Experienced Consultant, Consumer & Industrial Products

The role

You will provide client delivery across value creation, operational improvement, supply chain, and performance transformation engagements. You will use hypothesis-driven analysis and data to identify business opportunities and improve processes for retail, consumer, and industrial clients.

What you will do

• Provide client delivery across value creation, operational improvement, supply chain, and performance transformation engagements.
• Develop a data-driven view of client performance to identify and prioritize growth and cost opportunities.
• Analyze data through a hypothesis-driven approach to build models and business cases.
• Assess and improve business processes, operating models, and enabling technology.
• Document business requirements and translate findings into client-ready deliverables.
• Synthesize quantitative analysis and stakeholder perspectives for executive audiences.
• Work collaboratively with client leaders and internal teams to implement opportunities.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and recommendations.
• Support proposals and the development of West Monroe tools and methodologies.
• Contribute to recruiting, team building, and practice development.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• One to four years of relevant project-based experience in business consulting, supply chain, operations, value creation, or performance transformation
• Experience as an active team member on at least three operational, supply chain, or performance transformation programs for manufacturing, retail, consumer, or industrial clients
• Experience managing one or more workstreams
• Ability to use critical thinking and structured problem solving
• Strong data analysis, visualization, and modeling skills
• High proficiency in Excel
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Word
• Fundamental understanding of financial statements
• Strong overall business acumen
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organization and project planning skills

Nice to have

• Degrees in economics, finance, applied mathematics and statistics, data science, engineering, or another analytics-related field
• Experience with supply chain planning, network optimization or redesign, inventory optimization, manufacturing operations, or supply chain technology selection
• Moderate experience with analytical tools or coding languages such as Alteryx, SQL, R, or Python
• Knowledge of specialty retail, grocery, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, chemicals, specialty materials, durable goods, automotive and transportation, industrial products, or industrial equ
• Knowledge of consumer behavior and marketing, merchandise planning and analysis, retail planning and operations, revenue growth management, trade promotion management, planning and forecasting, sales
• Knowledge of planning and forecasting, supply management, procurement, sales and operations planning, engineering, production scheduling, maintenance, production controls, quality control, inventory m

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401k plan enrollment
• Employee stock ownership program
• Annual bonuses
• Unlimited flexible time off
• Ten paid holidays
• Ten weeks of paid parental leave

About the company

West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm. They work with clients to create measurable value by combining business and technology expertise.