Consulting Manager - Supply Chain and Engineering

About Accenture

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com. #LI-EU

About Supply Chain & Engineering

Supply Chain & Engineering (SC&E) is one of Accenture’s Reinvention Partners. We use AI and digital technologies across product and asset lifecycles to help clients build more resilient, productive, safe and sustainable value chains. Our connected offer areas are:

· Engineering & R&D; Sourcing & Procurement; Planning, Fulfilment & Service Management; Manufacturing & Operations; Infrastructure & Capital Projects; End-to-End Supply Chain & Engineering Reinvention.

The opportunity

We are looking for a Manager who can help shape and deliver Supply Chain & Engineering reinvention programmes. You will combine advisory experience, sound commercial judgement and workstream leadership with a practical understanding of how data, AI, technology, operations and people deliver measurable business value. The role will focus specifically on 2 of the Connected Offer areas: (i) Sourcing & Procurement and (ii) Planning, Fulfilment & Service Management.

What you will do

Shape client reinvention

· Engage senior client stakeholders and support discussions on the strategic, operational and financial priorities shaping their value chains.

· Develop reinvention strategies, value cases, roadmaps and target operating models linked to growth, cost, service, resilience, working capital, safety and sustainability.

· Assess where AI, agentic workflows, automation, digital twins, analytics and platforms can improve work, decisions and performance.

· Work with adjacent Accenture Reinvention Partners and specialist capabilities to develop integrated, cross-functional solutions.

Support origination and growth

· Contribute to building trusted client relationships and translate business priorities into well-defined opportunities and practical programmes.

· Contribute to qualification, solution shaping, proposals, commercial development and client presentations.

· Develop outcome-oriented propositions that link Accenture’s contribution to client value while maintaining quality, risk and commercial discipline.

· Draw on Accenture’s offerings, industry insight, assets, ecosystem and delivery network to strengthen client solutions.

Lead delivery and value realisation

· Manage workstreams and multidisciplinary teams from strategy and design through implementation, adoption and value realisation.

· Manage delivery quality, scope, governance, risk, financial performance and stakeholder alignment for assigned workstreams or programmes.

· Apply reusable methods, assets and responsible AI practices, with clear value tracking and governance.

Build our people and capability

· Build inclusive, high-performing teams across consulting, technology, operations, data and AI, and industry specialists.

· Coach team members and contribute to points of view, offerings, reusable assets and client stories.

· Develop relationships with relevant technology and ecosystem partners and contribute to SC&E capability growth across Africa and the global network.

Areas of experience

You will bring strong advisory and transformation experience across several of the following areas:

· Supply chain strategy, segmentation, resilience and target operating model design.

· Sourcing and procurement transformation across direct and indirect spend, category management, supplier management and source-to-pay.

· Integrated business planning, demand and supply planning, inventory optimisation, fulfilment and service management.

· Logistics, network design, warehousing, transportation and last-mile operations.

· Cost and productivity transformation, zero-based approaches, working-capital improvement and enterprise value targeting.

· Technology-enabled transformation using platforms such as SAP IBP, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Kinaxis or o9.

· AI-enabled Supply Chain models, agentic workflows, intelligent automation, advanced analytics, digital twins or control towers.

What we are looking for

· A proven consulting track record (typically 8 or more years) delivering Supply Chain programmes or major workstreams to agreed outcomes, timelines and budgets.

· Strong experience in one or more priority industries: Mining, Consumer Products, Retail, Financial Services, or Communications and Media valued.

· Experience supporting business development and sales processes, and translating client needs into practical, commercially sound solutions.

· Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to connect operational performance to financial and enterprise outcomes.

· Experience contributing to business and value cases using benchmarks, operational data and financial analysis.

· Credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to communicate complex ideas simply, clearly and persuasively.

· Working knowledge of scope, pricing, risk, margin and change control.

· Experience leading teams or workstreams across organisations, geographies or disciplines, with strong written, verbal and presentation skills.

· Awareness of responsible AI, data, technology and ecosystem developments affecting supply chains and engineering.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.