MANAGER - STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

Manager – Strategy & Operations

The Strategy & Operations (S&O) practice is one of the key practice areas within the Strategy & Business Transformation Practice, and we focus on assisting our clients with business challenges in the areas of supply chain, logistics, procurement and general operations. Managers are primarily responsible for day to day project execution and additional business development. They apply well-honed consulting, project management, and functional skills in the management of major project components or entire projects. Further, Managers are involved in business development such as project diagnostics, proposal development, and sales calls. Consulting Managers will typically be involved in the following activities: Scoping and planning client engagements Managing teams to complete client work in accordance with established budget, workplans, and quality standards Identifying and resolving issues critical to the clients' strategic and operational success Providing technical/functional content Developing and presenting conclusions and recommendations to senior client management Providing solution implementation assistance as required Developing leading industry insight to present to clients Managing client relationships and reporting project progress Leading, coaching, developing and supervising the efforts of junior staff We are specifically looking for Managers to join our Strategy & Operations practice within S&BT. Specific experience requirements for this role include: Two to six years previous consulting experience Experience with Sourcing & Procurement: Indirect Sourcing, Direct Materials Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Procure-to-Pay Process, E-Procurement experience (including technology implementation) Experience with Supply Chain Operations: logistics, supply chain transformation, cost & operational improvement, Lean Six Sigma, manufacturing & distribution Managers will typically have: 7+ years of related consulting or industry experience showing progression/promotion Outstanding analytical capability Demonstrated experience with strategy and operations within one or more targeted industries The ability to effectively operate independently and in a team environment as well as manage people and project workplans Outstanding verbal and written communication skills An MBA or other relevant advanced degree from a top educational institution In addition to the qualifications listed above, the firm places high emphasis on relevant personal qualities: entrepreneurial, creative, imaginative, resourceful, independent, motivated, professional and collaborative. Applicants must be willing and able to travel to client work locations up to five days/week.

About Us

The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy and leading enterprise benchmarking firm to global companies, offering digital transformation including implementation of leading enterprise cloud applications, workflow automation and analytics that enable digital world class performance.

About the Practice

Hackett's Strategy & Business Transformation (S&BT) practice specializes in helping clients to improve the performance of their operations to enable growth and effectiveness and achieve meaningful cost efficiencies.  As part of Business Transformation, Hackett professionals provide dedicated expertise in business strategy, operations, finance and shared services, human capital management, strategic sourcing, procurement and information technology.  Our approach provides full lifecycle service from strategy definition through design and implementation and, finally, continuous improvement.  All of Hackett's programs have digital solutions embedded to accelerate and fuse our clients' business and technology transformations.