Oliver Wyman - Operations Supply Chain –Engagement Manager
Job Specification
Practice Group: Operations, Energy, Industrials
Location: Chicago, New York, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C., Toronto, San Francisco
Role: Operations Supply Chain – Engagement Manager
Practice Overview: Operations
We work with clients across industries to help them manage and optimize their operations through improving cost efficiency, reducing supply chain risk, and optimizing footprint to become market leaders in their industry. We help them find strategic solutions to address the challenges they face, optimize their operating model to deliver the best service and increase the operational performance while minimizing operating cost. We focus on developing solutions which can be immediately implemented in collaboration with clients’ teams and can rapidly bring visible and sustainable results.
Supply Chain Capability
Oliver Wyman develops innovative and impactful solutions to increase the performance and results of our clients supply chain processes and networks.
We support our clients along their end-to-end supply chain, helping them have greater visibility and solve their most critical supply chain issues. From input material sourcing to production, distribution, and services, we partner with businesses across a broad range of industries and geographies to ensure their supply chain produces the best value and allows them to compete in the global marketplace.
We typically start assignments with strategic questions, but our client relationships extend way beyond PowerPoint decks. Throughout our projects, we help our customers build their own capabilities and upskill their workforce, ensuring their people can collaborate independently, efficiently, and that their teams have sufficient agility to swiftly cope with disruption.
To maximize value creation, we have developed a broad supply chain management toolkit, including artificial intelligence-driven tools, like our machine learning-based forecasting platform. We combine this with our deep project expertise and proven methods and approaches
Role
Our consulting roles offer excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. As a professional member of our firm, your initial responsibilities will include:
- Managing the execution of individual project workstreams. This typically includes developing hypotheses; managing data collection, model creation and analyses; guiding the team to conduct primary and secondary research; creatively tackling information limitations; and surfacing insights
- Synthesizing findings / insights from interviews, client working sessions, and research into written presentations; reviewing and discussing with clients and other stakeholders
- Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high-quality execution
- Managing a team of 2-4 consultants on a daily basis to ensure each team member can effectively and efficiently deliver the tasks
- For Principal: managing multiple workstreams with a team of 6-8 consultants; also directly managing mid-senior level of clients (e.g., VP of operations or above)
- For Principal: effectively develop proposals and actively lead / participate in BD efforts and pitching process
Desired Skills and Experience
Operational:
- Operations experience in discreet or continuous manufacturing industries
- Experience across the operations – product development, planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, distribution – depth in any of these desired
- Experience in leading or being part of improvement efforts in operations space
General:
- Strong curiosity and continuous learning mentality
- Strong problem structuring and analytical skills
- Critical thinking and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently under ambiguity and lead others to navigate through ambiguity and uncertainty
- Refined written communication and oral presentation skills
Desired Capabilities:
- Experience in tools/systems for supply chain optimization and IT-enablement preferred
- Certifications - Strong preference on Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS / ISCM) OR Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
- Experience with proposal development, strong commercial instincts, and interest.
Work History:
- Experience with a top tier management consulting firm preferred
- 4-7+ years of consulting experience in operations – in the industry and / or with consulting firms
- 6-8+ years for Principal
Why work at Oliver Wyman?
Working as part of our global, entrepreneurial company, you’ll do meaningful work from day one. We’re looking for individuals who challenge the norm, and constantly strive to build something new for the firm and the world around us. At Oliver Wyman, there's no "one size fits all" - we hire exceptional people and help them thrive through a built-in support network, flexible career paths, and no artificial barriers to advancement. We have a collaborative, supportive and impactful team environment - we want you to bring your authentic self and enjoy working alongside diverse and down-to-earth colleagues who do serious work, but don't take themselves too seriously.
Our Values & Culture
We’re serious about making OW a rewarding, progressive, enjoyable and balanced place to work.
- Self-starters and free thinkers who work well in a team
We are individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do
- Common aspiration, collective endeavor, shared success
We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us
- Straightforward, open, respectful interaction
We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
- Opportunity without artificial barriers
We value merit and believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
- Balanced lives
We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm. We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.
How to Apply
If you like what you’ve read, we’d love to hear from you. If you’d like to learn more about the firm during your application process, please visit www.oliverwyman.com/careers.
Oliver Wyman is an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to diversity is genuine, deep and growing. We’re not perfect yet, but we’re working hard right now to make our teams balanced, representative and diverse.
Unrestricted U.S. work authorization is required for U.S. office locations. Oliver Wyman does not offer sponsorship for this position. Please note that CPT and OPT are restricted forms of work authorization.
About Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.
Marsh McLennan and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.
The applicable base salary range for this role is $225K to $240K.
The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, and education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.
We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.
Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected].Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.
