UKI Business Consulting - Supply Chain & Operations, Operational Excellence - Senior Consultant
EYAbout the role
UKI Business Consulting - Supply Chain & Operations, Operational Excellence - Senior Consultant
Location: Dublin
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: No
Business Area: Supply Chain & Operations
Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent
The opportunity
Our Operational Excellence team works with clients to reimagine and redesign the inner workings of their operations, enabling them to deliver on their corporate strategy, achieve cost and performance efficiencies and identify and capture growth opportunities for the future.
We are currently seeking to hire an Operational Excellence Senior Consultant with 4+ years experience.
Do you have a passion for helping organisations maximise operational efficiency, embrace the digital agenda and create great customer and employee experiences? Do you have prior experience in Lean, continuous improvement and a process excellence delivery role within consulting or multi-sectors? Are you looking for strong career development, with an opportunity to learn from highly talented people and want to benefit from the support of a global organisation and network?
At EY, we are sure that irrespective of the reasoning behind considering a new role with us, becoming a part of our strong Operational Excellence team may be the ideal career move for you.
Your key responsibilities
You will work as a Senior Consultant as part of a high-performing team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping client organisations solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. On a typical day, you will have the opportunity to:
- Utilise your skills in the areas of structured problem solving, business analysis, analytics, design thinking and Lean process improvement to help our clients drive profitability and performance through their business operations
- Engage directly with senior client stakeholders to drive business outcomes, including the facilitation of client workshops
- Be involved in projects across the end-to-end project lifecycle, from business case development to project and execution and close-out
- Draw on EY’s unique capabilities in Digital, Programme Management, Business Process Management, and experience from our global consulting network
- Work with a global team of experts to develop unique, innovative and game-changing solutions as well as benefitting from best-in-class operations focused training and development
Skills and attributes for Success
- Strong knowledge of Lean Six Sigma including DMAIC and Value Stream Mapping
- Strong experience in project delivery using Agile and waterfall
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and creative thinking
- Strong experience in Performance Management
- Skilled in structuring and running observation studies, as well as gathering and analysing large amounts of data
- Experienced in Business Process Management, Improvement and Redesign
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing
- A solid team player who’s also an independent thinker
- Deadline-driven, self-driven, highly organised and able to multitask
- Experienced in developing analysis reports and presenting/ communicating findings
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- Lean Six Sigma qualification, Green Belt or above
- Strong academic record including a relevant third level degree from top university
- Strong numeric analysis, presentation and process mapping and requirement gathering skills
- Proven Microsoft Office experience
- Management Consulting experience is a benefit
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
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