Deloitte, Senior Consultant, Defence Industry, Supply Chain Consulting (Public Sector), London or Regional
Role description
Applicants are invited to apply to join Deloitte as a Senior Consultant within the Deloitte Supply Chain practice, with specific focus and expertise within the Defence environment. This is to support Deloitte's rapidly growing footprint with the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces across a range of projects.
The role requires someone who understands the challenges the Defence environment currently faces, and who will be able to support a range of diverse projects related to Defence transformation. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate both depth and breadth of Defence experience, supported by applicable Supply Chain skills. Applicants will be required to work closely with clients to run small work streams, which may require management of small teams. Prior experience in Defence is essential, with prior experience in Consulting strongly preferred.
In addition to a wide range of Defence experiences, applicants must be able to demonstrate strength in core consulting skills such as deliverable creation, solution modelling and bid support, enabled by strong MS Office skills and the ability to work quickly and accurately when under time pressure. The ability to balance competing priorities from both clients and Deloitte is essential. When not working for Defence clients, applicants must be able to rely upon their core competency of supply chain skills to support the wider Deloitte business.
As a Senior Consultant the majority of work will be based at client site, which may be outside of London thus a willingness to travel and/or regional basing will be essential.
Responsibilities
A Senior Consultant will have responsibility for:
- Running project work streams
- Close interaction and working with clients
- Management of small teams of people
- Delivering tasks on time and within budget and in line with client expectations
- Delivering multiple pieces of work in parallel, both client facing and internal
- Supporting development of the Deloitte business, brand and reputation within Defence
Requirements
To qualify for the role you must have:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to lead a small team of people
- Breadth and depth of experience in the Defence Industry either Ministry of Defence, Front Line Commands or both
- Supply chain experience
- Prior consulting experience
- Flexibility in work location
Additional desirable experience includes:
- Previous “Big 4” consulting experience or equivalent
- Stakeholder links within the Ministry of Defence and Front Line Commands
- Experience of working on Defence Transformation Projects
- Previous experience of business development activities
- Experience of Ministry of Defence scrutiny and approvals processes
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