Our client is a global end-to-end supply chain consultancy. They provide expert advice and innovative solutions across procurement, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, industrial real estate, demand planning, design, engineering, and construction project management.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Responsible for providing senior leadership and nurturing team expertise in crucial management areas within a supply chain consulting business. Additionally, supporting the Senior Executive Team in establishing the company’s reputation as a leading provider of Supply Chain consulting in the Asia-Pacific region.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will:

Project

• Responsible for delivering the project, client, commercial and practice outcomes from projects lead and managed.
• Effective allocation and time management of project resources to balance workload with capacity to produce agreed project deliverables within agreed timeframes to requited standards and quality.
• Accurate and timely forecasting and recording of time spent on clients, projects and tasks by self and project team members to enable correct, revenue forecasting, invoicing, planning and profitability analysis.
• Informs and consults Lead Engagement Directors to assist in proactively manage client expectations, keeping them informed of risks, issues, progress, and variations.
• Effectively manages operational, commercial, or reputational risks across projects, escalating any issues identified to the LED, as appropriate.
• Ensures all projects close out procedures are followed, including invoicing, 3-way reviews, IP harvesting and archival.

Business, Client & Market Development

• Leads the development of effective client project bids and proposals.
• Contributes content including innovative approaches, frameworks, and compelling client case studies towards proposals.
• Builds relationships with both current and non-current clients to drive continued new market and business development.
• Actively engages and pursues new business opportunities both with existing clients and new clients and actively pursues on-sell and cross-sell opportunities from current engagements.
• Cultivating excellence, expertise, and thought leadership in designated supply chain domains and target industries.

Practice

• Supports the recruitment, training, development, and retention of high performing talent.
• Coaches and develops project teams members and career coachees in required skills, competencies, and behaviours.
• Provides timely, constructive, and honest feedback and input to staff coaching conversations and performance reviews.
• Contributes to and drives a high performing, proactive, collegiate, and empowered team-based culture within the business.
• Supports and drives well-being, inclusivity, leadership, and diversity within teams and across practice.
• Develops and drives the creation, standardization and continuous improvement of methods, tools, accelerators, thought leadership and collateral.

Measures of Success (KPIs)

• Finance/Quality meets expectation:
  o Net managed engagement revenue meets target.
  o Managed engagement margin meets target.
  o Utilisation meets target.
  o No open/non-compliant project audits
•  Client/Market Growth meets expectation.
  o Team sales meet target.
  o Target client account sales meet target and/or offering sales meets target.
• Practice Contribution meets expectation.
• Other practice contribution targets and objectives as agreed with accountable Director and/or ED are met.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

To be eligible for this opportunity, you will need to have the following skills and attributes:

• Relevant tenure and experience in a management role in supply chain/logistics in a major industry (retail, FMCG etc.) group and/or supply chain consulting practice.
• End to end supply chain functional knowledge and experience
• Experience in leading and working through the delivery of major projects.
• A self-starter with capability to work independently and develop oneself and others professionally.
• Demonstrated advanced problem-solving skills, even when issues are complex and ambiguous.
• Strong commercial acumen
• Knowledge and experience interpreting business financial statements and developing project business cases.
• Ability to balance conflicting priorities to deliver against customer and business requirements, with appropriate stakeholder engagement and management.
• Effective communication, presentation, and system skills
• Expert in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office tools
• Well-developed and effective negotiating skills.
• Tertiary qualifications in relevant field.

Attributes & Behaviours

• Strategic and commercial mindset: Ability to deliver strong commercial results that align with company strategic priorities.
• Innovation, Insight and Quality: Leverages technical and behavioural excellence to offer innovative insights and sustainable solutions.
• Client relationships & market growth: Builds and maintains supportive networks, listens to client challenges, and converts opportunities to TMX services.
• Communication & influence: Highly competent communicator and presenter with the ability to influence others and deal with ambiguity.
• Leading self & others: Promotes diversity of thinking and psychological safety. Has a commitment to ongoing professional development.

How to apply

If you are interested in this unique opportunity, please submit your application and/or email your resume to Ivonna Douglas, at ivonna@bconsult.io or call on 0433422980.

Good to know

A Recruitment Pool may be established for future roles with similar focus capabilities. A file will be created for you on our database for future reference. This will be available to our team in order to facilitate any suitable future hiring initiatives. Therefore, you will also be added to our mailing list.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees and those with disability.

NOTES:

• Please only apply if you fulfill the above criteria and have working rights in location.
• Due to time constraints, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. However, we welcome you to give us a call for feedback on your application at any time on 0433422980.