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Supply Chain & Operations Consultant/Manager - Energy, Oil & Gas, and Renewables

Accenture

Accenture

Operations
Redmond, WA, USA
Posted on Oct 18, 2024

Join Our Supply Chain & Operations Team: Consultant/Manager – Energy, Oil & Gas, and Renewables

Are you passionate about driving transformation in the supply chains of some of the most impactful Energy companies? At Accenture, our Supply Chain & Operations (SC&O) team is growing and looking for experienced Consultants and Managers to lead innovative projects, helping major energy companies in the Nordics overcome critical challenges and build efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.


Your Role: As a Management Consultant or Manager in Supply Chain & Operations, you’ll be part of a supportive, dynamic team solving exciting challenges for leading companies in the Energy, Oil & Gas, and Renewables sectors. You’ll lead project workstreams, offer strategic insights, and deliver impactful presentations, all while growing your skills and expertise.


Key Responsibilities include:

Lead transformative projects: Help clients navigate supply chain transformations, improving sourcing, procurement, planning, logistics, and operational efficiency, while advancing sustainability.

  • Manage projects: Oversee analysis, coordinate and lead resources, and ensure smooth project execution.
  • Drive innovation: Apply digital tools and new technologies like AI and analytics to improve sourcing, procurement and supply chain operations.
  • Facilitate workshops and deliver insights: Conduct workshops and presentations that provide strategic recommendations to clients.
  • Be a trusted advisor: Guide clients through the energy transition and help them adapt to changing industry dynamics.
  • Support business growth: Identify opportunities, strengthen client relationships, and contribute to proposal work for future projects.


Recent project examples include:

  • Development of new operating model for future oil & gas operations
  • Implementation of supply chain analytics tool within oil & gas capital projects
  • Digital Procurement Transformation Program: Implementation of SAP Ariba and Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management System to streamline the end-to-end Source to Contract process, assure compliance by design, and provide data-driven contract management insights.
  • Implementation of Celonis Process Mining platform for Vendor Invoice Management Process.
  • Contract Analytics: Design and establish data extraction policies and models to capture critical data points such as Payment Terms and Price Indexation, enabling insight-driven decision-making.
  • Conducting comprehensive analysis of contract risk profiling, contract performance, and contractual terms and conditions, while identifying savings opportunities through a "Treasure Hunt" approach and preparing fact-based negotiation packs for suppliers.

What is in it for you:

  • Access to a global network of industry and specialist knowledge.
  • Professional and academic challenges that foster growth.
  • Focus on personal development with access to training, certifications, conferences, and other learning activities.
  • An inclusive working environment with inspiring and skilled colleagues and managers.
  • Flexible work hours prioritizing work-life balance.
  • Overtime pay (Consultant level).
  • A unique social agenda and a wide range of sports groups.
  • Competitive compensation and benefits with share savings arrangements, a solid pension plan, health insurance, and much more.

We believe you have:

  • A Master’s degree with strong academic results in a relevant field, such as finance, industrial economics, social economics, change management, business, strategy, leadership, administration, mathematics, information technology, or related areas.
  • 2-8 years of experience in consulting, with a focus on technology advisory or management/strategy consulting, or relevant experience within the Energy, Utilities, and Renewables industries. For Consultant level, the candidate is expected to have 2-5 years of relevant work experience. For Manager level, the candidate is expected to have more than five years of relevant experience.
  • A commercial mindset, with the ability to identify and pursue new business opportunities alongside Accenture Managers and Senior Managers.
  • Experience collaborating in diverse teams and thriving in creative problem-solving environments. You have a methodical, analytical and systematic approach.
  • Strong relationship-building abilities and excellent communication skills, with the capacity to effectively convey ideas and insights to diverse audiences, both in writing and verbally – in English and a Scandinavian language.
  • A value-driven mindset, with a strong focus on technology, customer-centricity, and change management.
  • A passion for working at the intersection of technology and business
  • Relevant experience and the appropriate employment level will be determined as part of the recruitment process, in consultation with the candidate.


In this role, you will report to the Supply Chain & Operations Lead in Norway, with your workplace located in either Stavanger or Oslo.

Interested?

We look forward to receiving your application, and kindly ask that you attach your CV and cover letter by no later than November 3, 2024.


If you have any questions about the role or the Supply Chain & Operations department, please contact Silje Hoff at +47 95 74 61 80, Management Consulting Manager SC&O Norway, or Magnus Wigernäs at +46 76 767 2134, Senior Recruiting Specialist, Strategy & Consulting Nordics.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and Al with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 3600 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 3600 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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