Supply Chain and Operations Associate Director

EY; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd in Johannesburg is seeking an Associate Director for Supply Chain & Operations with manufacturing and planning expertise. You will lead engagements, develop client relationships, and drive improvement across end-to-end supply chains in the manufacturing sector.

In this role, you will mentor teams, manage project risk, and contribute to EY's thought leadership while partnering with partners and directors to identify opportunities and deliver high-quality

Qualifications

• Manufacturing Transformation: Lean, TPM and related approaches.
• Supply Chain Planning: IBP, demand planning, supply planning and strategic planning.
• Digital Grid Services: end-to-end digitization journey for utility organisations.

Responsibilities

• Improve operational efficiency on Supply Chain & Operations projects and internal initiatives.
• Lead teams on engagements and manage risks to deliver high quality work.
• Build strong internal EY relationships and collaborate across services.
• Develop people through supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff and conducting performance reviews.

Skills

Manufacturing Transformation

Supply Chain Planning

Digital Grid Services

Job description

Supply Chain and Operations Associate Director

Location: Johannesburg

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 1 Sept 2026

Requisition ID: 1740246

Associate Director - Supply Chain & Operations – Manufacturing & Planning

The opportunity

As a member of our team - Supply Chain & Operations, you'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. With guidance from partners and directors you'll identify potential business opportunities for EY. By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.

Your key responsibilities

You'll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on Supply Chain & Operations projects and internal initiatives. In line with EY's commitment to quality, you'll consistently drive projects to completion and confirm that work is of high quality. Your role in leading teams - or parts of teams - on engagements will depend on the size of engagement. When working on engagements, you'll report to higher levels of management, who will expect you to anticipate and identify risks, and elevate ...

For this specific role, you’ll be able to demonstrate a deep level of Consulting and Industry experience related to (at least 2 of the below, ideally all 3):

• Manufacturing Excellence and Improvement (e.g. using Lean, TPM and Similar Approaches)
• Supply Chain Planning, Integrated Business Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning and overall Strategic Planning. You will be expected to
• Digital Grid Services - services helping utility organizations across their E2E digitization journey, including articulation and execution of their strategic direction, implementation of Smart Metering/AMI capabilities

You will also be expected to own the Manufacturing Transformation and Digital Grid solution for EY Africa.

Client responsibilities

• Participate in Supply Chain & Operations engagements.
• Help manage the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders.
• Build strong internal relationships within EY Consulting Services and with other services across the organization

People responsibilities

• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff.
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff.
• Contribute to people-related initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training Supply Chain & Operations professionals.
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills of staff.
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

To qualify for the role, you must have

You'll have knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• Manufacturing Transformation – using elements such as Lean, TPM and related approaches
• Supply Chain Planning (IBP, Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Strategic Planning)
• Digital Grid Services - services helping utility organizations across their E2E digitization journey

Ideally, you’ll also have

You'll also have knowledge and experience in some or all of the following areas:

• Rapid supply chain assessment
• Supply chain transformation
• Supply chain process efficiency
• Procurement transformation
• Operational cost reduction

You'll have knowledge and experience in one or more of EY priority industry sectors:

• Utilities
• Consumer Products
• Mining & Metals
• Government and Public Sector

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes

Plus, we offer:

• The opportunity to manage a portfolio of talent within a designated service line
• A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
• Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training
• An excellent team of senior colleagues dedicated to managing and varying your workload

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime

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