Manager - Supply Chain Transformation

As an SCT Manager, you'll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and support development of a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities.

You'll support bids, proposals and lead small to medium complex projects. You'll develop and document overall project findings into clear, concise, high-quality work products and act as a subject matter resource on one or more areas of supply chain, leveraging knowledge and experience to shape solutions to client problems.

Drawing on your skills 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.

Driving improvements in business processes, you'll support Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) and make sure that project teams understand and comply with our Q&RM guidelines.

As a respected senior professional you will communicate effectively with EY engagement directors and managers and work to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams, and coach and mentor junior consultants to build sustainable competencies.

Client responsibilities:

- Participate in and, as required, lead Supply Chain engagements

- Support financial aspects of client engagements and communicate significant issues, fees, and estimates to complete to partners and engagement managers

- Assist partners and directors with generating new business opportunities and building client networks and relationships

- Understand all our service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients

People responsibilities:

- Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff

- Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for junior staff

- Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training SCT professional

- Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skill

Technical skill requirements:

You'll have knowledge and experience of a number of the following areas:

Supply Chain Strategy and Operating Models

- Supply chain Strategy

- Operating model design

- Supply chain transformation

- Supply chain process efficiency

- Tax effective supply chain

- Operational performance improvement and core business review

Supply Chain Optimisation and Performance Improvement

- Rapid supply chain assessment

- Inventory management

- Global trade optimization

- Operational cost reduction

- Planning including S&OP

- Logistics

- Working capital reduction

- Manufacturing excellence

- Lean & Six Sigma

- New product development and introduction

Business Transformation

- Change management

- Transition planning

- Business readiness

- Organisation design

- Process mapping

Procurement Transformation

- Global procurement transformation

- Global procurement operating model design

- Purchase to Pay performance improvement

- Procurement shared services and outsourcing

Sector experience:

- You will have worked in a number of industry sectors with a minimum of 5 years experience (industry and/or consulting)

- You will have experience in one or more of the following industries, Consumer Products, Retail, High Tech, Utilities, Telecommunications, Industrial Products, Automotive, Defence, Pharmaceutical, Oil and Gas

Additional skill requirements

- Track record with a blue chip consulting firm

- Strong academic record including a degree

Who we are:

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.