Oliver Wyman - Operations Supply Chain -Engagement Manager

Job Specification

Practice Group:
Operations, Energy, Industrials

Location:

Chicago, New York, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C., Toronto, San Francisco

Role:
Operations Supply Chain - Engagement Manager

We work with clients across industries to help them manage and optimize their operations through improving cost efficiency, reducing supply chain risk, and optimizing footprint to become market leaders in their industry. We help them find strategic solutions to address the challenges they face, optimize their operating model to deliver the best service and increase the operational performance while minimizing operating cost.

We focus on developing solutions which can be immediately implemented in collaboration with clients' teams and can rapidly bring visible and sustainable results.

Oliver Wyman develops innovative and impactful solutions to increase the performance and results of our clients supply chain processes and networks.

We support our clients along their end-to-end supply chain, helping them have greater visibility and solve their most critical supply chain issues. From input material sourcing to production, distribution, and services, we partner with businesses across a broad range of industries and geographies to ensure their supply chain produces the best value and allows them to compete in the global marketplace.

We typically start assignments with strategic questions, but our client relationships extend way beyond PowerPoint decks. Throughout our projects, we help our customers build their own capabilities and upskill their workforce, ensuring their people can collaborate independently, efficiently, and that their teams have sufficient agility to swiftly cope with disruption.

To maximize value creation, we have developed a broad supply chain management toolkit, including artificial intelligence-driven tools, like our machine learning-based forecasting platform. We combine this with our deep project expertise and proven methods and approaches.

Our consulting roles offer excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. As a professional member of our firm, your initial responsibilities will include:

• Managing the execution of individual project work streams. This typically includes developing hypotheses; managing data collection, model creation and analyses; guiding the team to conduct primary and secondary research; creatively tackling information limitations; and surfacing insights
• Synthesizing findings / insights from interviews, client working sessions, and research into written presentations; reviewing and discussing with clients and other stakeholders
• Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high-quality execution
• Managing a team of 2-4 consultants on a daily basis to ensure each team member can effectively and efficiently deliver the tasks
• For Principal: managing multiple work streams with a team of 6-8 consultants; also directly managing mid-senior level of clients (e.g., VP of operations or above)
• For Principal: effectively develop proposals and actively lead / participate in BD efforts and pitching process

• Operations experience in discrete or continuous manufacturing industries
• Experience across the operations - product development, planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, distribution - depth in any of these desired
• Experience in leading or being part of improvement efforts in operations space

• Strong curiosity and continuous learning mentality
• Strong problem structuring and analytical skills
• Critical thinking and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently under ambiguity and lead others to navigate through ambiguity and uncertainty
• Refined written communication and oral presentation skills

• Experience in tools/systems for supply chain optimization and IT-enablement preferred
• Certifications - Strong preference on Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS / ISCM) OR Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
• Experience with proposal development, strong commercial instincts, and interest.

• Experience with a top tier management consulting firm preferred
• 4-7+ years of consulting experience in operations - in the industry and / or with consulting firms
• 6-8+ years for Principal

Working as part of our global, entrepreneurial company, you'll do meaningful work from day one. We're looking for individuals who challenge the norm, and constantly strive to build something new for the firm and the world around us. At Oliver Wyman, there's no "one size fits all" - we hire exceptional people and help them thrive through a built-in support network, flexible career paths, and no artificial barriers to advancement.

We have a collaborative, supportive and impactful team environment - we want…