Hybrid Senior Supply Chain Consultant – Life Sciences

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About the role

  • Supply Chain Senior Consultant delivering business solutions for Life Sciences clients. Collaborating with teams to enhance processes and reduce operational costs.

Responsibilities

  • **What You’ll Do**
  • As a Supply Chain Senior Consultant at Clarkston you will:
  • Work closely with clients in the Life Sciences industry in streamlining and combining people, processes, technology, and controls to improve operational effectiveness, lower costs, reduce redundancy, and lower risks
  • Focus on physical operations and supply chain management improvements including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, procurement, sourcing, and inventory management
  • Earn trusted client status and develop relationships that extend beyond the project’s lifecycle
  • Conduct knowledge transfer and training of end-users, including sharing best practices
  • Provide guidance to junior analysts and client personnel assigned to projects

Requirements

  • *What We're Looking For:*
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional supply chain consulting or equivalent Life Sciences industry experience in a combination of the following areas: Supply Chain Strategy, MRP, PLM, and Demand Planning
  • Ability to create supply chain performance measures for planning, execution, and financials that include standard definitions and industry performance benchmarks
  • Familiarity with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP), or other cross-functional operating models
  • Knowledge of advanced planning systems (e.g. Kinaxis, Logility, SAP IBP) in support of demand, supply, and monthly integrated planning.
  • Capacity to describe performance tradeoffs and how those decisions are connected to the broader business
  • Understanding of process objectives, relevant monthly cycle of meetings, positive meeting behaviors, and ensuring the desired analytical reporting
  • Experience with demand planning for a significant product portfolio, guiding through common accuracy challenges (e.g. stakeholder bias), and taking actions to improve the forecasting process over time
  • Expertise in supply planning across multiple network tiers including finished goods, components, and materials
  • Experience in collaborating with trading partners to enhance supply performance
  • Ability to construct business cases for the investment in an advanced planning system
  • Excellent ability to facilitate discussions and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions when necessary
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Formal training and experience with Lean Sigma preferred
  • APICS or comparable supply chain planning certifications preferred
  • 4-year degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline

Benefits

  • *Our benefits include:*
  • Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more)
  • 401k with company contributions
  • Paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick leave
  • Paid Parental Leave and Family Building Benefits (Adoption, Surrogacy, and Infertility Support)
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Training and Professional Development investments, Tuition Assistance, and more

Job title

Senior Supply Chain Consultant – Life Sciences

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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