Supply Chain & Operations Consultant; Planning

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Job Role:

Strategy & Consulting – Supply Chain & Operations Consultant (Planning) Location

London

Consultant

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.

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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 Consultant with advisory consulting experience and a history of supply chain planning 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.

• 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

• Demand and Supply Planning:
  • Implement advanced demand planning techniques to accurately forecast customer demand, aligning supply with market needs through dynamic supply planning models. Develop real‑time scenario planning to balance supply constraints with fluctuating demand, ensuring service level optimisation.
• Supply Chain Strategy & Segmentation (Operating Model, Process Design, etc.):
  • Develop tailored supply and demand planning strategies that optimise the flow of goods and services, segmenting supply chain operations based on customer demand patterns and service levels to maximize efficiency and responsiveness.
• Control Towers:
  • Establish digital control towers to provide visibility into demand and supply fluctuations, enabling real‑time adjustments to production schedules, inventory levels, and supplier coordination, ensuring seamless synchronization of supply chain operations.
• Platform‑Driven Transformation (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.):
  • Lead the integration of demand and supply planning technologies (e.g., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle Cloud, Blue Yonder, o9 Solutions) to…