Associate Business Transformation Consultant - IoT & PLM

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long‑term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long‑term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

At IBM Consulting, we help organisations rethink how they work using technology, data, and fresh ideas. As a graduate, you’ll join a diverse, supportive team focused on learning, innovation, and solving real client problems.

As an Associate Consultant in Supply Chain Transformation, you’ll help clients modernise how they source, plan, move, and deliver goods and services. You’ll work across procurement, logistics, operations, and data driven decision making—helping clients design efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys analysing how things work, improving processes, and applying technology to real world operational challenges.

What You’ll Do

• Support workshops, interviews, and meetings with client supply chain teams
• Map and assess current state procurement or supply chain processes
• Identify inefficiencies and help design improved "future state" workflows
• Analyse data using spreadsheets or databases to uncover insights
• Help translate business needs into technology enabled solutions
• Work in agile teams across consulting, design, technical, and industry specialists
• Prepare clear, structured outputs for clients, from reports to visual process maps
• Apply IBM problem solving and design methods to real world challenges

You’ll learn from experienced consultants, gain technical and industry training, and work on projects that shape how global supply chains operate. You’ll join a community that values diverse perspectives, continuous learning, and real world impact.

Being You @ IBM

We’re an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Must be a UK citizen (due to public‑sector project requirements and clearance needs)
• Willingness to travel as required
• A final year student or recent graduate in Supply Chain, Business Management, Economics, Engineering, or a related STEM/numerate degree
• Analytical and structured in your problem solving approach
• Interested in procurement, logistics, operations, or supply chain improvement
• Able to break down complex processes and identify opportunities to improve them
• Comfortable working with numbers, data, spreadsheets, or simple databases
• Clear communicator who can simplify technical or operational information
• Curious, adaptable, and motivated by solving practical client challenges
• Familiarity with process improvement techniques or emerging technologies (like IoT, Industry 4.0, or automation) is helpful but not required

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.