Senior Strategy Consultant - Global Supply Chain

This position is located Dallas, TX or Atlanta, GA. Relocation assistance is not available.

As a member of the Global Connections and Supply Chain (GCSC) Strategy Team, you will utilize your strategic abilities to provide actionable recommendations to the leaders of AT&T’s GCSC Organization. You’ll have the opportunity to help internal clients implement innovative solutions and best practices throughout AT&T’s sourcing processes, synthesizing facts and data from wide-ranging sources into tools and models used on the front lines of billions of dollars’ worth of negotiations.

Day-to-day responsibilities – typical tasks you will perform in this role include:

• Strategy development & consulting, focused on the following:
  • Supplier engagement/management
  • Industry trends and category management
  • Internal AT&T practices
  • Emerging technologies
• Fact-based negotiation support
• Competitive event strategy development
• “Should cost” analytical support
• Supplier spend trends & analyses
• Market intelligence
• Supplier financial risk assessments
• M&A tracking, earnings announcements, and ongoing supplier assessments

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or Supply Chain
• Typically, 3-5 years of related experience

Strategic mindset and strong analytical skills:

• Problem Solving: Aptitude to quickly understand and apply economic/business principles, recognize subtleties of complex problems, and develop innovative solutions driven or supported by data
• Modeling: Ability to work with multiple sources of (often finance-related) data, integrating fact-bases and assumptions to develop complex financial and operational models
• Technical: Advanced experience working with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

Project management experience:

• Effective communication skills
• Comfortable and effective in working in teams and across functional groups that vary from fundamentally technical to non-technical
• Demonstrated capability in managing multiple projects simultaneously and delivering against tight deadlines
• Superior negotiation and persuasion skills

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred; or, advanced degree Finance, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Supply Chain, Logistics, or similar
• Background in the telecommunications or high-technology industries
• Background in consulting, investment banking, commodities trading, or another highly strategic/analytical role
• Practical experience building financial and other analytical models to evaluate complex data
• Ability to understand mechanical and electrical engineering concepts
• Experience engineering hardware or firmware
• Experience managing relationships and interacting with various vendors active in the telecommunications space
• Previous experience managing teams of cross-functional high-aptitude professionals