Supply Chain Planning Life Sciences Consultant

Accenture; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a consultant to drive Planning transformation work for Life Sciences, delivering end-to-end programs across pharma, biotech, MedTech and related sectors. You will apply AI-enabled planning and broad industry knowledge to create scalable, value-driven solutions for clients worldwide.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, mentorship, and engagement with senior stakeholders, with significant travel expectations and a strong focus on building Accenture’s differentiated Planning

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience on Supply Chain initiatives.
• 3+ years of experience on Integrated Planning initiatives.
• 1 year external experience at a consulting firm or 2 years internal consulting experience at Manager level.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver large-scale Planning Transformation programs end-to-end.
• Leverage AI-enabled planning and deep industry expertise.
• Support selling opportunities with knowledge to clients.
• Lead work products and mentor others.
• Communicate effectively to manage stakeholder relationships.
• Support practice and people development.

Skills

Planning transformation

Supply chain

Life sciences

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (12 years)

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

Adobe Analytics

Google Analytics

Job description

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com.

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

• Support projectdelivery of business and technology transformations byutilizingdeep industryexpertisein 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, andcoaching and mentoring others
• Bring effective communications to manageboth internal and externalrelationships 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 acceleratescalable 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

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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

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