Managing Consultant - Energy Supply Chain (IT Programs)

Wood Mackenzie • Calgary, AB

7d • Remote

About The Position

Wood Mackenzie Supply Chain Consulting is seeking individuals to support and drive the execution of client engagements, contributing to ambitious growth goals. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution and delivery of projects, developing and delivering insights from industry data, and leveraging software tools to assist energy clients with supply chain and capital project execution decisions. You will work closely with project leads to manage schedules and mentor junior staff, performing quality assurance on their work. For smaller projects, you will be expected to contribute directly to the work. You will likely develop client relationships and serve as a role model for junior staff. A growing portion of our work involves client IT and digital programs, such as ERP, GIS, customer information systems, and network modernization, where we focus on sourcing, vendor selection, contract structuring, and program governance rather than technical implementation.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree with focus in engineering, science, supply chain or business required
• 5+ years in a Consulting, Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering function
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and time management skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills and desire to build trust with your client
• Proven success contributing to team-oriented environments
• Demonstrates judgement, maturity, and understanding of client challenges and constraints
• Comfortable working alongside client IT, PMO and engineering stakeholders
• Actively work to develop areas of expertise
• Support the development of unique approaches
• Results driven; enjoys the challenge of a changing business environment

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree is preferred
• experience within the Power & Renewables and/or Oil & Gas sectors is preferred
• Exposure to IT or digital program environments is a plus, for example ERP implementations, IT category sourcing or vendor management, and is not a requirement
• Passionate about supporting the development of our Consultants and Senior Consultants

Responsibilities

• Provide deep analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and synthesize results into meaningful conclusions to help our clients make strategic procurement and capital project decisions
• Perform market research to assess supply and demand factors influencing our clients' strategic business decisions
• Support the bidding processes for large capital project contracts and strategic supply chain initiatives, including: performing pricing analysis, coordinating bidder correspondence, designing and orchestrating bidder negotiations and implementing contracts
• Support sourcing and vendor selection for client IT and digital programs, including RFP design and evaluation, software and system integrator pricing analysis, and contract and statement of work structuring
• Oversee more junior members of the Supply Chain Consulting team and drive successful project execution
• Coordinate / communicate with client supply chain management, PMOs, project executives and engineering teams as they design and implement supply chain and capital project procurement solutions
• Use WoodMac Energy Intelligence Platform software tools to analyze spend, build custom cost models, forecast escalation, manage eSourcing bid events and support many of our other consulting solutions. This often requires training our clients to harness the value of the WoodMac tools that they license in addition to using the tools to empower your own work
• Take on the increasing responsibilities of managing internal and client teams as they gain experience and progress towards promotion to Principal Consultant

Benefits

• We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level