Advisory Industry Leader, Supply Chain

Pair your adaptable, collaborative, curious mindset with your tech skills to help client digitally transform their ways of working. Better experience for air travelers? Data to help a non-profit better serve kids with needs? An Advisory role at Avanade offers you a purposeful career. Know your clients' needs inside out, work with them beginning to end, enjoy achievements together - and repeat.

Come join us

This is a Canada Advisory Director level leadership role that falls within our Digital Advisory team here at Avanade. Our Digital Advisory team sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology and industries, and thrives on turning ideas and innovations into breakthrough results for leading organizations around the world. The Digital Advisory team provides strategic advice and uses innovative technology (data and analytics, intelligent automation. ERP/ CRM) to drive digital transformation. The individual for this role will be responsible for growing capabilities, growing and nurturing a team, working with other regional and solution areas leaders to define go-to-market actions; and increasing awareness of business advisory. 

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor and guide you, but also lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look Together we do what matters.

What you’ll do
- Core Consulting Skills - utilizing consulting and training skills to educate business owners, along with junior team members.
- Client Partnership - leading client relationships, forming and growing trusted client relationships.

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Client Engagements - scoping client engagements and designing the delivery team and overseeing the commercial engagement with clients.
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Consultative Sales - leading and closing Advisory sales pursuits, in partnership with other business group leaders.
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Thought Leadership/Content - creating high-impact practice content and thought leadership for business transformation.
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Growth/Learning - inspiring and supporting junior business team members. Ensuring they are on client engagements, growing and learning.
- Planning/Budgeting - utilizing analytical evaluation skills for budgeting and planning.

Skills and experiences

Required
- 10+ years of Supply Chain transformation experience.
- Industry experience across Manufacturing, Retail/CGP, or Resource (e.g., oil/gas).
- Consulting experience with big 4 or equivalent consulting firm.
- Experience leading teams of 4-20 team members.
- Strategic planning and roadmap development.

Preferred
- Finance transformation experience.
- Microsoft ecosystem experience.

About you

Characteristics that can spell success for this role
- Consultative, collaborative, relationship builder
- Resilient, adaptable, flexible
- Intellectually curious and passionate about tech
- Storyteller and engaging content creator

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade
- Top-shelf clients - our clients accelerate value by being bold, imaginative - and fast. Look at who we work with - you’ve probably heard of them and just might want to work with them, too
- Next-level work - Utilize emerging tech and become adept at solving business critical issues, acquire industry expertise, and a deep understanding of the technologies and capabilities within the Microsoft ecosystem
- Flexible work schedule - We provide employees with a flexible work schedule that includes flexible start and end times as well as the ability to work remotely

Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.

A great place to work

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.

**Create a future for our people that focuses on**:

- Expanding your thinking
- Experimenting courageously
- Learning and pivoting

**Inspire greatness in our people by**:

- Empowering every voice
- Encouraging boldness
- Celebrating progress

**Accelerate the impact of our people by**:

- Amazing the client
- Prioritizing what matters
- Acting as one

Learn more

To learn more about the types of projects our Advisory team works on check out these case studies:
[3] Mater Hospital accelerates its digital transformation to keep patients and healthcare workers safe

[4] QBE is transforming its digital customer experience with Avanade and Accenture

**[5] Aon Australia**: The secret to helping people connect

[6] Blundstone meets customer demand in an agile way

Interested in knowing what’s going on