Supply Chain and Operations, Sourcing & Procurement Consulting Senior Manager – Utilities
About the role
We are part of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations practice, helping Fortune 500 and private-equity-backed clients reinvent how they plan and run their supply chains. Our work sits at the intersection of functional consulting, data, digital platforms, and advanced analytics, with increasing focus on GenAI- and Agentic-enabled planning.
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end supply chain transformation strategies for utility clients across generation, transmission, distribution, and field services.
Audit current-state operating models, maturity, and performance; identify improvement opportunities using data-driven frameworks.
Design future-state architectures incorporating AI-driven planning, autonomous agents, digital twins, and predictive analytics.
Advises executives on supply chain modernization aligned to grid resilience, decarbonization, regulatory expectations, and capital project demands.
Build business cases and value models to quantify financial impact, operational efficiency gains, and risk reduction.
Build and optimize end-to-end supply chain strategies for utilities.
Experience with demand forecasting, planning, and S&OP models.
Familiarity with capital project supply needs (e.g., substations, undergrounding, AMI, pipelines).
Lead strategic sourcing initiatives (T&D equipment, field services, IT/OT, fleet, materials).
Vendor selection, bid evaluation, negotiations, and contract development.
Category plans aligned with utility reliability and cost goals.
Supplier risk assessment, audits, and continuous improvement programs.
Contract performance monitoring for safety, delivery, and productivity.
Understand mutual assistance supply logistics, mobile staging, rapid procurement.
Design storm-ready inventory and vendor programs.
Identify opportunities to apply large language models, intelligent agents, and machine learning to optimize procurement, logistics, inventory, and asset management.
Lead design of agentic workflows such as: Autonomous demand planning and forecasting agents, Intelligent sourcing and supplier-risk monitoring agents, Predictive inventory optimization bots, AI-powered field service scheduling or outage management agents.
Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to operationalize and scale AI solutions within client environments.
Define governance, ethical AI standards, and risk mitigation frameworks for responsible AI deployment.
Manage consulting project teams delivering strategy, design, implementation, and change management engagements.
Oversee solution configuration and adoption of digital platforms (e.g., ERP, EAM, procurement suites, supply chain control towers).
Drive cross-functional integration across procurement, finance, operations, and capital projects.
Ensure quality, timeliness, and profitability of engagements.
Lead stakeholder alignment sessions and facilitate communication between business, operations, and technology teams.
Qualifications
Minimum of 9 years experience in Supply Chain consulting, operations, or transformation roles including managing and delivering cross functional projects.
Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in the core Supply Chain area's, specifically Sourcing and Procurement.
Deep understanding of utility operations (generation, transmission, distribution).
Consulting experience at a firm or equivalent internal consulting experience at Manager level or above.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience).
Skills
Awareness of grid modernization, resiliency, decarbonization, and renewable integration trends.
Hands-on experience in areas such as procurement, inventory optimization, logistics, demand planning, or field service supply chain.
Working knowledge of AI technologies, automation tools, and/or advanced analytics (e.g., LLMs, machine learning, agentic systems).
Strong project management skills and experience delivering complex cross-functional projects.
Strong understanding of operating models, processes, and performance management.
Experience with utility industry regulatory environments, outage response logistics, capital project supply chains, and grid modernization initiatives.
Familiarity with digital twin platforms, supply chain control towers, and predictive maintenance solutions.
Experience embedding advanced analytics, GenAI, or automation into planning processes.
Experience implementing digital supply chain or ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, IBM Maximo, Coupa).
Experience working directly for a Utility company in a supply chain role.
Pay
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.