Clarkston Consulting

Senior Supply Chain Consultant – Life Sciences

Clarkston Consulting

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • This job is posted in multiple locations. When not at a client site, consultants work from their home office. Relocation is not required.
  • Do you want the opportunity to leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the world’s top Life Sciences companies? Join Clarkston Consulting as a Supply Chain Senior Consultant to help deliver creative business solutions to our market-leading clients as a part of a team of experienced professionals.
  • We are looking for motivated, self-driven leaders who are energized by team results and interested in joining a firm that values its culture and people as its biggest strengths. Together, we can help find the answers to our clients most challenging business problems.
  • What You’ll Do
  • As a Supply Chain Senior Consultant at Clarkston you will:
  • Work closely with clients in the Life Sciences industry in streamlining and combining people, processes, technology, and controls to improve operational effectiveness, lower costs, reduce redundancy, and lower risks
  • Focus on physical operations and supply chain management improvements including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, procurement, sourcing, and inventory management
  • Earn trusted client status and develop relationships that extend beyond the project’s lifecycle
  • Conduct knowledge transfer and training of end-users, including sharing best practices
  • Provide guidance to junior analysts and client personnel assigned to projects
  • How You’ll Grow
  • Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:
  • Receive the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders
  • Expand your existing skillset with internal and external professional development opportunities

Requirements

  • What We're Looking For:
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional supply chain consulting or equivalent Life Sciences industry experience in a combination of the following areas: Supply Chain Strategy, MRP, PLM, and Demand Planning
  • Ability to create supply chain performance measures for planning, execution, and financials that include standard definitions and industry performance benchmarks
  • Familiarity with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP), or other cross-functional operating models
  • Knowledge of advanced planning systems (e.g. Kinaxis, Logility, SAP IBP) in support of demand, supply, and monthly integrated planning.
  • Capacity to describe performance tradeoffs and how those decisions are connected to the broader business
  • Understanding of process objectives, relevant monthly cycle of meetings, positive meeting behaviors, and ensuring the desired analytical reporting
  • Experience with demand planning for a significant product portfolio, guiding through common accuracy challenges (e.g. stakeholder bias), and taking actions to improve the forecasting process over time
  • Expertise in supply planning across multiple network tiers including finished goods, components, and materials
  • Experience in collaborating with trading partners to enhance supply performance
  • Ability to construct business cases for the investment in an advanced planning system
  • Excellent ability to facilitate discussions and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions when necessary
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Formal training and experience with Lean Sigma preferred
  • APICS or comparable supply chain planning certifications preferred
  • 4-year degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline