Consulting Manager - Supply Chain

About Baringa

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our Supply Chain practice are looking for an experienced Manager to join the team.

Our Supply Chain team partners with some of the most influential private and public sector organisations globally, tackling their toughest strategic supply chain challenges, working across sectors such as consumer products, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, the NHS, and other government organisations.

We’ve worked on some of the most exciting global supply chain planning projects including being the partner of choice for the biggest digital planning transformation in consumer goods of the past decade, helping a food and beverage organisation digitally transform how they manage their supply chain and inventory, and designing and implementing technology-enabled business transformation initiatives.

• Working in client delivery teams to solve our clients most challenging supply chain issues. Interfacing with broader transformation programmes that could include everything from strategy and design through to implementation, typically within the following subject areas:
  • Planning: sales and operations planning (S&OP) design and implementation, inventory management, demand and supply planning – process redesign, implementation
  • Digital planning transformation: we work collaboratively with software providers and system integrators to deliver business-led, technology enabled transformation
• You’ll be part of a cohort of supply chain experts who are constantly improving their knowledge by staying on the pulse of the latest industry developments. Developing industry knowledge means we’re always on the front-foot to bring the latest, most relevant solutions to our clients.

We’re looking for people that have experience within a supply chain and planning setting – preferably with industry and consulting experience and have 2-3 of the below criteria.

• Management consulting experience, preferably in products and services (consumer goods, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals) 3-5 years
• Industry experience in a supply chain planning role, 3-5 years
• Supply chain data and analytics proficiency, including the ability to complete technical and complex excel analysis, and using visualisation tools
• Knowledge of existing supply chain digital landscape including ERP and planning systems, with experience of design, development, implementation or the operational responsibility of running those systems
• Contribution to the development of strategic decisions within a transformation context, including the development of business cases and Board papers
• An existing industry network ecosystem that includes peers, cross-industry stakeholders (such as technology providers, system integrators) and extended network relationships with existing or previous suppliers or customers
• Has a point of view that could be developed into market-facing collateral on key industry themes such as the development of AI within supply chain planning

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