Consulting Manager - Supply Chain

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

Our Supply Chain practice are looking for an experienced Manager to join the team. Our Supply Chain team partners with some of the most influential private and public sector organisations globally, tackling their toughest strategic supply chain challenges, working across sectors such as consumer products, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, the NHS, and other government organisations. We’ve worked on some of the most exciting global supply chain planning projects including being the partner of choice for the biggest digital planning transformation in consumer goods of the past decade, helping a food and beverage organisation digitally transform how they manage their supply chain and inventory, and designing and implementing technology-enabled business transformation initiatives.

What you will be doing

• Working in client delivery teams to solve our clients' most challenging supply chain issues.
• Interfacing with broader transformation programmes that could include everything from strategy and design through to implementation, typically within the following subject areas:

• Planning: sales and operations planning (S&OP), design and implementation, inventory management, demand and supply planning – process redesign, implementation
• Digital planning transformation: we work collaboratively with software providers and system integrators to deliver business-led, technology enabled transformation

You’ll be part of a cohort of supply chain experts who are constantly improving their knowledge by staying on the pulse of the latest industry developments. Developing industry knowledge means we’re always on the front‑foot to bring the latest, most relevant solutions to our clients.

Your skills and experience

• Experience within a supply chain and planning setting – preferably with industry and consulting experience and have 2–3 of the below criteria:

• Management consulting experience, preferably in products and services (consumer goods, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals)
• 3‑5 years Industry experience in a supply chain planning role
• 3‑5 years Supply chain data and analytics proficiency, including the ability to complete technical and complex Excel analysis, and using visualization tools
• Knowledge of existing supply chain digital landscape including ERP and planning systems, with experience of design, development, implementation or the operational responsibility of running those systems
• Contribution to the development of strategic decisions within a transformation context, including the development of business cases and board papers
• An existing industry network ecosystem that includes peers, cross‑industry stakeholders (such as technology providers, system integrators) and extended network relationships with existing or previous suppliers or customers
• Has a point of view that could be developed into market‑facing collateral on key industry themes such as the development of AI within supply chain planning

What a career at Baringa will give you

• Putting People First. Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work‑life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits.
• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5‑Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: All our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI‑verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed.