Consulting Manager - Supply Chain in City of Westminster

About Baringa

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. We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world – from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there’s a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

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.

Your skills and experience

We’re looking for people that have experience within a supply chain and planning setting – preferably with industry and consulting experience and have 2‑3 of the following 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 visualisation 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. Some benefits include:

• A generous annual leave policy – 5 weeks annual leave, fully available at the start of each year, plus a 5‑Year Recharge benefit of an additional 2 weeks paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible working with a hybrid policy and more flexibility around unpaid leave.
• Corporate responsibility days – 3 days per year to help social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing fund – a People Fund to support personal wellbeing.
• Profit share scheme – all employees participate.

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.

An award‑winning workplace. You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well‑being in the workplace for all.

Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, with commitment to Net Zero, SBTi‑verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets, support for the Better Business Act, and reporting to external organisations. We also support communities with various giving programmes.

Join us. 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 we encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed.

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Required skills: Inventory Management, Management Consulting, Supply Chain Management, Data Visualization, ERP, Excel.

Required languages: English.