EY

Business Consulting – Supply Chain Operations, Manager

EY

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Diego • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $128,400 - $235,300 per year

About the role

  • As a Manager in GPS SC&O, you will be assisting clients transform their supply chain organization in areas such as: Category Management & Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Procurement, Supply Chain Risk, and Cost Management.
  • You will be challenged to go beyond assignment work to produce ideas and actions that can improve the quality and contribute to an engagement.
  • An important part of your role will be to establish relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels and deliver high quality work products to enable the client in their supply chain transformation journey.
  • Establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships.
  • Identify potential business opportunities for EY, with guidance from partners, directors and senior managers.
  • Develop proposal content (write technical sections of request for proposal / request for information responses); support in the development of thought leadership (white papers, points of view, etc.)
  • Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
  • Create innovative insights for clients and adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs.
  • Contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.
  • Manage project schedules, drive projects to completion and confirm that work is of a high quality.
  • Manage the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing and tracking project fees against budget and schedule.
  • Report to higher levels of management when working on engagements.
  • Anticipate, identify and mitigate risks, and escalate issues as appropriate.
  • Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff; help create a positive learning culture.
  • Stay abreast of current government and industry trends relevant to the client's environment.
  • Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
  • Remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field and approximately five years of related work experience; or a master's degree in Supply Chain or related field and approximately four years of relevant work experience
  • Minimum of four years relevant experience in providing advisory services to federal clients in supply chain and other operational areas that impact the supply chain function (e.g., assessments, supply chain strategy, distribution/logistics (inbound, outbound, return), inventory management, procurement and sourcing, lean-six sigma, sales and operations planning, cost reduction, etc.)
  • Minimum of two years relevant experience in preparing written or verbal materials, presenting project results to clients, leading a team, providing formal feedback
  • Knowledge and experience in a number of the following areas: Procurement, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Total Cost of Ownership Analysis, Supplier Risk Management, Cost analysis, modeling and/or optimization, Cost-benefit analysis, business case analysis, Performance metrics and measures development, Benchmarking and gap analysis, Cost reduction or cost efficiency.
  • Characteristics of a forward thinker and self-motivator that thrives on new challenges and adapts to learning new knowledge.
  • A demonstrated record in driving revenue within existing clients and in developing new prospects at the senior executive level within government.
  • Experience managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members.
  • Experience in selling and delivering projects that cover the full lifecycle of assessment, design and implementation support.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Champion high performing teams.
  • Initiative, be well organized and produce high quality work products.
  • A strong work ethic.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Paid time off
  • Time off for designated EY Paid Holidays

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Supply Chain ManagementLogisticsIndustrial EngineeringProcurementCategory ManagementStrategic SourcingSpend AnalysisCost AnalysisLean Six SigmaSales and Operations Planning
Soft skills
LeadershipCommunicationAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingOrganizational skillsTeam managementCoachingMentoringInitiativeAdaptability