Senior Manager - Supply Chain Planning

Leading at Cognizant

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant's consulting practice---we are a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we're looking for our next colleague who'll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

As a Senior Manager Consulting, Supply Chain Planning, you will make an impact by leading client-facing supply chain planning transformation engagements across demand planning, supply planning, production planning, and material requirements planning. You will be a valued member of the Supply Chain Management Consulting team and work collaboratively with regional teams, platform leaders, industry leaders, client partners, business development teams, and clients to shape high-value planning solutions and transformation roadmaps.

• Lead strategic consulting engagements across supply chain planning, including demand planning, supply planning, production planning, material requirements planning, sourcing and procurement, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and fulfillment.
• Assess client planning processes and design future-state solutions for demand forecasting, passenger-based forecasts, food catering consumption history, menu-cycle-driven planning, and planning horizons ranging from 1 to 12 months.
• Define and improve material requirements planning processes, including forecast-linked planning logic, auto-draft order generation, work-order generation, production scheduling, and alignment across demand, supply, and execution teams.
• Translate planning business requirements into functional solution requirements, implementation-ready process designs, governance models, decision cadences, exception-handling approaches, and transformation roadmaps.
• Partner with client partners, business development teams, regional stakeholders, platform leads, and industry leads to identify new business opportunities, create high-impact proposals, and strengthen Cognizant's supply chain consulting offerings.
• Drive thought leadership for supply chain planning through points of view, white papers, webinars, analyst engagement, market research, and insights that support client conversations and solution development.
• Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, operating with Personal Leadership, Organizational Leadership, and Business Leadership to build trust, collaborate inclusively, create purpose, manage ambiguity, and deliver client-focused outcomes.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this position requires travel as needed and regular presence at a client site or Cognizant office in New Jersey. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance through our wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the posting date and may change based on project, business, or client requirements.

• 12+ years of work experience in consulting, advisory, transformation, or client-facing supply chain roles.
• Deep supply chain planning experience across demand planning, supply planning, production planning, material requirements planning, and related planning processes.
• Experience leading consulting assessments, solution design, business analysis, process consulting, and transformation roadmap development for global clients.
• Working experience with supply chain planning platforms such as SAP IBP, Kinaxis, OMP, Blue Yonder, Oracle ASCP, o9, or similar planning technologies.
• Ability to operate independently and collaboratively in ambiguous client environments while demonstrating ownership, positive mindset, and strong stakeholder management.
• Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead:
  Leading Self, Leading Others, and Leading the Business.
• Embodiment of Cognizant's values:
  Work as One, Dare to Innovate,…