Supply Chain & Operations Manager (Fulfilment) - Bristol
Location: London, Manchester, Bristol
Career Level: Manager
Company Background
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialised capabilities across more than 40 industries – powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres.With 738,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
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As a team:
Supply Chain & Operations is a major functionally-oriented strategy & consulting practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human-centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact.Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, zero-based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain.
You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
Supply Chain & Operations is seeking to recruit a Senior Manager with strong advisory consulting experience and a history of supply chain fulfilment projects. The Planning & Fulfilment community is one of the key components of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations service line within Strategy & Consulting that operates across industry groups.
In our team you will:
- Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale
- Play a central role enabling our Supply Chain & Fulfilment capabilities in working with some of the best global companies in the world, responsible for helping the CSCO/COO, and their business partners, address some of the critical business issues faced today, including:
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
- Network Design & Optimisation
- Warehouse / Fulfilment Centre / Distribution Centre facility solutioning, concepting and design
- Materials Handling Automation in either warehouse operations or manufacturing
- Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Transportation Management Systems (TMS) design, implementation and optimisation, driving automation and efficiency across warehousing and transportation operations
- Deep understanding of Third-Party Logistics (3PL) and Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL) business models, design and execute optimal outsourcing strategies and enhance supply chain flexibility and performance
- Platform-Driven Transformation (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.)
In this role you will:
- Deliver key projects within the Supply Chain Fulfilment group, ensuring alignment with customer-centric fulfilment strategies.
- Manage the implementation of digital and analytics capabilities in supply chain operations, working with platforms such as SAP, Oracle, BlueYonder and Manhattan to drive efficiency and performance improvements.
- Drive strategy definition through to full implementation and benefits realisation of projects in both digital technology and physical logistics including warehouses, manufacturing and associated distribution, e.g. warehouse automation
- Design supply chain transformations, supporting clients in aligning their capabilities (process/tools/people) with future operating models and business challenges.
- Analyse financial and operational data to support cost reduction programs and utilise benchmarks and process definitions to optimise cost efficiency.
- Build and maintain relationships with key client stakeholders and Operations leadership.
- Collaborate in business development efforts by supporting the preparation of sales proposals and RFP responses, highlighting the value Accenture SC&O brings to clients.
- Lead and mentor junior team members, helping to develop their skills and capabilities while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.