Supply Chain and Operations Consulting - Integrated Planning Manager - Utilities

We Are: We are part of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations practice, helping Fortune 500 and private‑equity‑backed clients reinvent how they plan and run their supply chains. Our work sits at the intersection of functional consulting, data, digital platforms, and advanced analytics, with increasing focus on GenAI and agentic‑enabled planning. You Are: The Supply Chain Manager is a strategic advisor to utility‑sector clients, leading the design, optimization, and transformation of supply chain operations across generation, transmission, distribution, and customer service functions. This role blends deep industry knowledge with advanced digital capabilities, leveraging AI, machine learning, and emerging agentic technologies to improve resilience, operational efficiency, and decision intelligence. Managers partner with client executives to assess supply chain maturity, identify performance gaps, and architect data‑driven solutions spanning procurement, logistics, inventory management, field services, asset management, and supplier ecosystems. They guide clients in adopting next‑generation capabilities—including autonomous planning agents, predictive analytics, intelligent sourcing platforms, and digital twins—to enhance forecasting accuracy, reduce cost‑to‑serve, and strengthen risk management in an increasingly volatile energy environment. The role leads multidisciplinary teams to deliver end‑to‑end consulting engagements, from strategy and business case development through solution design, implementation, and change enablement. Managers also shape thought leadership, build reusable assets, and develop innovative AI/agentic tools that accelerate value for utility clients navigating grid modernization, decarbonization, and regulatory pressures. The Work: As a Manager, you will lead transformation initiatives, working directly with energy clients and senior Accenture stakeholders. You will shape strategy, design future‑state capabilities, and oversee implementation across people, process, data, and technology. Your responsibilities span the following dimensions: Strategic & Advisory Responsibilities Lead end‑to‑end supply chain transformation strategies for utility clients across generation, transmission, distribution, and field services. Assess current‑state operating models, maturity, and performance; identify improvement opportunities using data‑driven frameworks. Develop future‑state architectures incorporating AI‑driven planning, autonomous agents, digital twins, and predictive analytics. Advise executives on supply chain modernization aligned to grid resilience, decarbonization, regulatory expectations, and capital project demands. Build business cases and value models to quantify financial impact, operational efficiency gains, and risk reduction. Build and optimize end‑to‑end supply chain strategies for utilities. Experience with demand forecasting, planning, and S&OP models. Familiarity with capital project supply needs (e.g., substations, undergrounding, AMI, pipelines). Supply chain support for large capital programs (grid hardening, undergrounding, renewable interconnection). Forecasting material needs, contractor coordination, and scheduling alignment. Risk management for long‑lead items and supplier capacity. Understanding of mutual assistance supply logistics, mobile staging, rapid procurement. Ability to design storm‑ready inventory and vendor programs. Identify opportunities to apply large language models, intelligent agents, and machine learning to optimize procurement, logistics, inventory, and asset management. Lead design of agentic workflows such as autonomous demand planning and forecasting agents, intelligent sourcing and supplier‑risk monitoring agents, predictive inventory optimisation bots, AI‑powered field service scheduling or outage management agents. Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to operationalise and scale AI solutions within client environments. Define governance, ethical AI standards, and risk mitigation frameworks for responsible AI deployment. Manage consulting project teams delivering strategy, design, implementation, and change management engagements. Oversee solution configuration and adoption of digital platforms (e.g., ERP, EAM, procurement suites, supply chain control towers). Drive cross‑functional integration across procurement, finance, operations, and capital projects. Ensure quality, timeliness, and profitability of engagements. Lead stakeholder alignment sessions and facilitate communication between business, operations, and technology teams. Develop new methodologies, frameworks, reusable assets, and accelerators—especially in AI and autonomous supply chain capabilities. Author insights, white papers, and presentations on the future of the utility supply chain. Mentor and develop junior consultants; contribute to recruiting and practice growth. Executive communication skills and ability to simplify complex topics. Strong business case development and financial modelling capability. Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating complex organisations. Strong leadership, team development, and collaboration skills. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirement. Qualifications Minimum 6 years of experience in Supply Chain consulting, operations, or transformation roles including managing and delivering cross‑functional projects. Minimum 4 years hands‑on experience in Supply Chain areas such as inventory optimisation, logistics, demand planning, or field service. Hands‑on experience and deep understanding of utility operations (generation, transmission, distribution). Consulting experience at a firm or equivalent internal consulting experience at manager level or above. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience). Bonus: experience with utility industry regulatory environments, outage response logistics, capital project supply chains, and grid modernization initiatives. Awareness of grid modernization, resiliency, decarbonisation, and renewable integration trends. Working knowledge of AI technologies, automation tools, and/or advanced analytics (e.g., LLMs, machine learning, agentic systems). Familiarity with digital twin platforms, supply chain control towers, and predictive maintenance solutions. Experience embedding advanced analytics, GenAI, or automation into planning processes. Experience implementing digital supply chain or ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, IBM Maximo, Coupa). Experience working directly for a utility company in a supply chain role. Strong understanding of operating models, processes, and performance management. Master’s degree (MBA, MS Supply Chain, MS Analytics, etc.) or equivalent advanced certification. Professional certifications (e.g., APICS/CSCP, PMP, Six Sigma, Agile). Proficiency with analytics and visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx). Compensation and Benefits Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. A compensation range for this role is included in the system salary data. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. Location Options California: $94,400 to $293,800 Cleveland: $87,400 to $235,000 Colorado: $94,400 to $253,800 District of Columbia: $100,500 to $270,300 Illinois: $87,400 to $253,800 Maine: $80,400 to $216,200 Maryland: $94,400 to $253,800 Massachusetts: $94,400 to $270,300 Minnesota: $94,400 to $253,800 New York: $87,400 to $293,800 New Jersey: $100,500 to $293,800 Virginia: $87,400 to $270,300 Washington: $100,500 to $270,300 Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodation Accenture is an EEO, affirmative action employer and provides accommodations to employees with disabilities or religious observances. For more information about accommodation requests, contact the practice line at View phone number on click.appcast.io or email your recruiter. Accenture is an EEO and affirmative action employer of veterans and individuals with disabilities. Veterans employment opportunities are also available. Applicants must have U.S. work authorization and may not be eligible for consideration if currently employed by an Accenture client or affiliate. Candidates need not disclose sealed or expunged convictions; a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Accenture