Supply Chain and Operations - Senior Consultant or Manager - Digital Grid, P&U- National

Overview

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The opportunity

The role of a Digital Grid Senior will be to provide consulting services to Power & Utilities clients at the intersection of customer strategy, digital grid modernization, and technology enablement. You will support clients in shaping and implementing digital grid programs, capabilities and systems (AMI, ADMS, OMS, SCADA, DRMS, DERMS, EMS, GIS, EV charging/electrification, DSM/DER programs, CIS/CRM modernization), resulting in improved customer outcomes, electrification readiness, enterprise capabilities, regulatory alignment and operational efficiency.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

• Provide functional and/or technical experience and insights on customer-centric digital grid transformation, including capability models, architecture direction, operating model considerations, business cases and vendor/evaluation support
• Provide strategic and tactical insights, connectedness and responsiveness to all clients to help anticipate their needs
• Lead development of solution evaluation criteria, RFP support, vendor assessment activities, demos, and selection recommendations
• Lead/manage workstream planning, delivery quality, issues/risks, scope and stakeholder alignment
• Facilitate client workshops, interviews and collaboration forums across business, technology, operations, grid planning and regulatory groups
• Identify and implement delivery improvements that increase quality, speed, transparency and client value
• Develop and deliver status updates and communications
• Manage resource demand, staffing and allocation
• Define team member roles and expectations
• Lead/manage quality assurance for team’s work products and service delivery to consistently deliver high quality
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge and enhance client service delivery
• Stay current with the latest trends in the industry to be a trusted advisor/subject-matter resource for our clients’ businesses
• Participate in new business opportunities by developing ideas and solutions
• Develop long-term relationships with networks both internally and externally
• Enhance the EY brand through strong relationships across a network of existing and future clients
• Mentor, coach and counsel team members and help EY to build an inclusive culture and develop high-performing teams
• Support the EY inclusiveness culture
• Flexibility and willingness to manage significant travel depending on time of year. Must have a valid driver’s license

• You’ll need strong written and verbal communication skills, especially around breaking down complex structures into digestible and relevant points for a diverse set of clients and colleagues at all levels.
• You’ll challenge and inspire coworkers and clients to think about difficult situations in new and transformative ways.
• By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you’ll provide innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. You’ll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.
• In line with our commitment to quality, you’ll consistently drive projects to completion and determine that the work is of a high quality. Your role in leading teams or parts of teams on engagements will depend on the size of the engagement and will be under the responsibility of higher levels. They will look to you to anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues as appropriate.
• As an influential member of the team, you’ll help create a positive learning culture, and you’ll coach and counsel junior team members and help them develop.

• To qualify for the role, you must have
• Proven business, consulting or technical experience in one or more digital grid domains: AMI, ADMS, OMS, SCADA, DRMS, DERMS, EMS, GIS, EV charging/electrification, DSM programs, or…