Sr. Consultant, Strategy

at  MHS

FORTNA partners with the world’s leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.
At FORTNA, we believe in fostering a workplace that isn’t just a job but a movement – a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. “Join the Movement” encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration, celebrates diversity, and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than themselves. Our Team. Our Passion. Our Approach.
POSITION SUMMARY: This position will focus on the critical evaluation of a Supply Chain topology to deliver superior customer experience, service and cost for our customers. The Sr. Consultant will hand in hand with the data team and network modelling subject matter experts to develop robust models and optimizations.
Working as part of a project team, the Sr. Consultant will be able to work well with others to set objectives, communicate findings, plan for, and negotiate challenges. They will liaise with internal and external stakeholders to consistently meet deadlines and deliver an on-time, on-budget project. They will be a highly organized individual with clear visual, written and verbal communications through which they will provide insight and advise Clients in their decision-making around distribution centre operations designs.
The Consultant will identify, evaluate and make use of specialist knowledge, particularly around supply chain networks, transportation and inventory and will deliver analysis, innovations and modelling insights to create, evaluate, and deliver strategies to optimize the flow of goods from suppliers to customers.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree with evidence of strong performance in engineering, logistics, and operations
• 4+ years experience in one of the following: retail / e-commerce / modelling and analytics / transportation / inventory / supply chain
• A demonstrated understanding of how analytics and business strategy work together to drive strategy
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Experience working directly data analytics teams; experience with network modelling software and techniques.
• Ability to articulate complex concepts to cross functional audiences and influence outside technical teams
• Business acumen. Experience working with P&L data
• Extreme curiosity and appetite for learning and growth
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Python, Statistical Packages
• Network and transportation modelling experience with open source or commercial tools like SupplyChainGuru, Optilogic, AnyLogistix etc.

• Storing, gathering, and analysing data from stakeholders using external services and tools, i.e. MS Excel, MS Access, Tableau, Power BI, etc., as well as FORTNA’s own proprietary tools, to assist in the building, maintaining and driving the evolution of solutions
• Drive the continuous optimization of end to end supply chain networks
• Develop strategic frameworks for optimization of the network, facilities, product flow, inventory strategy, and transportation
• Develop and deliver leading-edge concepts for optimizing the supply chain using mathematical techniques
• Develop a business case and transition plans for the recommended network
• Preparing clear and concise reports, and other visualisations, for internal and external audiences using business analytics reporting tools, i.e. Tableau and Power BI, ensuring accuracy and quality in all work performed.
• Developing strong logical reasoning capabilities in order to recommend solutions and communicate them succinctly and persuasively to stakeholders with discretion and consideration.
• Facilitating meetings within a team-environment that incorporate structured problem-solving techniques while encouraging creativity.
• Effectively collaborating with the internal team to analyse and advise on value creation within the data to prompt best-fit solution design and implementation.
• Developing industry-specific commercial awareness and financial acumen to aid in producing, monitoring and delivering financial budgets and forecasts for current and future operations, as well as business case design.
• Ability to work effectively on a team, to support high levels of performance while demonstrating leadership qualities and aspirations to succeed as a team.
• Researching as requested and broadening research and knowledge management skills.
• Writing and contributing to white papers.