Supply Chain and Operations is a major functionally-oriented consulting practice: we help our clients to identify and quantify the transformational opportunities available in today’s dynamic business environment.  

Our work spans a range of value-focused operations assignments from redefining an operating model, reconfiguring national, regional or global supply chain footprint and capabilities through to global sourcing of core categories and creation of supply chain risk frameworks to ensure that potential risks are transparent and the extended supply chain is resilient. 

In our team you will: 

• Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale. 

• Work in a central role enabling our Planning capabilities in working with some of the best global companies in the world, responsible for helping the CSCO/COO, and their business partners, address some of the critical business issues faced today, including: 

• Integrated Business Planning (IBP)—Help clients drive alignment across their sales, operations, and finance teams by deploying IBP solutions that improve collaboration, forecasting accuracy, and agility. 

• Supply chain strategy & segmentation (operating model, process design, etc.) 

• Strategic cost reduction (zero-based supply chain) 

• Inventory optimisation—Help clients refine inventory management by balancing service levels, lead times, and inventory costs using advanced planning tools and methodologies like IBP and MRP. 

• Control towers—Implementation and optimisation of digital control towers to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility, enhancing responsiveness and decision-making through real-time data. 

• Platform-driven transformation (technology strategy, systems implementation, etc.)—Enable organizations to implement advanced planning platforms (e.g., SAP IBP, Oracle Cloud SCM, Kinaxis, BlueYonder) to automate and optimise planning processes. 

• Sustainable and resilient supply chain (risk, performance, innovation, diversity, sustainability)—Assist in embedding sustainability and risk management into planning processes, balancing resilience with cost and efficiency. 

• Advanced analytics & AI—Utilise advanced analytics and AI-driven forecasting techniques to support predictive demand planning and scenario analysis, ensuring flexibility in rapidly changing market conditions. 

• Capacity planning & production scheduling—Work with clients to optimise production scheduling and capacity planning, reducing bottlenecks and improving throughput in line with demand fluctuations. 

In this role you will: 

• Understand and communicate the critical importance of Supply Chain & Operations functions to our Clients’ strategic vision and how they can drive business value. Concisely and convincingly conveying the central business importance of effective planning to client leadership 

• Design and prove the strategic value case for Supply Chain & Operations planning transformation programmes. Act as the link between the executive leadership and operational delivery divisions of our clients to ensure detailed and advanced transformation programmes deliver their full strategic value. This will include, but not be limited to, the selection (based on a strategic assessment of business needs) and implementation of solutions such as SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, o9 Solutions. 

• Lead projects and delivery teams in our Supply Chain Planning group to formulate and execute customer-centric planning strategies 

• Lead the comprehensive development and optimisation of planning frameworks and drive the integration of advanced planning solutions and tools, such as IBP (Integrated Business Planning) and AI-powered forecasting, to enhance responsiveness and flexibility. These frameworks will cover the full end-to-end value chain of the business 

• Drive supply chain transformations in line with client’s business challenges: 

• Create capabilities (process/tools/people) in line with the future operating model 

• Analyse and model financial data to support large scale cost reduction programmes, utilising functional and cost category benchmarks, process definitions and enterprise value targeting tools 

• Help clients improve their ability to drive business outcomes through digital planning, reporting, and analytics 

• Bring best practice approaches to planning from Accenture and the wider communities 

• Establish and strengthen client relationships with the CSCO, as well as COO, CFO, CPO, and Operations executives 

• Target and articulate value for clients and shape and coordinate complex RFP responses to bring the best of Accenture SC&O to our clients 

• Lead business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals 

• Build and lead highly effective teams of Consultants to help shape and execute client engagements, with a strong capability to develop the skills and capabilities of junior colleagues 

• Contribute to global thought-leadership and leverage the skills of others throughout the practice to enable cohesive delivery of strategic and transformative solutions 

• Build and establish relationships with key third parties (e.g. technology providers, NGOs, governmental bodies) that help to complement and expand Accenture’s capabilities and PoV 

• Functional experience should include some of the following: distributed order management, inventory management, demand planning, supply planning, distribution and logistics, transport sourcing, global trade management 

• 10-15 years consulting and/or project delivery experience including delivery to agreed scope, time scales and budgets from a top tier consulting company or blue-chip organisation 

• Analyse complex client problems, understand financial performance links between operations, supply chain and corporate results and think strategically to create a benefit/business case 

• Manage the origination of new work, and drive the sales process 

• Execute programme management and large scale global delivery of projects 

• Commercial management of consulting engagements 

• Ability to form strong client relationships particularly at the senior levels 

• Leadership; the ability to easily establish trust-based relationships and gain valuable insights through collaboration and communication 

• Strong strategic thinking and team building with a proven track record in driving business outcomes for large clients  

• Ability to structure ideas and solutions, to communicate clearly and concisely 

• Ability to develop new concepts and break-through thinking  

• Excellent written, oral and presentation communication skills 

• Build and lead high-performing teams 

Set yourself apart: 

• Supply chain technology and digital disruptor awareness, including but not limited to SAP, S4/IBP, Kinaxis, BlueYonder, o9 Solutions, intelligent automation, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and analytics, etc.; other specific systems / applications relevant from previous experience 

• Experience in Life Sciences is preferred, along with Consumer Goods, Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing, High-Tech (including Aerospace & Defence), Chemical & Natural Resources, and Logistics. 

What’s in it for you