Core Supply Chain Consultant

Supply Chain & Engineering – Core Supply Chain Consultant

Location:

UK (with expected travel)

Career Level:

Consultant

Salary:
Competitive, plus benefits.

As a team:
Supply Chain & Engineering is a major Core supply chain practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human-centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, zero-based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

• Demand and Supply Planning:
  Implement advanced demand planning techniques to accurately forecast customer demand, aligning supply with market needs through dynamic supply planning models. Develop real-time scenario planning to balance supply constraints with fluctuating demand, ensuring service level optimisation.
• Fulfilment:
  Implement advanced warehousing and fulfilment capabilities addressing core supply chain needs, developing real time scenarios to manage warehousing and transportation taking into account service levels and costs.
• Supply Chain Strategy & Segmentation (Operating Model, Process Design, etc.):
  Develop tailored supply and demand planning strategies that optimise the flow of goods and services, segmenting supply chain operations based on customer demand patterns and service levels to maximize efficiency and responsiveness.
• Control Towers:
  Establish digital control towers to provide visibility into demand and supply fluctuations, enabling real-time adjustments to production schedules, inventory levels, and supplier coordination, ensuring seamless synchronization of supply chain operations.
• Platform-Driven Transformation (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.):
  Lead the integration of demand and supply planning technologies (e.g., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle Cloud, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, o9 Solutions, Manhatten) to automate planning & fulfilment processes, improve demand signal accuracy, and enable real-time collaboration across the supply chain.

• Support delivery teams in our Core Supply Chain group to formulate and execute customer‑centric planning strategies
• Support end‑to‑end strategy to implementation of supply chain digital and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to SAP, S4/IBP, Oracle, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, 09 Solutions, OM Partners, Analplan, Manhatten etc.
• Work on 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
• Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)
• Refine and optimise the client's ability to organise and analyse financial, operational and external information to create substantial shareholder value
• Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations…