

Other

• The nature of this role precludes it from consideration for part-time or flexible working arrangements
• This position does not provide visa sponsorship

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov