Senior Manager - Supply Chain Planning, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Leading at Cognizant

This is a Leadership role at Cognizant. We believe how you lead is as important as what you deliver. Cognizant leaders at every level drive our business strategy and inspire teams around our future, live the leadership behaviors, uphold our values, and nurture our people and culture to create a workplace where all can thrive.

At Cognizant, leadership transcends titles and is embodied in actions and behaviors. We empower our leaders at every level to drive business strategy, inspire teams, uphold our values, and foster an inclusive culture.

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

About the role

As a Senior Manager Consulting, Supply Chain Planning, you will make an impact by leading client-facing supply chain planning transformation engagements across demand planning, supply planning, production planning, and material requirements planning. You will be a valued member of the Supply Chain Management Consulting team and work collaboratively with regional teams, platform leaders, industry leaders, client partners, business development teams, and clients to shape high-value planning solutions and transformation roadmaps.

In this role, you will:

Lead strategic consulting engagements across supply chain planning, including demand planning, supply planning, production planning, material requirements planning, sourcing and procurement, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and fulfillment.
Assess client planning processes and design future-state solutions for demand forecasting, passenger-based forecasts, food catering consumption history, menu-cycle-driven planning, and planning horizons ranging from 1 to 12 months.
Define and improve material requirements planning processes, including forecast-linked planning logic, auto-draft order generation, work-order generation, production scheduling, and alignment across demand, supply, and execution teams.
Translate planning business requirements into functional solution requirements, implementation-ready process designs, governance models, decision cadences, exception-handling approaches, and transformation roadmaps.
Partner with client partners, business development teams, regional stakeholders, platform leads, and industry leads to identify new business opportunities, create high-impact proposals, and strengthen Cognizant’s supply chain consulting offerings.
Drive thought leadership for supply chain planning through points of view, white papers, webinars, analyst engagement, market research, and insights that support client conversations and solution development.
Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, operating with Personal Leadership, Organizational Leadership, and Business Leadership to build trust, collaborate inclusively, create purpose, manage ambiguity, and deliver client-focused outcomes.

Work model

Hybrid Role – New Jersey / United States

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this position requires travel as needed and regular presence at a client site or Cognizant office in New Jersey. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance through our wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the posting date and may change based on project, business, or client requirements.

What you must have to be considered

12+ years of work experience in consulting, advisory, transformation, or client-facing supply chain roles.
Deep supply chain planning experience across demand planning, supply planning, production planning, material requirements planning, and related planning processes.
Experience leading consulting assessments, solution design, business analysis, process consulting, and transformation roadmap development for global clients.
Working experience with supply chain planning platforms such as SAP IBP, Kinaxis, OMP, Blue Yonder, Oracle ASCP, o9, or similar planning technologies.
Ability to operate independently and collaboratively in ambiguous client environments while demonstrating ownership, positive mindset, and strong stakeholder management.
Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, and Leading the Business.
Embodiment of Cognizant’s values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, and Own It.

These will help you succeed

Experience in planning-intensive industries such as food, catering, aviation services, consumer goods, manufacturing, or related sectors.
Knowledge of demand forecasting, material requirements planning, production planning, supply planning, and planning master data concepts.
Previous experience with a top-tier management consulting firm.
Experience developing thought leadership, including points of view, white papers, webinars, and market or benchmarking insights related to supply chain planning.
Proven ability to mentor consulting associates, support people development, and help build a strong consulting talent pipeline.

We’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Compensation

The annual salary for this position is expected to be between $105,000 and $160,000, depending on experience, qualifications, location, and other job-related factors. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

This position is eligible for Cognizant benefits, including:

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
401(k) plan and contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Employee assistance program
10 paid holidays plus PTO
Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
Learning and development certifications and programs

Sobre a Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) é uma construtora de IA e fornecedora de serviços de tecnologia, criando a ponte entre o investimento em IA e o valor para as empresas por meio do desenvolvimento de soluções de IA completas para nossos clientes. Nossa profunda experiência em setores, processos e engenharia nos permite incorporar o contexto único de cada organização em sistemas tecnológicos que potencializam a capacidade humana, geram resultados tangíveis e mantêm empresas globais à frente em um mundo em rápida transformação. Saiba mais em cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.

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