Supply Chain Junior Consultant

The work

Are you fascinated by the impact that today’s global supply chains have on every consumer and company in the world? Are you eager to bring the digital possibilities to transform our client’s operations into customer centric supply chains to not only reduce cost but also enable growth? Are you an ambitious and analytical graduate or experienced starter? Then the position of Supply Chain Junior Consultant is what you are looking for! 

• Team : Accenture Strategy & Consulting is considered as the game-changer of the business world. Positioned at the crucial intersection of business, technology, and industry. Accenture devises fresh and creative strategies based on trends, insights, and data. With an eye for new competitive advantages, digital disruption, operating models and the future workforce, our consultants offer strategies that prepare high-profile clients for the future of business - and create value in a changing world. Research-based advice and situational analyses enable Accenture’s clients to act with speed and confidence. Whether you will be investigating difficult issues or identifying new opportunities, your work always comes down to one thing: unlocking value and creating real, tangible impacts. Supply Chain & Operations is a major functionally-oriented strategy & consulting practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human centered and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, zero based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain.
• Daily tasks: As a Supply Chain Junior Consultant in our Strategy & Consulting team, you are involved in large-scale Supply Chain projects that impact the core of our client’s operations. You will work with our clients’ supply chain functions to shape the end-to-end strategy (supply chain strategy, operating model development, turnaround programs) to implementation of supply chain digital and analytics capabilities. You will be engaged in projects in a diverse and challenging range of industries in the Netherlands and Internationally. You will have the ability to operate in rapidly evolving and changing environment. As Strategy & Consulting Junior Consultant you will work directly with the client in a team of young and enthusiastic colleagues. You help leading (international) organizations to solve their most complex business problems, whilst continuously developing your market-relevant supply chain knowledge, your advisory hard- and soft skills.
• Technology: Our projects typically have a strong technology component, whether its supporting the deployment of advanced supply chain tools in planning like BlueYonder, O9, Kinaxis, using process mining tools like Celonis to get a deep understanding of process complexity and improvement areas or doing deep data analyses using advanced analytics tools like PowerBI, technology is at the core of our work!
• Data: Supply chains are generating enormous amounts of data these days, and our work relies heavily on fact based data-driven insights. As Junior consultant you will be driving the analyses to uncover the hidden insights and support our clients make the right decisions. From analyzing customer order patterns and shipment data to improve transport strategy or running process mining analyses, you will be working with supply chain data on a daily basis!

Who we are - Accenture Strategy & Consulting

In today’s world, business leaders want to reinvent rapidly and confidently to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients. Join our global network of people using the latest assets, platforms and partnerships to help bring ideas to life.

Strategy & Consulting is one of five services that make up one Accenture – the others are Operations, Technology, Song and Industry X.

Here's what you'll need

• Excellent communicational skills (Dutch and English are a must)
• Master’s degree, preferably on the cross-section of technology/engineering and business/economics (e.g. industrial engineering, econometrics, operations research, supply chain management, (Beta-)science)
• Proactive, driven individual that is looking to grow
• Affinity with data analytics and related technologies
• Experience looked upon favorably but is not a prerequisite.

Bonus point's if you have

• International experience (study / internship / work)
• Achievements in sports or hobbies
• Extracurricular activities (e.g. honors programs, charity work, serious student organization roles)

What's in it for you?

Accenture is a global company with a world-class brand and reputation. Our people are Change Makers, and to support them as an employer, we make five promises:

• Work with flexibility, in a culture based on trust.
• Embrace a sustainable growth mindset.
• Live a human-led culture of Inclusion & Diversity by caring deeply for all our people.
• Lead and transform our clients with technology.
• Connect with our global network of 700.000 colleagues.

These promises are reflected through our excellent employee benefits, including: 

• Unlimited learning: access to thousands of free courses, classes and workshops. 
• Flexible working hours (4x9) & work location, FlexMoment leave of absence program (50% paid leave of absence for 3 months) and FlexDay; a flexible day you can take off to celebrate what matters to you – from EidalFitr to a birthday.
• Paid transport (budget for electric bicycle or car, NS-Business card).
• Pension scheme, Accenture shares, annual bonus, collective health insurance scheme.
• Social activities like Friday Drinks, sport events and parties.

What we believe

Accenture is an equal opportunity employer. Our leaders are committed to building a better, stronger and more equitable company for future generations to create positive, long-lasting change. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Our position as partner to many of the world’s leading businesses, organizations and governments affords us both an extraordinary opportunity and a tremendous responsibility to make a difference. Sustainability is one of our greatest responsibilities, which we embed it into everything we do and for everyone we work with.

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all.  Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation to enable your participation in the recruitment process by emailing Tania Dinita via tania.dinita@accenture.com. We will be happy to assist you.