Senior Operations Consultant- Source, Kearney Activate

Senior Operations Consultant- Source, Kearney Activate

Job Description

Location: Mexico, with willingness to travel as required

About Kearney

Kearney is a leading strategic consulting firm that partners with some of the largest organizations across North America and globally to drive transformational change and operational excellence. Our work spans multiple operational domains, helping clients optimize costs, enhance processes, and design future-ready operating models.

About Kearney Activate

Kearney Activate is our global capability platform, bringing together Kearney’s operations expertise with digital and AI technology to drive transformation for clients worldwide. Within Activate, the Kearney Operations System (KOS) is our global team of operations specialists. We work within client teams, bringing the right experts and the right tools to deliver measurable impact across three connected operational domains:

Plan: Optimizing end-to-end supply chain processes, demand forecasting, inventory management, and digital transformation.

Source: Driving sourcing excellence, strategic negotiations, procurement transformation, and cost optimization.

Deliver: Improving logistics, transportation efficiency, network optimization and operational execution.

Role Overview

As a Senior Operations Consultant, you will lead significant work streams and help shape solutions across KOS client engagements. You will serve as a trusted day-to-day advisor to client stakeholders, bring deep functional expertise and guide teams toward measurable operational improvements.You will contribute to client delivery, business development, KOS offering development, and the growth of junior talent. The role requires both specialist depth and the ability to connect analysis, transformation design, and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Source

Lead procurement transformation, strategic sourcing, cost optimization, and supplier-performance initiatives.

Guide spend baselining, sourcing strategy, RFX execution, negotiations and implementation planning.

Lead teams in applying the latest in digital and AI-backed approaches to drive procurement workstreams using a range of Kearney proprietary and third-party solutions

Develop recommendations for procurement of operating models, digital enablement, and continuous improvement.

Lead clients, independently or with small teams, in change management to ensure value realization with program management, savings tracking, and supplier transition steps

End-to-end Operations impact

Understand and articulate sourcing impacts upstream and downstream in the value chain; i.e. communicate and plan for impacts on demand planning, forecasting, inventory, network optimization, logistics and digital transformation.

Account for broader supply chain impact in designing process improvements, analytical models, performance measures, and implementation of roadmaps.

Kearney Activate and Client Development

Contribute to proposals, client pitches and business development initiatives.

Work flexibly in dynamic environments with varying client needs and project requirements.

Develop intellectual capital, tools, methods, and case studies.

Support Kearney outreach and collaborate with technology and asset-development teams.

Who You Are

6-8 years of experience in management consulting, supply chain, procurement, operations or transformation.

Demonstrated success leading workstreams and delivering outcomes with senior client stakeholders.

Demonstrated experience in one or more sourcing, procurement, or related operations transformations, in a consulting or similar project-based setting.

Master’s degree or MBA preferred.

Strong communication, stakeholder management, storytelling, and executive-presentation skills.

Strong project management skills and the ability to work across functions, geographies, and time zones.

Proficiency and ability to guide team in using LLM platforms (ChatGPT, Claude) to accelerate workflows for research, and deliverable deployment and validation.

Advanced Excel and experience with analytical tools such as Power BI, Tableau or similar platforms preferred.

Knowledge of tools such as Coupa, Jaggaer or Keelvar,and other Source-to-contract solutions, with the ability to guide clients and projects teams on usage.

Knowledge of Procure-to-Pay process and systems a plus

Willingness to travel to client locations when required.

What we can offer you

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

Generous retirement savings contributions.

Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and their families.

Structured and on-the-job learning and development opportunities.

Personalized opportunities, including talent mobility, flexible work programs, and externships, help you chart a unique career journey and pursue your personal and professional goals.

Read more about our benefits and careers at Kearney.com/careers.

Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients.

That’s why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment.

Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws.

This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.