Supply Chain Planning Life Sciences Consultant

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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, Med Tech 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…