Kearney Senior Business Analyst, Strategic Operations (SOP) Plan Tower

Kearney Senior Business Analyst, Strategic Operations (SOP) Plan Tower

Full-time Americas Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC

As a Senior Business Analyst at Kearney, you will be a key contributor to the growth and development of our Strategic Operations (SOP) practice as we offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients.

Working alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people, you will work alongside our clients to define and implement strategies that will deliver both short-term results and longer-term competitiveness in this ever-changing market environment.

Through unique hands‑on experiences, you will broaden your knowledge across a breadth of topics while developing relationships with clients and colleagues across the firm. With the freedom to be yourself and recognition for what you bring to the table, you can put your purpose into action and help build a future that works for everyone, everywhere—as a Kearney Original.

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections—between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people. That’s why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem‑solvers who don’t accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.

• Possess strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Have functional experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Supply chain/ Logistics planning
  • Demand planning
  • Supply planning
  • Materials planning
  • Inventory planning
  • Capacity planning
  • Master Production Scheduling
  • Sales Planning and Customer Logistics
  • Business/ Long term network capacity planning
• Areas of Work:
  • Functional day to day planning (e.g., reference functional experience above)
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Distribution requirements planning
  • Rough cut capacity planning
  • Inventory Management
  • SIOP/ S&OP Design, Implementation and Execution
  • E2E Planning Transformation
  • Experience implementing or managing planning technology (e.g., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, O9, E2
    
    Open, Oracle EPM, etc.)

Hold a master's degree (engineers preferred) OR undergraduate degree with relevant work experience

3-5 years of professional experience

Candidates must reside within a reasonable commutable distance of one of the following Kearney office locations:
New York, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., or Detroit.

This role requires approximately 50–80% travel, based on client and business needs.

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

• Generous retirement/pension savings contributions
• Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and immediate family
• Non-partner equity‑based awards (for consulting managers and above)
• Structured and on‑the‑job learning and development opportunities

Personalized opportunities including talent mobility, flexible work programs, and externships to help you chart a unique career journey to pursue your own personal and professional goals

Senior Business Analyst Base Salary: $123,000 - $127,000 - It is important to note that at Kearney, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role. Individual salaries within each range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills. Kearney reviews compensation regularly and may adjust base salaries to reflect market competitiveness.

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