Senior Managing Consultant - Supply Chain Planning & Logistics (f/m/x)

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Business Transformation Consultant specializing in Supply Chain Planning, you will help clients optimize their supply chain operations, enabling better advantaged pricing, greater efficiency, and improved service levels. You will focus on identifying and implementing supply chain improvements, transforming operations from suppliers to the ultimate client.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Drive Strategic Change: Drive strategic change and competitive advantage by recognizing operational improvements across various value chain areas, refining or developing business strategies in targeted areas or across the whole supply chain.
• Identify and Implement Improvements: Identify and implement supply chain improvements, transforming operations from suppliers to the ultimate client, and enabling better advantaged pricing, greater efficiency, and improved service levels.
• Develop Next-Generation Operations: Work on next-generation supply chain operations, focusing on optimizing supply chain operations and improving service levels.
• Transform Business Strategies: Refine or develop business strategies in targeted areas or across the whole supply chain, enabling clients to achieve their goals.
• Optimize Supply Chain Operations: Optimize supply chain operations, enabling better advantaged pricing, greater efficiency, and improved service levels.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Deep Expertise in Supply Chain Optimization: Proven experience in analyzing and optimizing supply chain operations to achieve better advantaged pricing, greater efficiency, and improved service levels.
• Experience in Strategic Change Management: Successful track record of driving strategic change and competitive advantage by recognizing operational improvements across various value chain areas.
• Business Strategy Development: Experience in refining or developing business strategies in targeted areas or across the whole supply chain to enable clients to achieve their goals.
• Operational Improvement Implementation: Proven ability to identify and implement supply chain improvements, transforming operations from suppliers to the ultimate client.
• Next-Generation Supply Chain Operations: Experience working on next-generation supply chain operations, focusing on optimizing supply chain operations and improving service levels.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Advanced Supply Chain Modeling: Deep expertise in advanced supply chain modeling techniques, including simulation, optimization, and predictive analytics, to drive strategic decision-making and improve supply chain resilience.
• Industry-Specific Knowledge: Experience with industry-specific supply chain challenges and trends, such as sustainability, digitalization, and omnichannel fulfillment, to provide tailored solutions for clients.
• Emerging Technology Awareness: Familiarity with emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT), to identify opportunities for innovation and growth in supply chain operations.