Advisory Consultant and Senior Consultant

We are seeking motivated, driven Consultants and Senior Consultants on a full-time or contract basis to support our growing US-based Advisory Practice with an emphasis on operations, supply chain, and sourcing & procurement. Candidates must have 5+ years’ experience as management consultants, including experience in a project manager capacity. Preferred focus areas include procurement, supply chain, strategic sourcing, systems implementation, process redesign, business intelligence or other areas that drive operational effectiveness and efficiency.  As a growth organization Velocity requires its consultant staff to be self-starters who will contribute to and lead internal company development initiatives. Consultants will also at times be asked to contribute to business development and sales activities.

Candidates must be self-starters with proven positions of leadership. Mental agility and the ability to learn are vital. The ability to take on new challenges and succeed beyond one’s comfort zone is required.

• Act as an incisive, effective creative thinker bringing business and consulting experience to client engagements and applies expert skills in communication, research, problem-solving, and analysis to client work.
• Take on significant responsibilities, working closely with clients and making a major contribution to every engagement, including leading smaller engagements.
• Demonstrate subject matter expertise related to the operating environment of major business functions.
• Leverage business context to analyze and improve complex business models.
• Explain and review analysis/findings with team members and client personnel.
• Assess presenting problem with appropriate project scope and decomposes problem to identify root causes.
• Manage client expectations and project scope actively with an approach designed to engender project success and extend goodwill.
• Identify implications of proposed solutions on people, processes, technology, strategy and structure.
• Lead Velocity and external resources on both small and large-scale client engagements.
• Manage in a hands-on capacity utilizing detailed knowledge of the engagement situation while also maintaining focus on the larger context and overall project view.
• Build an effective business case for proposed solutions.
• Convert existing Velocity engagements, client relationships, and goodwill into additional potential opportunities.

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in economics, business administration, accounting, industrial engineering, information technology or comparable by experience
• Minimum 5+ years’ progressive experience across various sourcing, procurement and/ or supply chain roles, ideally with previous consulting and / or project management experience
• Demonstrated expertise in any of the following Supply Chain functions: Strategic Sourcing, Procure-to-Pay Process Transformation, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply Chain Strategy/Planning, Warehouse Management, Logistics and Distribution, or Supply Chain Management
• Experience in applying best practices in the areas of Sourcing & Procurement, Supply Chain, and Operations
• Experience in sourcing strategy definition, category management, functional requirements gathering, process definition, process harmonization, & process optimization
• eProcurement experience desirable (e.g. Basware, Coupa, iValua, Jaggaer, SAP Ariba, Zycus, etc.)
• Experience in identifying business challenges and deriving improvement opportunities
• Strong project management and communication skills. Able to present complex issues in a concise and meaningful manner to senior executives
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage a large number of activities in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and relevant experience
• Client oriented work ethic and excellent international teamworking skills
• Strong drive to go above and beyond to drive client, company and personal success
• Ability and openness to travel up to 20% of the time
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the Unites States without limitation
• Experience gained within another large professional services organization
• Established networking skills in a relevant industry