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Senior Manager Consulting, Cognizant Consulting

Manufacturing & Logistics Consulting (Manufacturing Focus)

Detroit, Michigan

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we’re growing!

The Role

Our Manufacturing & Logistics (ML) consulting group is looking for a Senior Manager – (Manufacturing) Consulting to join our journey. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for enriching client partnering and anticipate client needs based on a solid understanding of emerging Manufacturing industry requirements and/or technological breakthroughs.

This position will provide advisory services to manufacturing clients. Cognizant Consulting (CC) provides Strategic & Operational consulting services, creates IP and drives Business Solutions for Clients. Cognizant has CC Units across the industry segments – Banking Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail/Consumer Goods & Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy & Utilities (MLEU), Communications, Information, Media & Entertainment. Position is open within the Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy & Utilities (MLEU) Consulting unit in Americas region

We’re looking for Senior Managers ML Consulting who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As Senior Manager, this means overseeing advisory consulting engagements, being a trusted advisor to clients, establishing oneself as a thought leader in your field, solving complex problems, consultatively working with a client to achieve business goals, driving contributions to offerings and innovations, and serving as a people leader, guiding multiple teams as they work to transform a client and the world. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!

Responsibilities

  • Leading Business Transformation for clients across the value chain – Sourcing & Procurement, Manufacturing through Distribution
  • Deep expertise in serving industrial and process oriented clients within manufacturing sector and provide tailored solutions that address their specific needs
  • Provide strategic guidance and solutions to clients in the manufacturing industry.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional Cognizant teams to deliver process improvements and operational excellence.
  • Develop and implement supply chain strategies, including inventory management, demand forecasting, and logistics optimization.
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities and operational efficiencies for clients.
  • Manage client relationships, ensuring successful project delivery.
  • Driving thought leadership agenda for the BU including authoring white papers, workshops, webinars, etc.
  • Ensures the appropriate alignment and collaboration of consulting teams and individuals to support project requirements and activities in the focus area and within larger Cognizant and client ecosystems;
  • Advocate for and establish appropriate recognition for Consulting within projects, and negotiate applicable consultant rates in project sizing that correspond to the value Consultants contribute to engagements;
  • Exercise leadership in the development of Consulting service offerings;
  • Leverage collegial networks across Cognizant (e.g., sales, service line community, offshore delivery) and externs partners to innovate solutioning or resolve issues; and
  • Support and contribute to the establishment of thought leadership in the industry, to promote Cognizant’s brand and to drive additional opportunities for Cognizant.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of consulting, professional services, digital strategy development, advisory, or transformation programs operating in a client-facing capacity serving and leading external client engagements
  • Extensive experience working in manufacturing segment
  • Excellent customer facing capabilities, and an established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements
  • MBA or Master’s or advanced business degree preferred
  • Travel Required: Yes
  • Minimum three days at nearest Cognizant office or client location as needed (Detroit)
  • Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes

· The embodiment of Cognizant’s Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way.

Work Authorization

· Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

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