Supply Chain Operations Consulting Director

Req ID: 307962 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Supply Chain Operations Consulting Director to join our team in London, England (GB-ENG), United Kingdom (GB).

Who we are:

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative, and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. NTT DATA's Supply Chain Consulting practice combines world-class expertise, leading-edge analytics, and market intelligence to deliver borderless, end-to-end supply chain optimisation solutions.

We provide tailored, fact-based strategies that keep our clients at the forefront of change while forging the future of supply chain. Our top supply chain talent delivers actionable insights and measurable outcomes to some of today’s largest and most complex supply chains.

How You’ll Help Us:

As a Supply Chain Operations Consulting Director, you will focus on implementing actionable results across the entire supply chain, with emphasis on logistics & transport operations and service supply chain.

How We Will Help You:

Joining NTT Data is not only a job, but a chance to grow your career. We will make sure to equip, enable and encourage you with the support of our Supply Chain Consulting practice at NTT DATA. We will help you grow your skills as you engage to grow and deliver increasingly valuable work.

Why the Role Is Important: 

The NTT DATA Supply Chain Operations consulting team members design and implement high-performance supply chains that support business strategies and enable our customers to adapt to changing market conditions while improving the bottom line.

Our professionals work closely with leading companies to develop and implement change that improves cost efficiency and service levels, increasing the supply chain’s contribution to overall business effectiveness. In this role you will work closely with and report to a (Managing) Director in the Netherlands team.

Once You Are Here, You Will: 

• Support sales of supply chain service offerings by actively developing a sales pipeline and pursuing opportunities and leads in the UK and European market (having an active network of potential customers is a plus).
• Leading deliveries of Supply Chain Operations projects to our clients (e.g. Lead Consultant or QA Manager role) and providing best practices.
• Actively contribute to further developing the Supply Chain Consulting practice in Europe. This includes e.g. creation of our offerings, discovery of new (technology) partnerships, upskilling our resources, marketing our services (public speaking, events, blogs etc.).
• Instruct and mentor consultants/analysts in the techniques and methodology required to achieve the deliverable requirements.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education in operations, logistics, supply chain, industrial engineering, or related major (bachelor required, master preferred).
• Minimum of 8-10 years of working experience with emphasis on logistics operations warehouse automation, transformation and process excellence, transport procurement and optimisation.
• Experience in operations consulting, strategy consulting or a project-based role.
• Exposure to pre-sales and/or sales activities in consulting or supply chain solutions companies.
• Proven experience working on large scale supply chain transformation initiatives.
• Having superior and creative problem-solving skills with a strong working knowledge of quantitative tools to analyse business data (e.g. MS Access, Excel and/or SQL, Tableau or other data analytical tools).
• The ability to travel and work on customer location based on project/ team requirements.

Preferred Skills: 

• Experience in developing a sales pipeline and drafting proposals to address prospective clients’ problem statements.
• Demonstrate competency of evaluating operational performance, formulating actionable tactics and strategies, developing business cases for change, and managing change in a supply chain context.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
• Strong supervisory, coaching and project management skills.

Ideal Mindset:  

The ideal mindset of a Supply Chain Operations Consulting Director is that of an innovative client-centric visionary whose global perspective, expertise in consulting methodologies, business acumen, change management expertise, risk management and problem-solving drive results. This ethical leader also specializes in innovation and thought leadership, as well as team empowerment and development.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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