About the Role
This role is ideal for a candidate with experience in demand planning, supply planning, inventory strategy, procurement, manufacturing, quality management or logistics. You will help mid-market clients solve complex challenges by delivering data-driven insights, operational improvements, and innovative strategies across the end-to-end supply chain. We are looking for a strong problem solver who can analyze data, identify root causes, and design practical solutions that drive measurable impact. You will work directly with clients and cross-functional teams to refine supply chain operations, enhance resilience, and unlock growth opportunities. This role offers the entrepreneurial environment of a fast-growing consulting practice combined with the resources and expertise of the leading middle market advisory firm.
Responsibilities
- Provide analysis and industry insight during client engagements to recommend and deliver innovative solutions to clients through data analysis, opinions, observations, interviews, facilitated workshops and rigorous project management
- Identify business drivers and prioritize personal work efforts quickly to maximize productivity in engagements
- Propose, develop, and implement solutions to complex client initiatives to achieve the desired future state
- Communicate effectively both internally with the engagement team and externally with client employees, C-suite executives and/or private equity partners to maintain excellent client relationships
- Support management in business development, networking, proposals, and marketing content
- Support management with engagement economics such as proposal budgeting and pricing, margin management, billing, risk management, etc.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum 2 years of professional consulting experience or relevant industry experience
- Excellent critical thinking skills and ability to solve complex business problems through fact gathering, business process mapping and data analysis
- Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity
- Excellent verbal and written communication, project management, and organization skills
- Client service and relationship building skills
- Must be a team player; demonstrate attention to detail and problem-solving skills; able to effectively work independently and in a team environment
- Willingness and ability to travel 50%+
Skills
- Demand planning
- Supply planning
- Inventory strategy
- Procurement
- Manufacturing
- Quality management
- Logistics
- Transaction Advisory: Manufacturing Plant Consolidations
- Product Line Transfers
- IOT/Manufacturing 4.0
- Operating Model Design: Process Transformations
- Cost Takeout
- Scale For Growth
- Plant Layout
- Production Flow Business Process Improvement
- Lean Six Sigma
- Management Operating Systems
- Quality Management
- Logistics and Distribution
- Warehousing
- Network Optimization
- Transportation
- Sales & Operations Planning
- Inventory Management
- Demand Planning
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement
- Vendor Management
- Scenario Modeling and Data Analytics
- Customer Experience
- Profit Analytics
- Pricing
- ERP
- CRM
- WMS
- TMS
- QMS
- Business Visualization
- Big Data and Statistical Analysis
- Enterprise AI Enablement
- APICS Certifications (CPIM, CSCP)
- Digital tool experience (eg. PowerBI, Alteryx, SQL, Python)
- Project Management Certification (PMP)
- Lean Six Sigma Certification
- AI-driven process automation experience (including demand forecasting, optimization) and GenAI based solutions
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $68,000 - $108,500
Benefits
- Competitive benefits and compensation package
- Flexibility in schedule
- Discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance
About the Company
- We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential.
- Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients.
- You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally.
- There’s nowhere like RSM.
- At RSM, we accomplish meaningful work and make an impact on the world around us.
- We work hard to fully understand our clients and work even harder to understand and identify your unique skills.
- We celebrate the differences among us and empower our talented professionals to grow forward, both personally and professionally.
- Our clients benefit from fresh insights and energy as we collaborate to support them, and our teams enjoy a work environment that inspires and empowers them to thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; colour; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the Canadian uniformed service; Canadian Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable provincial employment legislation.
- Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership.
- RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at careers@rsmus.com.
