Managing Consultant - Energy Supply Chain

Wood Mackenzie

4d • $120,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most. WoodMac.com Wood Mackenzie Brand Video Wood Mackenzie Values Inclusive – we succeed together Trusting – we choose to trust each other Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions Future Focused – we accelerate change Curious – we turn knowledge into action With ambitious growth goals over the next four to five years, WoodMac Supply Chain Consulting is an exciting place to build a career. With a very strong pipeline over the foreseeable future, our intent is to build out our team with folks capable supporting and driving execution of our upcoming client engagements while helping make our revenue goal achievable. These people will bring strong analytical and communication skills to the table and will have ambition to lead projects and manage client relationships in the future. In your role as Managing Consultant, you will be responsible for execution and delivery on the projects that you are staffed. You will be tasked with developing and delivering insights drawn from our unparalleled industry data and experience. You will deliver innovative thinking supported by market research and your subject matter expertise and will leverage our software tools to help our energy clients make effective supply chain and capital project execution decisions. You will work closely with your project lead to successfully manage the project schedule. Depending on the size of the project that you are staffed on, you may have some combination of Consultants and Senior Consultants on the team over which you would play a vital role in mentoring and performing QA/QC on the work that they perform. In some cases (e.g. on smaller projects) you may not have more junior staff below you and so we are looking for someone who can roll up their sleeves and help us get the work done regardless of the scenario. You will likely have opportunities to develop relationships with clients and be a role model for our more junior staff.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree with focus in engineering, science, supply chain or business required, Master's degree is preferred
• 5+ years in a Consulting, Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering function; experience within the Power & Renewables and/or Oil & Gas sectors is preferred
• 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
• Passionate about supporting the development of our Consultants and Senior Consultants
• Demonstrates judgement, maturity, and understanding of client challenges and constraints
• Actively work to develop areas of expertise
• Support the development of unique approaches
• Results driven; enjoys the challenge of a changing business environment
• Willingness to travel 60- 80% of the time (post-COVID restrictions)

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
• 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
• Managing Consultants are asked to take on the increasing responsibilities of managing internal and client teams as they gain experience and progress towards promotion to Principal Consultant

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees