Supply Chain Management Consultant

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to join our firm’s new Chicago office and help us take on exciting new projects. We strive for consummate professionals who have high levels of academic and professional achievement, great communication skills, a keen analytical mindset and an interest in a consulting career. Fascination with the supply chain/logistics is a plus while a hard-working, positive and eager-to-learn mentality is a must.

About Establish

Establish is an international management consulting firm focusing on supply chain management. We work with the most exciting clients and complete projects that make a difference. See our client list and some case studies at our website.

Typical Job Responsibilities Include:

Working directly with clients and internal project teams to understand and solve the client’s business needs by:

• Leading Supply Chain Best Practice audits of our client’s operations. This includes Mapping current-state supply chain or warehouse processes, creating improved processes, and quantifying the changes.
• Creating the operating design of plants and distribution centers. Operating designs include the physical layout, workflows/SOPs, volumes, headcount, material handling equipment requirements, IT systems, costs and plan to implement the design.
• Analyzing, synthesizing and taking actionable insights from various types of raw data sources to develop summaries and business profiles.
• Developing distribution network models that evaluate cost, service and flexibility by determining the optimal warehouse location(s), quantity of warehouses, inventory levels and transportation strategies.
• Utilizing supply chain modeling and planning tools to map out the supply chain and operations.
• Developing business cases and ROIs
• Leading meetings with current and potential clients.
• Conducting research to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and innovations in the supply chain and material handling world and working with third party vendors/providers.

The Candidate We’re Looking for:

• Is a graduate of a top university with a degree in engineering or another technical discipline and has 2-5 years of experience working at a 3PL or in supply chain strategy consulting or warehouse consulting.
• Proficient in the MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc.).
• Has experience with analytical toolsets like Excel, Access, SQL, or R and data visualization tools like Tableau or PowerBI.
• Has previous experience with AutoCAD or other design suites.
• Has impressive communication skills and is comfortable presenting to high-ranking members of the client team about logical, unbiased, highly-analytical findings and recommendations.
• Has a positive, can-do attitude, the ability to work independently and without direction and is eager to learn new things and be exposed to different industries.
• Is comfortable with 25-50% travel, depending on the project requirements, and wants to live and work in the New York City area.
• Feels at home both in distribution centers and in corporate office buildings.

 In addition, we would prefer candidates with the following:

• Previous experience working with a WMS/ERP and/or supply chain optimization software.
• Exposure/familiarity with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.