Business Consultant, Supply Chain

Supply Chain Transformation Leader

Seeking an experienced Supply Chain transformation leader for the North America Retail Business Consulting division. The ideal candidate will bring both broad and deep leadership skills spanning all areas of the Supply Chain from Supplier to retail locations. This exciting role combines operational understanding and experience, applying best fit emerging transformational technologies and managing the programs to successfully deliver improved business outcomes for the current client. The ideal candidate will have worked in aftermarket parts or industrial distribution supply chain in areas including operations, logistics, distribution, inventory, and end-to-end product flow. A thorough working knowledge of the levers impacting customer availability, and operational efficiency including demand and supply planning, inventory and working capital optimization, distribution and logistics operations, network design, and order fulfillment is essential.

In this position, you will serve as the supply chain transformation leader for a large, nationally recognized, distribution-led enterprise. You will be on-site in Atlanta closely interacting with the client's leadership team, acting as the primary point of contact and go-to leader for supply chain transformation. With your operational credibility, strong transformation leadership, and the ability to work across the technology and business teams, you will own and drive a multi-year, end-to-end supply chain transformation roadmap. This includes leading programs that improve how product flows from supplier to customer, redesigning operating models by applying emerging technologies such as AI, strengthening overall execution through efficiency, and delivering measurable business outcomes with technology-enabled transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic & Transformation Leadership
• Lead large, complex transformation initiatives across the end-to-end Supply Chain.
• Assess current-state operations and technologies across planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory, and fulfillment to identify improvement opportunities, and structural changes.
• Drive operating model redesign, process improvement, and execution discipline across the supply chain.
• Partner closely with client leadership (Technology and Business) to anchor transformation outcomes such as service, cost, productivity, and cash flow.
• Connect closely with internal partners to keep apprised of continuously evolving technology which can be applied to this account.
• Client Leadership & Advisory
• Act as the go-to senior supply chain leader for client executives (Technology and Business).
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with supply chain, operations, finance, and other functional leaders.
• Work in close partnership with technology teams to ensure business transformation is effectively enabled by systems and data bringing strong, hands-on understanding of modern supply chain platforms (e.g., WMS, OMS, ERP, planning, visibility, and execution systems) while not owning the technology delivery agenda itself.
• Business Development & Account Growth
• Own and deliver revenue and growth targets for supply chain consulting within the account.
• Identify and pursue new transformation opportunities, expanding the scope and footprint over time.
• Develop clear, outcome-oriented transformation roadmaps and business cases that resonate with executive stakeholders.
• Build a multi-year pipeline anchored in sustained transformation impact.
• Practice & Team Leadership
• Play a key role in strengthening and expanding supply chain consulting capability across retail and distribution.
• Support recruitment, coaching, and development of supply chain consulting talent.
• Provide thought leadership grounded in real operational experience.
• Foster a high-performance, pragmatic, execution-oriented consulting culture.
• Operational Excellence
• Ensure the highest standards of delivery quality, business impact, and client satisfaction.
• Oversee program governance, financial performance, and delivery discipline.
• Champion practical, results-driven transformation methods and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, business or technology; advanced degree preferred. Multiple roles including leadership across the Supply Chain (Technology or Business) - distribution, logistics, inventory, and operations. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities. Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale operational transformation programs, not just strategy exercises. Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior business and functional leaders. Comfortable working on-site in Atlanta as an embedded leader; travel as required. Technology fluent and business led, with strong working knowledge of major supply chain software platforms and ecosystems (e.g., WMS, OMS, planning, visibility, and execution systems) and experience working alongside IT, product, and analytics teams to drive tech-enabled business transformation. Experience leading or sponsoring large-scale, systems-enabled supply chain transformations (e.g., WMS, planning, network, or execution platform modernization), from business case through adoption and value realization.

15+ years of experience in supply chain, operations, or consulting. Significant time spent in operating environments such as:

• Distribution centers
• Logistics and transportation
• Inventory and product flow
• Network and fulfillment operations

Experience leading large transformation or performance improvement programs in retail, aftermarket, or distribution-intensive industries. Combination of:

• Senior industry leadership roles and/or
• Senior consulting leadership roles