Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management

West Monroe • Chicago, IL

37d • $194,100 - $262,700

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact? West Monroe is currently seeking a Senior Manager focused on Supply Chain to join our Mergers and Acquisitions practice within our Consumer & Industrial Product Value Creation Group discipline. This person will bring expertise, advising clients in several areas including supply chain and technology assessments, cost-to-serve analysis, and supply chain and operations strategy development. In addition to client service delivery, you will be an integral part of our team that helps shape our practice culture through strategy, recruiting, team building, and practice development. What you’ll do: Serve as a delivery leader on engagements of moderate to high complexity and scale, communicating with client sponsors directly without oversight, and exemplifying engagement management, client relationship, client satisfaction, risk management, and delivery team management skills. Oversee engagement scope, budget, deliverables, profitability, work management and reporting, change management, vendor management, and team development. Partner with discipline leadership to drive firm direction and strategy for functional area. Collaborate with industry practice leaders to develop tailored go-to-market approaches. Remain up to date on relevant technology, build methodologies, and oversee quality assurance and toolsets used within the practice. Position self as a ‘go-to’ for farming and/or business development opportunities by partnering with other West Monroe practices to cross-sell capabilities to our clients, originating multiple projects, leading complex pursuits, and identifying competitive threats or market trends that require preparation. Develop SOWs and pricing tools to ensure projects are profitable, scope is feasible, and the project poses no reputational risk to the firm. Author white papers and deliver presentations (internal and external) on innovations, best practices, and methodologies. Gain visibility and build West Monroe brand through interviews, writing articles, and/or providing quotes for trade journals. Lead and mentor Managers, Senior Consultants, and Consultants day-to-day in personifying West Monroe values with clients, on project teams, and within individual relationships. Career Advisor for at least two Consultants – actively participating in the performance expectation and management process. Actively engage in recruiting, interviewing, and selecting campus and experienced new hire consultants.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years of experience in supply chain advisory including a blend of supply chain process optimization, strategy, network & inventory optimization, IBP/S&OP, distribution and logistics, sourcing & procurement, production planning & scheduling, MRP, and supply chain technology.
• 3+ years of experience working in a consulting environment.
• People management experience including leading teams of consultants and analysts across multiple workstreams and projects.
• Expert program manager with extensive experience managing multiple projects including developing work plans, project scopes, pricing estimates, budget management, issue and risk management, and presenting deliverables.
• Business development experience including farming leads and assisting in managing the sales process – pursuit strategy, client development cycle and tools, proposal development, fee and profitability planning, and contract management.
• Proven success achieving in-year revenue expectations.
• Highly experienced in developing work plans, project scopes, pricing estimates, and presentations to assist in selling work to clients.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including the ability to create impactful and concise executive stakeholder-ready deliverables, and polished client-facing oral communication skills.
• Strong data visualization and analysis skills; comfortable using tools like Excel to analyze data and present key insights in a compelling way.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Demonstrated success within the Consumer & Industrial Product Industry
• Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a delivery leader on engagements of moderate to high complexity and scale, communicating with client sponsors directly without oversight, and exemplifying engagement management, client relationship, client satisfaction, risk management, and delivery team management skills.
• Oversee engagement scope, budget, deliverables, profitability, work management and reporting, change management, vendor management, and team development.
• Partner with discipline leadership to drive firm direction and strategy for functional area.
• Collaborate with industry practice leaders to develop tailored go-to-market approaches.
• Remain up to date on relevant technology, build methodologies, and oversee quality assurance and toolsets used within the practice.
• Position self as a ‘go-to’ for farming and/or business development opportunities by partnering with other West Monroe practices to cross-sell capabilities to our clients, originating multiple projects, leading complex pursuits, and identifying competitive threats or market trends that require preparation.
• Develop SOWs and pricing tools to ensure projects are profitable, scope is feasible, and the project poses no reputational risk to the firm.
• Author white papers and deliver presentations (internal and external) on innovations, best practices, and methodologies.
• Gain visibility and build West Monroe brand through interviews, writing articles, and/or providing quotes for trade journals.
• Lead and mentor Managers, Senior Consultants, and Consultants day-to-day in personifying West Monroe values with clients, on project teams, and within individual relationships.
• Career Advisor for at least two Consultants – actively participating in the performance expectation and management process.
• Actively engage in recruiting, interviewing, and selecting campus and experienced new hire consultants.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses.
• Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

What This Job Offers

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