Manager - Business Consulting - Planning

Lead end-to-end planning projects (Demand, Supply, Production, S&OP;/IBP) to optimize service levels, inventory, and productivity. Deploy and integrate leading platforms such as OMP, o9, SAP IBP, BlueYonder, Kinaxis, Aera, ensuring seamless adoption and measurable impact. Execute major programs focused on OTIF, inventory optimization, and productivity gains, leveraging best practices and analytics. Use Python, optimization algorithms, and data science techniques to enhance planning accuracy and decision-making. Deliver solutions for pharma, consumer goods, and industrial products, adapting strategies to sector-specific challenges. Lead business development activities, including proposal creation, client presentations, and relationship building with middle / senior leaders.

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

• 6-8+ years in consulting or project-based roles within supply chain planning and transformation.

• Hands-on experience with planning tools (OMP, o9, SAP IBP, BlueYonder, Kinaxis, Aera).

• Strong skills in Python and optimization modeling.

• Proven track record in delivering measurable improvements in OTIF, inventory, and productivity.

• Proven ability to drive business development and client acquisition.

• Excellent client-facing skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel regionally and globally.

• Knowledge of P&G; IWS / SNO methodology (nice to have)