Director - BCG Vantage, Operations; Supply Chain - Chicago

Director - BCG Vantage, Operations; Supply Chain - Chicago, United States of America

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Who We Are

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To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital venturesand business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

As a Director Operations; Supply Chain, BCG Vantage, you will partner with leadership in shaping the strategic priorities for Supply Chain. You will enable value-added delivery on case work, content agenda and build business initiatives through a team of Supply Chain experts. You will drive team vision, evolve team strategy and capability efforts via innovation in operations, new initiatives. You will also be responsible for the team growth and development.

In addition, you will provide distinctive expertise towards business build for Supply Chain. You will be an active contributor to commercial campaigns, proposals and case work and present expertise in SATT & Conferences, building external reputation as an expert.

When settled in the role, you may also contribute to or lead global BCG Vantage initiatives, beyond your own domain of expertise, and participate in global Career Development Committees as decision maker over promotions across all BCG Vantage businesses.

The Operations Practice Area is one of BCG's functional practices and helps our clients create competitive advantage by enhancing their performance and building strategic capabilities. The Supply Chain Topic Area is an expert network of knowledge team members and experienced consultants who help clients on specific cases related to the functions and disciplines within the topic (e.g., end-to-end supply chain optimization, supply chain strategy, network optimization, logistics).

You will advise our global supply chain clients on their most critical technology and digital transformation initiatives. You will help businesses select, integrate, and implement cutting-edge technologies to optimize operations, enhance efficiency, and drive competitive advantage.

The candidate is expected to have knowledge in at least two or more of the following topics: Supply Chain Strategy and Operating Model Design, Supply Chain Organization Design, Supply Chain Planning, Integrated Business Planning, Portfolio Management, Inventory Optimization, Logistics (Warehousing & Transport), AI and Digital in Supply Chain, Sustainability in Operations. Manufacturing experience would also be an asset.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Bringing distinctive knowledge to bear on complex client/case team problems and driving towards actionable recommendations
• Providing strategic direction and leadership to grow the Supply Chain business via products, people, services
• Engaging and communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating senior expert presence, and credibility
• Mobilizing and leveraging team to deliver high-impact work, managing priorities across multiple fronts
• Providing effective leadership to team, guiding team members as a highly effective coach and mentor
• Leading from the front with a strong business focus, being results-oriented with a proven track record of success change/ transformation journeys
• Showcasing a positive, constructive, team player mentality
• Working in an ever changing and complex environment, and comfortable with ambiguity and navigating a fast-paced environment

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years consulting experience in relevant Supply Chain required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
• In lieu of consulting experience, 10+ years minimum industry experience required; 14+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
• 5+ years team leadership experience required (line management experience preferred)
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
• Specialization and deep expertise in relevant Supply Chain topics
• Foundational AI knowledge to design and deploy agents, skills and workflows to accelerate impact and delivery
• Fluency in English; Spanish, German or French is a plus.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with and manage internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment

Who You'll Work With

As a Director Operations, Supply Chain, BCG Vantage you will work closely with the Topic Leader in charge of your domain. You will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.
With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise. BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.

Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)

• Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets

Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)

• Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients

Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)

• Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client projects needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.

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In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.

• The base salary for this role in Chicago & Boston is $174,100.00

This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.

In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 30% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.

All of our plans provide best in class coverage:

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children

• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs

• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits

• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually

• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities

• Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan

• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement

• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)

• Paid sick time on an as needed basis

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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