Specialist Leader – Bulk Logistics (Maritime and/or Rail)
We are a team of strategic advisors, architects, and implementers who drive business transformations. Our diverse talent energizes clients' business functions and technology to maximize value in Supply Chain enhancing their ability to fulfill their growth and efficiency ambitions. Imagine working with world-class supply network capabilities like Smart Factory, Strategy & Innovation, Supply Chain Responsiveness, Sourcing & Procurement, or Product Development & Operations!
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? Join our US Supply Chain & Network Operations Offering, where you'll deliver transformational solutions using operational expertise, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and industry-specific hybrid solutions. Don’t miss the chance to be part of a team that provides exceptional client value while advancing your professional journey. Apply now and become a vital part of our innovative and dynamic workforce!
Recruiting for this role ends on 1/31/26
The team
Our team helps clients transform their value chains into competitive advantages. We drive efficiency, improve flexibility, and increase responsiveness through proactive insights and decision-making. We advise, implement, and operate transformational solutions that bring world-class supply network and operational capabilities to our clients. We provide operational know-how, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and industry-specific hybrid solutions to deliver unprecedented client value. Additionally, we improve operations, product, and material flow across the breadth of the value chain and create greater supply network synergy and value.
Roles and Responsibilities
This role will drive and scale the bulk logistics consulting business, focusing on advising clients in maritime and/or rail transportation. This role combines deep industry expertise with strong consulting and sales skills, supporting business development initiatives as well as hands-on client engagements. The position requires working at the intersection of transportation and key sectors such as oil, gas, chemicals, and agriculture, leveraging experience in digital transformation, SaaS solution implementation, and emerging AI technologies. Success in this role depends on leveraging a robust professional network and a passion for delivering innovative, high-impact solutions in the rapidly evolving bulk logistics landscape.
- Proactively identify new client opportunities in maritime and/or rail, serving transportation providers and shippers.
- Partner with account teams to shape proposals and solution offerings, integrating both traditional logistics expertise and digital capabilities (SaaS, AI, automation) to address complex supply chain challenges.
- Support business growth through market insights, stakeholder engagement, and alignment of logistics and digital capabilities to client needs.
- Lead the delivery of multifaceted logistics advisory and digital transformation projects, including packaged solution implementation and AI-driven logistics optimization.
- Ensure project goals, timelines, and quality standards are met with a balance of operational rigor and innovative approaches.
- Provide strategic and operational guidance to project teams, collaborating closely with clients and technology partners to maximize impact.
- Serve as the senior point of contact for project delivery, troubleshooting issues and steering projects—both technical and operational—to successful outcomes
- Bring deep subject matter expertise in maritime and rail logistics, as well as the digital technologies shaping the industry.
- Advise clients on trends such as automation, AI adoption, technology solutions, and supply chain resiliency in the context of logistics for oil, gas, chemicals, and agriculture clients.
- Develop and present thought leadership materials including whitepapers, webinars, and strategic roadmaps—highlighting the role of Mentor and develop team members, fostering cross-disciplinary skills in logistics, digital transformation, SaaS, and AI.
- Contribute to the expansion and innovation of service offerings, helping the practice anticipate and adapt to industry and technology shifts. technology in accelerating logistics transformation
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10+ years of relevant experience in bulk logistics, maritime, rail, or related industry sectors
- Consulting experience with exposure to both logistics project delivery and digital solution implementation (including SaaS and AI)
- Ability to travel up to 50%, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or MBA
- Full lifecycle of project development—from opportunity identification through delivery and relationship management
- Industry network and hands-on involvement with supply chain challenges in oil, gas, chemicals, and/or agriculture
- Familiarity with digital, automation, or analytics initiatives in logistics
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