Associate Supply Chain Consultant

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?

🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.

🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other. 

The Impact of a Associate Supply Chain Consultant at Coupa:

This is your chance to bring your passion for solving difficult problems to a fast-growing, dynamic, entrepreneurial team that is pushing the boundaries of Supply Chain logistics and optimization. 

What You Will Do:

• Design and deliver supply chain management and strategic sourcing solutions using Supply Chain Modeler 
• Understand key client performance levers (on-time delivery, cost, feasibility, etc.) and seek solutions to improve these metrics 
• Define and carry out project plans under the direction of project managers or engagement leads; Participate in development of modeling approaches in partnership with an experienced solution architect 
• Identify and raise issues that impact project quality, scope, timing, or cost 
• Provide structured and creative analysis to identify performance improvement opportunities and effectively communicate findings with clients 
• Review and validate data, build and validate models, run scenarios, and assist in the preparation of client presentations 
• Fully document modeling approach, data sources and transformations, assumptions, and constraints What Makes this Role Unique: Cutting-edge Research and Impactful Work to Grow Your Career 
• Participate in diverse and interesting projects that combine operations research, optimization, and simulation 
• Get exposed to a wide range of technologies and problems 
• Make real contributions to solving global commercial and humanitarian logistics problems 
• Gain experience working with Fortune 500 companies, prominent consulting firms, humanitarian logistics agencies, and our nation’s military 

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

• Experience in or knowledge of supply chain planning and design (or demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply complex technical skills): 
• Some knowledge of the principles of optimization and how optimization is performed using software packages 
• Understanding of simulation and the differences between optimization and simulation 
• Familiarity with planning, forecasting, transportation, inventory management, and strategic sourcing 
• Database skills strongly desired
• Some programming skills a plus, especially in optimization software packages 
• Currently enrolled in or completed Bachelor or Masters’ program focused on industrial engineering, operations research, or supply chain management 
• Ideal candidate would have some previous supply chain consulting experience 

Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. 

Please be advised that inquiries or resumes from recruiters will not be accepted.