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Do you want the opportunity to leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the world’s top consumer products companies? Join Clarkston Consulting as a Supply Chain Senior Consultant to help deliver creative business solutions to our market-leading clients as a part of a team of experienced professionals.
We are looking for motivated, self-driven leaders who are energized by team results and interested in joining a firm that values its culture and people as its biggest strengths. Together, we can help find the answers to our clients most challenging business problems.

REQUIREMENTS

What We’re Looking For:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional supply chain consulting or equivalent industry experience in a combination of the following areas: Supply Chain Strategy, MRP, PLM, and Demand Planning
• Ability to create supply chain performance measures for planning, execution, and financials that include standard definitions and industry performance benchmarks
• Familiarity with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP), or other cross-functional operating models
• Knowledge of advanced planning systems (e.g. Kinaxis, Logility, SAP IBP) in support of demand, supply, and monthly integrated planning.
• Capacity to describe performance tradeoffs and how those decisions are connected to the broader business
• Understanding of process objectives, relevant monthly cycle of meetings, positive meeting behaviors, and ensuring the desired analytical reporting
• Experience with demand planning for a significant product portfolio, guiding through common accuracy challenges (e.g. stakeholder bias), and taking actions to improve the forecasting process over time
• Expertise in supply planning across multiple network tiers including finished goods, components, and materials
• Experience in collaborating with trading partners to enhance supply performance
• Ability to construct business cases for the investment in an advanced planning system
• Excellent ability to facilitate discussions and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions when necessary
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Formal training and experience with Lean Sigma preferred
• APICS or comparable supply chain planning certifications preferred
• 4-year degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Supply Chain Senior Consultant at Clarkston you will:

• Work closely with clients in the Consumer Products industry in streamlining and combining people, processes, technology, and controls to improve operational effectiveness, lower costs, reduce redundancy, and lower risks
• Focus on physical operations and supply chain management improvements including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, procurement, sourcing, and inventory management
• Earn trusted client status and develop relationships that extend beyond the project’s lifecycle
• Conduct knowledge transfer and training of end-users, including sharing best practices
• Provide guidance to junior analysts and client personnel assigned to projects

Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:

• Receive the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders
• Expand your existing skillset with internal and external professional development opportunitie