PEPI: Senior Associate, Supply Chain - Distribution & Logistics (OPEN TO ALL U.S. LOCATIONS)

About the role

The Senior Associate, Supply Chain - Distribution & Logistics assists in delivering large, complex client engagements by working closely with Private Equity leadership to help identify, design, and implement creative business solutions for their portfolio companies. The role frequently participates in engagements related to:

• Understanding and optimizing supply chain processes, including strategic sourcing, procurement, logistics, and distribution.
• Assessing and implementing supply chain network designs and footprints.
• Analyzing and optimizing inventory flow and management systems.
• Developing and implementing transportation and warehousing strategies.
• Improving inventory planning processes and systems.
• Conducting sourcing events involving transportation, warehousing, and 3PLs.
• Creating high-level planning models for inventory optimization.
• Developing transformation plans for transportation, warehousing, and distribution.

Responsibilities

Gain a comprehensive understanding of a client’s supply chain including manufacturing and distribution locations, baseline of product flow and seasonality, detailed operating costs, key supply chain processes in sourcing, planning, and operations.

Develop a structured approach to assessing potential improvement opportunities, and conduct required analysis to define potential supply chain strategies and tactics to meet growth and financial objectives.

Analyze supply chain network design and footprints: Baseline warehousing and distribution network cost structure and capacity utilization, profile supply chain processes and inventory flows throughout the network, analyze network optimization opportunities for cost, inventory, and service delivery (experience with modeling software such as Llamasoft or other preferred).

Develop high-level planning model to support inventory optimization across supply chain networks.

Assist in sourcing events related to transportation and warehousing which include spend/activity baseline assessments, process and business requirements, and conducting RFI/RFP processes, negotiations and contracting.

Assess inventory planning processes and systems and recommend potential improvement opportunities for optimizing service levels and inventory working capital requirements.

Help develop transformation plans to drive proposed changes in transportation, freight optimization, warehousing & distribution, and develop implementation plan and estimated range and timing of benefits (OPEX / inventory / service delivery).

Requirements

4-7+ years of consulting or industry operating experience.

Previous advisory experience from a top-tier strategy firm, leading specialist, niche advisory firm, or Big-4 consultancy preferred.

Hands-on experience in at least one of the following areas: distribution and logistics network optimization, transportation and warehouse sourcing, 3PL operating experience, production and inventory planning.

Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis.

Flexibility to travel based on project requirements.

Bachelor’s degree required.

Qualifications

Strong written, oral, and analytical skills.

Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Structured project management (time, team and work-stream management).

Initiative and drive.

Critical thinking skills.

Ability to deliver projects on time and on-quality.

Flexible and creative thinking.

Client relationship building.

Excellent presentation skills.

Skills

• Supply Chain Network Optimization
• Transportation and Warehouse Sourcing
• 3PL Operating Experience
• Production and Inventory Planning

Benefits

Salary range: $100,000--$170,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography.

Discretionary bonus program based on individual and firm performance.

Full-time Positions and Part-time Positions: Eligible for healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages; 401(k)-retirement plan; vacation, personal days, sick time, federal holidays, parental leave.