Manufacturing & Logistics Leader at Cognizant in Teaneck, New Jersey

Job Description:

Manufacturing & Logistics Practice Leader

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH), headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 5,000 consultants worldwide, we offer high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including: Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner.

Business Development:

The Consulting Partner is expected to have deep understanding of client’s business problems and provide thought leadership to address these issues. Additional responsibilities as follows -

Job Requirements

• 15 years’ experience with a management consulting firm with a focus in Manufacturing & Logistics.


• 15 years’ experience delivering major transformation initiatives in business, operations and technology to the Global Fortune 500 


• Experience leading a large consulting practice.


• Experience leading a team of consultants.


• 15 years’ experience in business development, including identification of leads and opportunities, pre-sales and post-sales support and client relationship management


• Ability to travel 80% of the time

• Bachelor’s degree; MBA is preferred


• Excellent consulting and communication skills, including the ability to do strategic consulting work, target operating model work, business cases, roadmaps, etc.

General internal expectations:

• The capability to operate at multiple levels of abstraction and detail – ensure quality of deliverables and inject creativity in proposals


• Continually contribute to practice-level solutions and influence a positive feedback loop with client-level implementations


• Ability to efficiently manage time and lead a team - meeting deadlines without sacrificing the quality of the services


• Ability to apply expertise within a matrixed organization and within an integrated consulting firm


• Excellent leadership, organizational, decision making and team building skills to manage dispersed and matrixed teams.

Personal Characteristics:

• Superb team building skills with a predisposition to building consensus and achieving goals through collaboration and networking


• A strong achievement orientation and an entrepreneurial spirit to build the next generation practice


• A positive, results oriented style, evidenced by listening, motivating, delegating, influencing, and supervising the work being done to develop the next generation of leaders


• A high level of energy, sense of urgency, creativity, and decisiveness coupled with the ability/willingness to work hard and well under pressure


• An engaging/open interpersonal style complemented by the analytical pragmatism vital to quickly dissect highly sophisticated issues


• Ability to establish immediate credibility among his/her peers and wider partners as a professional who is respected for his/her intelligence and technical expertise


• Unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character who demonstrates high moral and ethical behavior


• Strong leadership and interpersonal/communication skills with professional staff, senior level executives, and the business community at large

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse group of backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is encouraged to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you’re comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you.

Cognizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network Assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and dedication to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position whom are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

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