Created at: February 03, 2025 00:05
Company: Accenture
Location: CHICAGO, IL, 60290
Job Description:
This role can sit anywhere in the US as long as it is near an Accenture Corporate Office
We are:
Supply Chain, and we move fast, think fast, and work fast. Our Fortune 500 clients need big-picture change, so we come at their challenges from all sides with functional insights, data power, digital leadership, and extensive industry know-how. It’s our job to show clients how to take major leaps forward in planning, procurement, manufacturing, and fulfillment while becoming more sustainable and resilient. How do we do it? We call out the most important metrics. We cut costs, optimize capital, improve response times and consider ESG values. We connect suppliers and customers across the extended supply chain. And we create strategies and operating models that really work.
You are:
A Supply Chain and Operations professional who helps clients develop strategies and operating models that integrate planning, procurement, product design, manufacturing, and/or fulfillment functions within an organization, as well as connect suppliers and customers across the extended supply chains. You use your data skills to develop and implement strategies that improve the entire supply chain process by applying cost efficiency, increasing business effectiveness, and creating synergies and collaboration across companies. You’ve also got the communication skills to make sure that everyone understands your ideas and how to get them working as quickly as possible. Your experience means that people look to you for guidance and ideas. And you know how to make sure teams get their work done on time, every time.
The work:
Find solutions to clients’ supply chain and operations-related challenges
Spot and solve challenges using your analytical skills to dive into data and check that against the real world
Lead workshops that look for ways to improve organizations and processes
Determine what methods and procedures to use when completing projects
Give clients insights that help make their companies work better, faster, and more efficiently
Challenge legacy ways of working using constructive techniques that fuel client growth
Use digital tech to help clients find new ways to make their organizations more effective and efficient
Lead small to medium sized teams with diverse backgrounds skills and knowledge
Effectively manage and coach others, collaborating with internal and external parties
Support client sales origination and thought leadership development
Ensure that projects help clients meet their key goals
Drive a positive impact in the communities where we work and live
Use the latest analytical tools and digital tech to help clients find new ways to understand how to make their organizations more effective and efficient