Experienced Consultant - Consumer & Industrial Products

 West Monroe is seeking an Experienced Consultant to join our Consumer and Industrial Products Value Creation Group, working with retail, consumer, manufacturing, and industrial clients. and collaborative client delivery to turn insights into measurable business value. The role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will combine hypothesis-driven analysis, operational and supply chain knowledge, and collaborative client delivery to turn insights into measurable business value.

What you'll do

• Provide client delivery across value creation, operational improvement, supply chain, and performance transformation engagements for retail, consumer, and industrial businesses.

• Develop a holistic, data-driven view of client performance to identify, size, and prioritize revenue growth, cost management, working capital, and operational improvement opportunities.

• Analyze data through a hypothesis-driven approach; build models, frameworks, and business cases that inform decisions and quantify impact on the P&L and balance sheet.

• Assess and improve business processes, operating models, and enabling technology across functions such as planning and forecasting, procurement, supply management, manufacturing, inventory, warehouse and distribution, retail operations, and commercial operations.

• Document business requirements and current-state processes and translate findings into clear use cases, solution designs, implementation plans, communication plans, and other client-ready deliverables.

• Synthesize quantitative analysis, stakeholder perspectives, and market or operational information into concise, compelling materials for executive audiences.

• Work collaboratively with client leaders, project managers, and internal and external teams to implement identified opportunities, manage workstreams, resolve issues, and support adoption.

• Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and recommendations clearly in written and verbal formats.

• Support proposals and the development of West Monroe tools, methodologies, and approaches; contribute to recruiting, team building, and practice development.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; degrees in economics, finance, applied mathematics and statistics, data science, engineering, or another analytics-related field are preferred.

• One to four years of relevant project-based experience in business consulting, supply chain, operations, value creation, or performance transformation.

• Experience as an active team member on at least three operational, supply chain, or performance transformation programs for manufacturing, retail, consumer, or industrial clients.

• Experience managing one or more workstreams, with exposure to supply chain planning, network optimization or redesign, inventory optimization, analytics, manufacturing operations, or supply chain technology selection such as WMS or TMS.

• Ability to use critical thinking and structured problem solving to develop practical frameworks for unstructured problems.

• Strong data analysis, visualization, and modeling skills, including high proficiency in Excel; proficiency in PowerPoint and Word is also required.

• Moderate experience with analytical tools or coding languages such as Alteryx, SQL, R, or Python is preferred.

• Fundamental understanding of financial statements and strong overall business acumen.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create concise, executive-ready deliverables and communicate effectively with clients at all levels.

• Strong organization and project planning skills, with an understanding of project delivery methodologies.

• Commitment to inclusion and diversity and openness to new ideas and perspectives.

• Ability to travel as required by client engagements, up to 75%.

Industry and functional knowledge

We are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge of one or more of the following sectors and value chain areas:

• Sectors: specialty retail, grocery, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, chemicals, specialty materials, durable goods, automotive and transportation, industrial products, or industrial equipment.

• Retail and consumer: consumer behavior and marketing, merchandise planning and analysis, retail planning and operations, revenue growth management, trade promotion management, planning and forecasting, sales and operations planning, supply chain, warehouse and distribution, and data and analytics.

• Manufacturing and industrial: planning and forecasting, supply management, procurement, sales and operations planning, engineering, production scheduling, maintenance, production controls, quality control, inventory management, supply chain, warehouse and distribution.

Seattle or Washington, D.C. 93800 - 110300 USD
Los Angeles 98200 - 115500 USD
New York City or San Francisco 102700 - 120800 USD
A location not listed above 89300 - 105000 USD