Project Lead - Supply Chain Management - Consulting Firm

Job opening with one of the leading Consulting client for the position of Project Lead- Supply Chain Management - Gurgaon

Responsibilities :

- Provide business and supply chain thought leadership and sound business judgment to drive the team's work on cases across geographies and industries

- Able to very quickly come up to speed on different businesses and perform any needed research and analysis

- Take responsibility for assigning work streams; monitor and balance workloads

- Ensure timely, high quality, zero-defect work-output produced by the analysts

- Understand client needs and situations and adapt to case expectations

- Generate and screen realistic answers based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable solutions

- Communicate data, knowledge, and clearly explain insights and implications for the client to the entire team

- Effectively communicate with clients

- Consistently provide responsible feedback in all interactions; recognize team's development needs and provide feedback toward constant improvement

- Assist on additional leadership roles (e.g. recruiting, marketing, training, etc.)

Qualifications :

- Should be a post-graduate with minimum 5 years of relevant consulting experience in Supply Chain space; or minimum 4 years of consulting with at least 2 years of industry experience (again, both in Supply chain).

- Should have worked in at least two of the following supply chain domains and have a good understanding of the others: supply chain strategy, manufacturing, planning (forecasting and inventory), logistics, procurement, and after-sales.

- Should possess excellent analytical skills, communication skills, team player skills with ability to multi-task and work under time-pressure.

- Should possess strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

- CSCP or other supply chain certifications would be a plus, though not mandatory.

- Understanding or experience of supply chain analytics would be a plus, though not mandatory.