Oliver Wyman - Operations Supply Chain – Principal

Oliver Wyman – Operations Supply Chain – Principal

Practice Group:
Operations, Energy, Industrials

Location:

Chicago, New York, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C., Toronto, San Francisco

Role:
Operations Supply Chain – Principal

We work with clients across industries to help them manage and optimise their operations through improving delivery and cost efficiency to become market leaders in their industry. We help them find strategic solutions to address the challenges they face, optimise their operating model to deliver the best service and increase the operational performance while controlling operating cost. We focus on developing solutions which can be immediately implemented in collaboration with clients’ teams and can rapidly bring visible and sustainable results.

Oliver Wyman develops innovative and impactful solutions to increase the performance and results of our clients’ supply‑chain processes and networks. We support our clients along their end‑to‑end supply‑chain, helping them have greater visibility and solve their most critical supply‑chain issues. From raw material to production, distribution and services, we partner with businesses across a broad range of industries and geographies to ensure their supply‑chain produces the best value and allows them to compete in the global marketplace.

We typically start assignments with strategic questions, but our client relationships extend way beyond PowerPoint decks. Throughout our projects, we help our customers build their own capabilities and upskill their workforce, ensuring their people can collaborate independently, efficiently, and that their teams have sufficient agility to swiftly cope with disruption. To maximise value creation, we have developed a broad supply‑chain management toolkit, including artificial‑intelligence‑driven tools, like our machine‑learning‑based forecasting platform.

We combine this with our deep project expertise and proven methods and approaches.

Our consulting roles offer excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. As a professional member of our firm, your initial responsibilities will include:

• Managing the execution of individual project work streams, including developing hypotheses; managing data collection, model creation and analyses; conducting primary and secondary research; creatively tackling information limitations; and surfacing insights.
• Synthesising findings into written presentations; reviewing and discussing with clients and other stakeholders.
• Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high‑quality execution.

• Operations experience in discrete or continuous manufacturing industries.
• Experience across the operations – product development, planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, distribution – depth in any of these desired.
• Experience in leading or being part of improvement efforts in operations space.

• Strong curiosity and continuous learning mentality.
• Strong problem‑structuring and analytical skills.
• Strategic thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in teams and lead others.
• Refined written communication and oral presentation skills.

• Experience in tools/systems for supply‑chain optimisation and IT‑enablement preferred.
• Certifications – strong preference on Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS / ISCM) or Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
• Experience with proposal development, strong commercial instincts and interest.

• Experience with a top‑tier management consulting firm preferred.
• 4‑7+ years of consulting experience in operations – in the industry and / or with consulting firms.

Working as part of our global, entrepreneurial company, you’ll do meaningful work from day one. We’re looking for individuals who challenge the norm and constantly strive to build something…