Management Consultant - Senior Manager - Chicago

Efficio

📍Chicago, IL
Posted May 24, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Management Consultant - Senior Manager - Chicago

Company

Efficio

Location

Chicago, IL

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4387832880

Job Description

At Efficio, we're not just a consulting firm; we're a team of dedicated experts committed to transforming procurement and supply chain functions. Our mission is to drive sustainable, measurable value for our clients through innovative solutions and deep industry insights. Join us and be part of a dynamic environment where your skills and ideas make a real impact.

Efficio is the world’s largest specialist procurement and supply chain consultancy, with offices across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. We’re a diverse team of over 1,000 individuals, representing more than 60 different nationalities and speaking 40+ languages – and we’re continuing to grow rapidly!

We are recruiting for our North America region where you'll be joining a growing team of nearly 150 people based from our New York and Chicago offices. Consultants based in the USA will support clients across the Americas with opportunity to travel globally. Our consultants provide flexible support to clients whether it is a rapid assessment, short term savings realisation or embedding in a long-term partnership to deliver lasting and measurable value to clients.

As a Senior Manager, you will:

  • Handle multiple high-complexity projects, ensuring top-quality outcomes and meeting client expectations

  • You will work closely with senior executives, lead strategic direction, and prepare impactful presentations for steering committees

  • Managing and coaching teams, typically overseeing 7+ consultants, is a key part of the role

  • You will actively engage in business development by identifying client needs and proposing solutions, all while maintaining a commercial mindset

  • Seek opportunities for conversations with senior client stakeholders and leverage your network for recruitment activities

Our collaborative and inclusive culture is what makes us stand out. At Efficio, colleagues with diverse backgrounds, ideas, and viewpoints come together to identify innovative solutions for our clients - and so we're looking for our new team members to bring strong communication, empathy, and relationship-building skills to maintain this culture as we grow.

We encourage our teams to proactively innovate and challenge the status-quo, backed by strong analytical thinking and creative problem-solving abilities alongside comfortable proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. We're looking for team members who enjoy and have experience of digging into complex challenges at a leading management consultancy or in a relevant industry position.

Strong opportunities for career growth are an important part of our offering; as such, we love seeing ambition and a proactive approach to shaping your career to your goals and interests.

To meet client needs, we look for flexibility to travel; you can give us a heads-up on your preferences when applying.

We'd love to hear about any additional skills or experiences you bring to the table. We're particularly interested in:

  • Prior consulting experience and functional knowledge within strategic sourcing, procurement transformation and supply chain

  • Project management and people management

  • A strong academic background

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach diagnosing inefficiencies and driving measurable value in a procurement transformation engagement for a new client?
  • 2.Walk me through how you construct a business case and steering committee presentation to gain buy-in from skeptical senior executives for a supply chain initiative.
  • 3.What are the key methodologies or frameworks you use to manage multiple high-complexity consulting projects simultaneously while ensuring top-quality outcomes?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage and coach a diverse team of consultants through a particularly challenging project with tight deadlines.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you proactively identified a client need that wasn't part of the original scope and successfully turned it into a business development opportunity.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you challenged the status quo and proposed an innovative solution to a complex supply chain problem when the traditional approach wasn't working.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are leading a long-term partnership project, but a senior client executive has just expressed deep dissatisfaction with the project's direction, threatening to cancel the engagement. How do you handle this?
  • 2.You are overseeing multiple high-complexity projects and realize that two of your key consultant team leads are overwhelmed, putting project deliverables at risk. How do you manage this situation while maintaining quality and client expectations?

Resume Keywords

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Procurement TransformationStrategic SourcingSupply ChainProject ManagementBusiness DevelopmentExecutive PresentationsTeam CoachingSavings RealisationSteering CommitteesAnalytical Problem-SolvingChange ManagementStakeholder Engagement

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