Senior Consultant, Consumer & Industrial Products

West Monroe•Chicago, NY

1d•$118,200 - $159,900

About The Position

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Consultant for its Consumer and Industrial Products Value Creation Group, serving retail, consumer, manufacturing, and industrial clients. The role combines strategy and execution, managing workstreams and client deliverables across value creation, operational improvement, supply chain, and performance transformation engagements. The consultant uses hypothesis-driven analysis, operational knowledge, and collaborative client delivery to turn insights into measurable business value. The position involves developing data-driven views of client performance, identifying and prioritizing growth and improvement opportunities, and translating analysis into business cases, recommendations, implementation plans, and executive-ready materials. The consultant works with client leaders and project teams to implement opportunities, manage risks and delivery quality, support adoption, and contribute to business development, internal methodologies, team development, recruiting, and an inclusive team culture. AI tools are used to accelerate analysis and improve delivery, with sound judgment applied to evaluating outputs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
At least 4 years of relevant project-based experience in business consulting, supply chain, operations, value creation, or performance transformation.
Experience managing workstreams and contributing to operational, supply chain, or performance transformation programs for manufacturing, retail, consumer, or industrial clients.
Experience in one or more of supply chain planning, network optimization or redesign, inventory optimization, analytics, manufacturing operations, or supply chain technology selection such as WMS or TMS.
Critical thinking and structured problem-solving ability, including developing practical frameworks for unstructured problems and translating analysis into actionable recommendations.
Strong data analysis, visualization, and modeling skills, including high proficiency in Excel.
Proficiency in PowerPoint and Word.
Fundamental understanding of financial statements and strong overall business acumen.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including producing concise, executive-ready deliverables and communicating with clients at all levels.
Strong organization and project planning skills, understanding of project delivery methodologies, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Experience integrating AI tools such as ChatGPT into day-to-day workflows, with critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
Ability to travel 50%.
Commitment to inclusion and diversity and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

A degree in economics, finance, applied mathematics and statistics, data science, engineering, or another analytics-related field.
Experience with analytical tools or coding languages such as Alteryx, SQL, R, or Python.

Responsibilities

Manage workstreams and client deliverables across value creation, operational improvement, supply chain, and performance transformation engagements.
Develop data-driven views of client performance and identify, size, and prioritize revenue growth, cost management, working capital, and operational improvement opportunities.
Analyze data using hypothesis-driven methods; build models, frameworks, and business cases that inform decisions and quantify impacts on the P&L and balance sheet.
Assess and improve business processes, operating models, and enabling technology across planning and forecasting, procurement, supply management, manufacturing, inventory, warehouse and distribution, retail operations, and commercial operations.
Document business requirements and current-state processes and translate findings into use cases, solution designs, implementation plans, communication plans, and client deliverables.
Synthesize quantitative analysis, stakeholder perspectives, and market or operational information into concise materials for executive audiences.
Collaborate with client leaders, project managers, and internal and external teams to implement opportunities, manage workstreams, resolve issues, and support adoption.
Forecast and mitigate project risks, communicate status and potential issues, and help deliver work on time, within budget, and at the expected quality.
Quality-assure work and deliverables to meet or exceed client expectations.
Communicate recommendations, project status, risks, and decisions clearly in writing and verbally.
Participate in proposals and business development by contributing research, pursuit materials, and subject matter expertise; share engagement knowledge and help expand client relationships and opportunities.
Contribute to West Monroe tools, methodologies, and approaches; share expertise and help develop junior team members.
Support recruiting, team building, and internal initiatives that foster an inclusive practice and team culture.
Use AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize information, support data-driven recommendations, improve delivery efficiency, and enhance client outcomes while evaluating outputs with sound judgment.