Supply Chain Planning Life Sciences Consultant

1000 Accenture LLP Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is hiring a consultant to drive end-to-end Planning transformation within our Life Sciences practice. You will lead large-scale projects across planning and AI-enabled transformation, partnering with pharma, biotech and MedTech clients to redefine supply chain capabilities.

Travel up to 75% in this role. The position requires 3+ years in supply chain, 3+ years in integrated planning, and 1–2 years in consulting. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working on Supply Chain initiatives.
• 3+ years of experience working on Integrated Planning initiatives.
• 2+ years of experience in Biopharma, Medical Devices/Med Tech, CDMO/CMO, or Life Sciences sectors.
• 1+ year external consulting or 2+ years internal consulting at Manager level.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years).

Responsibilities

• Support project delivery of business and technology transformations by leveraging deep Planning and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Understand business value levers for Planning reinvention across pharma, biotech, MedTech and related value chains.
• Build and apply knowledge to support selling opportunities to clients.
• Engage in project delivery with hands-on work, leading work products, mentoring others.
• Communicate effectively to manage internal and external relationships and deliver with excellence.
• Support practice and people development alongside day-to-day delivery.
• Deliver generative AI and agent-based modeling for scalable Planning insights.

Skills

Supply chain

Integrated planning

Life sciences industry knowledge

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

WHO WE ARE

We are Accenture’s Supply Chain and Engineering reinvention partner for Life Sciences. We embed innovation, intelligence, and AI-native operations into the way the world designs, engineers, manufactures, and distributes products. We serve Life Sciences clients across the value chain to help bring lifesaving medicines and products to patients through harnessing the power of advanced technologies.

The Work:

Accenture is seeking a consultant to drive project execution across Planning transformation work within our Supply Chain & Engineering practice for Life Sciences. We work with our pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, distributor and consumer health clients globally to redefine the future of the life sciences industry: combining the latest technology with scientific breakthroughs to revolutionize how medical treatments are discovered, developed and delivered to patients around the world.

The role is responsible for delivering large scale Planning Transformation programs through ownership of end-to-end delivery while building Accenture’s differentiated Planning capability.

Key Responsibilities:

At a consultant level, key responsibilities could include:

• Support project delivery of business and technology transformations by utilizing deep industry expertise in Planning and AI-enabled business and technology transformation work
• Understand business value levers for Planning reinvention across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech and beyond including full value chain impacts of Planning decision making
• Build and apply technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients
• Engage deeply in project delivery with hands‑on work executing against program priorities, leading work products, and coaching and mentoring others
• Bring effective communications to manage both internal and external relationships and deliver with excellence
• Support practice and people development in addition to day to day project delivery excellence
• Support delivery of generative AI and agent‑based modeling to accelerate scalable use cases for Agentic planning operations - translating complex technical outputs into executive‑ready insights and scalable solutions.

Travel Requirements:

Travel is required for this role and could vary from 0-75%.

Here’s what you need:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working on Supply Chain initiatives
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working on Integrated Planning initiatives
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in one or many of the following industries: Biopharma, Medical Devices / Med Tech, CDMO/CMO, or adjacent Life Sciences sectors
• Minimum of 1 year of external experience at a consulting firm or 2 years of internal consulting experience in a role equivalent to Manager level within industry
• 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 developing expertise in one or more of the following life sciences planning domains: Patient-Based Demand Forecasting, IBP/S&OP, S&OE, Inventory Optimization, CMO/CDMO Supply Planning, or Clinical Supply
• You have the proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment
• You’ve earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
• You have exposure to life sciences planning platforms such as OMP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP/S4, o9 Solutions, or Blue Yonder, or adjacent systems such as Veeva Vault, SAP ERP, or MES/MOM platforms
• Lean or Six Sigma qualifications
• You can use the latest data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvement
• Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e. Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)
• Understanding of GxP and regulatory considerations in pharma manufacturing, and how they shape data and AI solutions

Compensation

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 10/05/2026.

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.

See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Annual Salary Range

• California $70,350 to $205,800
• Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
• Connecticut $63,800 to $177,800
• District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
• Illinois $59,100 to $177,800
• Maine $54,400 to $151,400
• Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
• Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300
• Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
• New York $66,300 to $205,800
• New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800
• Ohio $59,100 to $164,600
• Virginia $59,100 to $189,300
• Washington $80,200 to $189,300

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