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Working at EY UK

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    400000
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Join EY in Manchester - St Peters Square as a Senior Manager, Supply Chain & Operations. In this full-time consulting role, you will lead end-to-end supply chain transformations, drive business development, and mentor diverse teams while enjoying flexible working arrangements and a competitive remuneration package.

Requirements

  • Practical consulting experience from a Big 4 or major consultancy background.
  • Expertise in at least one technical skill area: Supply Chain Transformation, Digital Supply Chain, Supply Chain Planning, Commercial & Procurement, Operating Model Transformation, or Supply Chain Strategy.
  • Professional body membership (e.g., CIPS, IACCM) or equivalent is preferred.
  • No specific minimum degree or exact years of experience explicitly mandated, provided equivalent practical skills are demonstrated.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Supply chain transformation: Deliver end-to-end transformation projects encompassing people, process, and technological change.
  • Digital supply chain: Implement next-generation technologies like Robotic Process Automation, cognitive automation, and AI.
  • Supply chain planning: Execute demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, and production scheduling using tools like SAP IBP or Kinaxis.
  • Commercial & procurement: Drive category management, strategic sourcing, contract management, and deploy procurement tech like SAP Ariba.
  • Potential transition routes: People from senior industry roles in supply chain, procurement management, or management consulting backgrounds may bring relevant operational and leadership skills alongside meeting the core consulting requirements.

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Senior Manager, Supply Chain and Operations, UK

It is difficult to recall when supply chain and operations has been more at the forefront of organisations’ strategic priorities, working collaboratively with some of the world’s leading organisations as supply chains are recalibrated to address unprecedented global uncertainty, volatility and risk.

Be it in the public sector as governments build new supply chains to respond to the changing needs of citizens, or in the private sector as national and international markets face unparalleled disruption.

The opportunity

Take your career to the next level and join a high performing and inclusive team, working collaboratively with some of the most significant organisations in the world as they seek to optimise and transform their supply chain, operations, net zero and commercial and procurement operations.

Leverage and expand your experience in innovation to be at the forefront of shaping leading practices. Develop and impart your experience on those you work with to help create the next generation of leaders.

Develop your leadership and management ability as you work in cross-functional teams across our Consulting, People and Technology practices. Deepen your technical and sector knowledge by working alongside our clients in project teams. Work with cutting-edge technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Of Things (IOT) and Block Chain; and other leading technologies.

We value curious thinkers who have the courage to lead, great communicators who don’t take themselves too seriously, flexible collaborators who build relationships based on doing the right thing, and innovative problem-solvers who use their experience to ultimately find a better way.

Your key responsibilities
Our clients place considerable trust in us and our advice, and people who are passionate about going above and beyond to improve our working world, unifies us as a team. This is crucial in enabling us to consistently deliver or exceed on our commitments.

As a Senior Manager, you’ll balance internal and external responsibilities, comprising client, business development support, operational, team and personal development.

Focus on our clients

• Build, maintain and strengthen relationships and be a trusted advisor in at least one area of supply chain i.e., operations, planning, procurement, manufacturing etc
• Be adept at problem-solving with clients and project teams, leveraging your skills to help manage projects to completion
• Develop experience and relationships across several clients over time, often as part of a team from different parts of EY’s world, whilst being able to maintain focus on current project delivery

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EY UK

Senior Manager, Supply Chain & Operations

Manchester
Hybrid
Competitive salary and comprehensive Total Rewards package

Develop our business

• Contribute to the development of proposals to showcase some of our leading practices
• Engage the market with thought leadership and public profile, and contribute to enhancing our methodologies
• Work across our internal sector and account field of play teams to develop your network, bringing our expertise to bear

Drive operational excellence

• Support successful delivery of projects and workstreams as forecast to time and budget
• Help ensure the quality of our delivery exceeds client expectations by effectively managing activities and deliverables within your remit

Develop our people

• Manage and nurture those who work with you and undertake career counselling responsibilities
• Increasingly become an inclusive leader capable of forming diverse high performing teams that are enjoyable to be part of and help our consultant and client teams to develop and realise their potential

Your experience
Senior Managers must have practical experience from a Big 4 or Consultancy where you have developed your technical and management experience.

Your experience will be valued across several sectors in a Big 4 or Consultancy background, with a key focus on Consumer Products & Retail, Energy & Resources, Manufacturing, Health & Life Sciences, and Telecommunication, Media & Entertainment.

Our Senior Managers are required to possess good experience in at least one of the technical skills below and some experience across one or multiple others:

Technical Skill

  • Supply Chain Transformation
    End to end supply chain transformation, experience working on multiple transformation projects with considerable scope and scale. Demonstrable knowledge of working as part of the transformation including the design, setup and delivery including people, process and technological change.
  • Digital Supply Chain / Supply Chain Technology
    Applying and implementing Supply Chain Technology, such as planning, manufacturing and procurement systems. Including next-generation supply chain technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, cognitive automation and AI.
  • Supply Chain Planning
    Functional experience i.e. demand and supply planning, sales & operations planning, segmentation strategy, inventory optimisation and/or production scheduling. And technology experience, either from a Business Integrator, Systems Integrator or Industry role covering one or more of OMP, Kinaxis, o9, Aera, SAP IBP, Blue Yonder, and SAP S/4 HANA.
  • Commercial & Procurement
    Strategic, operational or transactional procurement across the purchasing lifecycle. This includes procurement strategy, operating model, category management, strategic sourcing, contract management or the deployment of procurement technology and analytics. Specific focus areas are: managing complex end to end procurements; driving cost out of organisation’s third party spend and conducting contract audits; and leveraging enterprise-level technology to standardise, automate and digitise various aspects of supply chain. Experience in deploying SAP Ariba is also being sought.
  • Operating Model Transformation
    E2E operating model experience covering Op Model strategy and vision, design, transformation and implementation. Whether from an external consulting perspective or within an industry role.
  • Supply Chain Strategy
    Operating Model design, segmentation strategy and inventory optimisation. Understanding the issues across the end-to-end supply chain, and potential solutions to improve performance.

Qualifications
Many of our Managers have professional body membership or qualifications e.g. Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), or International Association of Commercial & Contract Management (IACCM) or equivalent, but if you feel that you have skills which you believe would be additive to our team, please apply.

What we offer

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Apply now.

Please note: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world.

EY | Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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