Life Sciences Supply Chain Transformation Consultant/Manager

$63,200 - $188,600/Yr

Accenture - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Consultant role in the Life Sciences Supply Chain practice at Accenture involves working with leading life sciences companies to transform their supply chains into patient-centric models that drive growth and enhance operational efficiency. The position focuses on delivering innovative solutions and thought leadership in supply chain planning, collaborating with senior client leaders, and managing business development opportunities to expand the consulting portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Create supply chain planning thought leadership for clients across Life Sciences.
• Shape client's planning transformation vision, focus areas, and journey from the current state to a 'to-be' enterprise environment.
• Provide point-of-view on Life Sciences supply chain solutions to deliver on transformational goals along with strengths and weaknesses of various planning solutions.
• Collaborate with senior client leaders to ensure buy-in to recommended solutions.
• Oversee the design and implementation of Life Sciences Supply Chain solutions, processes, and operating model specifically for planning (Integrated Business Planning, Supply Planning, Demand Planning) by leveraging Accenture's implementation methodology.
• Help to develop and expand the Life Sciences Supply Chain Services consulting portfolio through thought leadership and opportunity identification.
• Manage business development opportunities to bring innovative solutions and ways of working to clients.
• Build and apply technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients.
• Manage workstreams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture.
• Serve as the planner/architect for a delivery initiative.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years' experience scoping and delivering Life Sciences transformation and innovation technology advisory solutions and services that includes advanced functional-level understanding of at least one of the following: Kinaxis, SAP IBP, OMP.
• Minimum of 2 years of external experience at a consulting firm or 3 years of internal consulting experience in a role within Life Sciences (biopharma or medical device).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent 12 years work experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior Life Sciences experience doing any planning functions.
• Experience using the latest data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvement.
• Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e. Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics).

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on location and experience.
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.