Consultant, Capabilities, Supply Chain

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our Supply Chain practice are looking for an experienced Consultants or Senior Consultants to join the team. 
 
Our Supply Chain team partners with some of the most influential public and private sector organisations globally, tackling their toughest strategic supply chain challenges, working across sectors such as energy, utilities, government and products and services. We’re entering a critical time for global supply chains, with headwinds such as cost inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and climate change creating volatility and disruption like never before. 
 
Our clients need us to help them interpret those headwinds, help them manage complexity and critically ensure that their supply chain is continuing to be a cost-efficient and efficient growth enabler for their business. We’ve worked on some of the most exciting global supply chain projects including managing a multi-billion-pound logistics outsourcing and transition programme, creating the supply chain network strategies for some of the world’s leading fast moving consumer goods organisations, managing global supply chains on behalf of large medical aid development programmes, and designing and implementing technology-enabled business transformation initiatives. 

• Logistics: supporting network strategy and modelling, logistics outsourcing and commercial negotiations, warehouse and transport operating model design, inventory optimisation, service and cost improvement, digital logistics and sustainable logistics solutions.  

• Planning: supporting planning transformation across demand, supply and production planning, S&OP / IBP, inventory policy setting, planning operating model design, planning systems and data, forecast analytics, capacity planning and performance management.  

You’ll be part of a cohort of supply chain experts who are constantly improving their knowledge by staying on the pulse of the latest industry developments. Developing industry knowledge means we’re always on the front-foot to bring the latest, most relevant solutions to our clients. 

• Logistics experience across one or more of: network design or optimisation, warehousing, transport, fulfilment, 3PL / 4PL outsourcing, logistics operating model design, cost-to-serve, service improvement, automation or last mile / urban logistics. 

• Planning experience across one or more of: demand planning, supply planning, production planning, S&OP / IBP, inventory policy, capacity planning, forecasting, planning operating model design, planning process improvement or planning systems implementation. 

• Strong analytical capability, including the ability to structure problems, work confidently with imperfect data, build robust Excel-based analysis or models, interpret operational and financial data, and translate findings into clear recommendations. 

• Experience using supply chain systems, data and digital tools, such as ERP, advanced planning systems, WMS, TMS, reporting / visualisation tools or other planning, logistics or analytics platforms. 

• Ability to contribute to transformation delivery, including current state assessments, process design, operating model design, business cases, implementation planning, stakeholder engagement, change impact assessment and KPI / performance management. 

• Comfort working in multi-disciplinary teams and with stakeholders across supply chain, commercial, finance, operations and technology, including facilitating workshops, synthesising inputs and creating clear client-facing materials. 

• A developing point of view on relevant supply chain themes, such as supply chain resilience, planning capability, inventory optimisation, logistics outsourcing, digital supply chain, AI / analytics, automation, green logistics or supply chain sustainability. 

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. 

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

For UK & EU

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com

For the USA

Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact privacy@baringa.com

For Australia & Singapore

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com