Practice Consultant - Supply Chain

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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

For over 20 years, Bain’s practices have supported teams across the globe with industry and capability expertise and knowledge. Our practices are critical to Bain’s commercial success in how we deliver results to our clients and are a key strategic priority. Practices are growing & evolving creating lots of opportunities for its team members with high visibility across the firm.

Each Practice can be considered a Business Unit of Bain & Company. The primary role of a Practice is to boost Bain’s knowledge and expertise in a particular industry or capability. Specifically, practices strive to boosts Bain’s knowledge and expertise in the industry or capability by co-creating, shaping managing and marketing intellectual property (innovative perspectives and products) to help the business drive growth to full potential and serve clients more effectively and efficiently.

The Supply Chain & Operations Practice Team is a global group that supports the Supply Chain & Operations capability, as part of Bain’s overall Performance Improvement Capability. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

Supply chains are undergoing unprecedented transformation due to global disruptions, increasing digitization, rising customer expectations, and the push for more sustainable, resilient operations. The Global Supply Chain practice at Bain helps clients solve a broad range of challenges, always connecting their supply chain operations to their overall strategy. Key areas Bain supports includes supply chain strategy and design, network optimization, integrated business planning, fulfillment & logistics, supply chain resiliency, digitization, automation, and ESG integration. We partner with leading companies across industries to build future-ready supply chains and unlock value through operational excellence.

Bain’s Supply Chain IP strives to be distinctive, provocative, and industry-leading—globally relevant, while adaptable to regional contexts. It underpins commercialization with current and prospective Bain clients, and supports case teams through cutting-edge tools, benchmarks, and insights.

Overall, the Global Supply Chain & Operations Practice Consultant role will support commercial and case delivery efforts, IP development, ecosystem management, and talent development of the broader supply chain team building. Select efforts may include responsibilities for Bain’s thought leadership and IP across priority supply chain themes and selected products through research, data analysis (of proprietary, primary, and secondary data), and expert input from Bain partners and advisors. They will also advise client teams using the IP and ensure that emerging insights and frontline innovations are continuously integrated.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Build expertise: Develop a broad understanding of the Supply Chain practice and establish personal expertise in select priority areas (e.g., planning, digital supply chain, fulfilment, etc.)
  
• Client support: Assist with client development efforts, proposals, and provide direct support to consulting teams using Bain’s supply chain IP
  
• IP commercialization: Actively contribute to IP deployment internally (building awareness and enablement) and externally (marketing content, conference support, partner preparation)
  
• Ecosystem management: Work with the broader Supply Chain & Operations practice team to help manage and improve the impact of our ecosystem of external partnerships, internal collaborators (e.g., Marketing, Business Development, etc.), and specialized delivery resources (e.g., Advanced Analytics, Supply Chain Center of Excellence, etc.). 
  
• Practice operations: Support planning and execution of recurring meetings, business operations, and priority evens such as Bain’s annual Commercial Acceleration meetings and Global Leadership Summit—helping shape agendas, coordinate speakers, and present IP
  
• Knowledge capture: Working collaboratively with our Knowledge Management team, prioritize, synthesize, and share learnings from the field to enhance Bain’s supply chain knowledge base
  
• Coaching & mentorship: Mentor junior team members in our Knowledge Management (KM) teams, both in their traditional KM roles, but also as developing practice members in supply chain. 
  
• Demonstrate leadership: Be a key member of the Global Supply Chain & Operations practice team and a role model for collaboration, innovation, and professionalism

ABOUT YOU

Required:

• BA or equivalent, MBA preferred
• 4 years of professional working experience, with 1-2 years of current or recent consulting experience at the Consultant level with a leading consulting firm
• Passion for Supply Chain / Operations 
• Strong abilities in problem definition and problem-solving
• Ability to quickly pick up, structure and lead complex business research and analysis in a fast-paced environment, as well as the skills to drive to pragmatic business insights 
• Excellent analytical capabilities and experience using complex modeling and analysis to inform key business decisions (strong Excel skills)
• Demonstrated organizational / time management skills
• A proven self-starter with the ability to operate independently and manage competing priorities with minimal supervision 
• Comfortable and effective working with what could be a remote supervisor and team in a fast-paced environment
• Experience and proficiency creating high quality presentations 
• Excellent oral, written, and PowerPoint communication skills
• Ability to work well with all levels within Bain and at client
• Ability to lead interactions and establish credibility with senior stakeholders (at Bain or Client)

Preferred:

• Supply Chain / Operations experience, either during consulting projects or within industry
• Experience in project management
• Prior experience using tools to analyze and visualize large datasets (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau)

WHAT BAIN CAN OFFER YOU

The Practice Consultant role offers the ability to apply the many favorable aspects of a traditional consulting role (strategic thinking, problem solving, business judgment, change management, driving for results) with less travel and more flexibility, including the following professional opportunities:

• Develop deep supply chain expertise
  • Build and deepen expertise in supply chain and operations in a focused way, contributing to Bain’s thought leadership and client impact
  • Create provocative, leading-edge IP in this highly dynamic area and globally relevant area
  • Partner closely with core client delivery affiliates to better serve clients, capture IP, and improve our ecosystem of support 
• Broaden your skillset
  • Develop operational skills through practice operations and leadership
  • Strengthen commercialization capabilities by supporting marketing and branding efforts
  • Progressive career opportunity
  • Clear career path within Bain toward Practice Manager and beyond
  • Flexibility to transition into capability or product-focused roles as needed
• Work with a great team
  • Join a high-performing global Supply Chain practice team
  • Collaborate with experienced Bain partners and content experts
  • Be part of the wider Product, Practice, and Knowledge (PPK) community