Engagement Manager, Supply Chain Risk Consulting

About the position The Engagement Manager, Supply Chain Risk Consulting, position offers excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with significant prior experience. Strategic Risk Consulting’s mission is to be the “tip of the spear” in making Marsh the preferred strategic risk advisor for our clients. We help clients across three main disciplines: Risk Intelligence – perform advanced quantification of insurable and uninsurable risks to drive key management decisions Resilience – improve client’s abilities to manage their risks through enterprise risks management, business continuity management, crisis management, and cybersecurity Strategic Project Advisory – lead complex and strategic projects involving multidisciplinary teams across Marsh Advisory This role will be focused on the Resilience discipline will lead our efforts around Supply Chain risk management. The Engagement Manager will be able to leverage Marsh’s groundbreaking Sentrisk supply chain risk management platform to enhance and differentiate our core offerings of enterprise risk management, business continuity management, and crisis management. What you can expect: Lead the proposition development and execution of supply chain risk management consulting engagements in the United States and Canada Collaborate with our global supply chain consulting teams to ensure consistency in our propositions and the utilization of best practices Drive the delivery of complex and multidisciplinary client engagements as an engagement manager Act as a key contact with senior level clients, and provide leverage to the client and the firm by delivering high quality work, developing, and capturing intellectual capital and supporting new or expanded business opportunities Facilitate multiple cross-functional teams to drive successful completion of results across team members, prepare, and maintain project plans, establish project protocols, resolve conflicts between teams, and review results Provide guidance and coverage for junior consultants, insight and leverage for Account Owners and Practice Leaders Provide effective and impactful communication of issues and solutions, in formal and informal settings Participate in focused new business development and other aspects of the commercial process What’s in it for you? Apply your unique solutions to the evolving needs of both internal and external clients Opportunity to engage with other areas of Marsh to understand the full scope of the business process Competitive pay, generous benefits, employer matching and contribution to 401k. Generous paid time off, sick time, and one volunteer day per year, paid holidays Responsibilities • Lead the proposition development and execution of supply chain risk management consulting engagements in the United States and Canada • Collaborate with our global supply chain consulting teams to ensure consistency in our propositions and the utilization of best practices • Drive the delivery of complex and multidisciplinary client engagements as an engagement manager • Act as a key contact with senior level clients, and provide leverage to the client and the firm by delivering high quality work, developing, and capturing intellectual capital and supporting new or expanded business opportunities • Facilitate multiple cross-functional teams to drive successful completion of results across team members, prepare, and maintain project plans, establish project protocols, resolve conflicts between teams, and review results • Provide guidance and coverage for junior consultants, insight and leverage for Account Owners and Practice Leaders • Provide effective and impactful communication of issues and solutions, in formal and informal settings • Participate in focused new business development and other aspects of the commercial process Requirements • 7+ years of experience in consulting or supply chain experience • Track record of leading and managing teams and delivering against tight deadlines in fast paced and demanding environments • Strong background in conceptual problem solving and analytical skills • Outstanding communication skills; confidence in presenting to senior executives • Willingness to travel Nice-to-haves • Supply chain risk management expertise • Experience with insurance / insurance brokerages Benefits • Competitive pay, generous benefits, employer matching and contribution to 401k. • Generous paid time off, sick time, and one volunteer day per year, paid holidays Apply tot his job Apply tot his job

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