Defence Supply Chain Consultant

Company description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.  

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. 

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. 

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.  

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. 

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job description

• Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

• Travel to client site will be necessary as and when the client requires
• Application deadline: ASAP
• Flexible working - We operate in a hybrid working environment where we come into a client site or office, at least 2-3 days per week. This role will be aligned to our London or Bristol offices

Are you driven by a desire to help the Defence Enterprise achieve value for money and improved collaboration through optimisation of their Supply Chains and logistics functions?

Our Defence and Security team are looking for an exceptional Consultant. You will be instrumental in supporting the continued growth of our Defence Supply Chain business, delivering high-impact consulting projects, and shaping the future of our practice. You will work closely with clients across the Defence sector to understand their needs and challenges, develop innovative strategies, and implement solutions that drive real business value and transform Supply Chains.

Reports to: Managing Consultant, Defence & Security

You will have opportunity to:

• Work on some of the most significant and complex supply chain challenges facing public and private sector organisations in the UK and internationally.
• Provide a range of strategic advice on topics such as transforming organisations’ supply chain teams, delivering complex supply chain and logistics transformation projects, and advising clients on how to embrace technology to accelerate and transform supply chain and logistics processes and harness data.
• Support your clients to achieve their desired business outcomes by harnessing deep technical knowledge and applying innovative approaches to supply chain and logistics.

Qualifications

• Strong supply chain and logistics experience, including military and industrial supply chains
• Expertise in navigating complex supply chain and logistics processes within the Defence sector to deliver successful value for money outcomes
• Evidence of leading and supporting change initiatives in multifaceted stakeholder environments
• Extensive experience and comprehensive knowledge of Defence Supply Chain and Logistics  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• CIPS, MCIPS, CILT or equivalent supply chain and logistics qualifications are preferable
• Ability to transfer skills and experience to supply chain transformation projects in new environments 
• Ability to contribute to the expansion of the PA Defence Supply Chain team, utilising your expertise to contribute to Business Development and development of new Supply Chain offerings
• Supply chain design and resilience assessment experience - highly desirable
• Prior consulting experience preferred
• For Principal Consultant grades prior consulting experience is required 

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

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Additional information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here .

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]