U.S. Senior Associate / Associate Consultant - Operations & Supply Chain 2025

Location

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco

Job Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

L.E.K. Consulting is one of the premier strategy consulting firms worldwide. At L.E.K., we are passionate about helping our clients succeed with breakthrough insights that drive real impact. Our clients view us as trusted partners that help address their most pressing challenges and biggest opportunities.

We bring together the rigor of data-driven analysis with the creativity and curiosity of a collaborative team. By hiring exceptional people and fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, and continuous learning, we develop leaders who thrive on challenges and bring energy, optimism, and drive to every engagement. Founded in 1983, L.E.K. employs more than 2,200 professionals across five continents, and is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s best firms to work for. For more information, visit

About The Organization & Performance (O&P) Practice

At L.E.K. Consulting, our Organization & Performance (O&P) practice empowers clients to align their organizational structures and operations with strategic objectives, driving sustainable growth and enhanced performance.

Within our O&P practice, our Operations & Supply Chain team supports clients in evolving their supply chain strategies and improving performance across the end-to-end supply chain. We specialize in six core capabilities.

• Supply chain strategy: Designing supply chain models aligned to business goals—optimizing footprint, operating model, and capabilities to drive efficiency and growth.
• Planning: Improving demand forecasting, S&OP, and inventory management to enhance supply-demand alignment and decision-making.
• Procurement: Identifying sourcing opportunities, strengthening supplier strategies, and delivering cost savings through smarter purchasing practices.
• Manufacturing: Boosting manufacturing performance through productivity improvements, network optimization, and digital enablement.
• Distribution: Refining distribution networks and operations to improve cost-efficiency, customer service, and scalability.
• Logistics: Optimizing transportation and last-mile logistics to reduce costs and improve service through smarter network design and execution.
  
  

Our Operations & Supply Chain team collaborates closely with clients, providing tailored solutions that address both immediate challenges and long-term ambitions. We are committed to delivering measurable impact through a structured, hands-on approach.

Job Description

Operations & Supply Chain Senior Associates / Associate Consultants drive our insights for clients. You will quickly take on significant responsibilities as you play a crucial role on each case team, gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing research and data to address the client’s core issues. Your ability to uncover novel information, conduct rigorous analysis, solve problems creatively, and communicate your high-quality work is critical to the breakthroughs that make a lasting impact for our clients. A collaborative mindset, positive outlook and a drive to learn and lead are key to success in this role.

While casework varies every day, Senior Associates’ / Associate Consultants’ primary responsibilities typically include:

• Develop problem solving frameworks to solve operational issues.
• Conduct analysis, benchmarking and research.
• Own workstreams, synthesize data into actionable recommendations, and help shape client strategies on pressing business issues.
• Coach and guide junior team members, helping build capabilities across the case team.
• Collaborate closely with team members to present findings and recommendations to clients through compelling written and verbal communication.
  
  

As part of the role, you may be asked to travel to client sites. These opportunities allow for deeper client engagement, broader exposure, and meaningful contributions to our work. We ask that you remain flexible in supporting these travel needs as part of your professional experience at L.E.K

L.E.K. offers Senior Associates / Associate Consultants the broadest range of fast-paced, high-impact, and diverse cases for maximum learning. We are also committed to investing in your training and development and fostering excellent analytical and leadership skills to prepare you for your progression in tenure, as well as for potential future opportunities in top graduate schools or roles in industry, non-profits, start-ups, or investment firms.

In addition to very competitive compensation and benefits, we promote Senior Associates / Associate Consultants to Consultants and beyond, based on demonstrated performance.

WHY L.E.K.?

The O&P Senior Associate / Associate Consultant role at L.E.K. is differentiated from other firms in several key ways:

• Immediate workstream responsibility: L.E.K. Senior Associates / Associate Consultants are expected to be integral members of the team from day 1, immediately driving mission-critical work to help solve critical challenges for our clients.
• Breadth of experiences: While our projects span most industries and O&P services, our focus is operations and supply chain. Senior Associates / Associate Consultants typically work on ~6-10 projects a year, providing greater exposure across clients and strategic issues, as well as faster development of business acumen.
• Fun, collaborative, stimulating work environment: L.E.K. teams spend substantially more time in their home office relative to teams at peer firms, and we pride ourselves on a vibrant social culture, including case team events, office parties, non-profit involvement, and much more. Operations & Supply Chain Senior Associates / Associate Consultants have a hybrid schedule, with time spent both in L.E.K. home office and at client sites.
• International exposure: Approximately 65% of Senior Associates / Associate Consultants gain international exposure within their first 3 years, either through projects staffed across global offices, travel to international client locations, or, if they choose, by relocating to an international office on either a temporary or a full-time basis.
• Upward mobility: L.E.K. is a meritocracy with an entrepreneurial culture and frequent feedback. We rapidly progress responsibility to accelerate our team’s development.
  
  

Qualifications And Experience Needed

• A bachelor’s degree from a renowned school with outstanding academic achievement
• 2-3 years of full-time professional experience post-graduation in a relevant field
• Strong Operations & Supply Chain experience; backgrounds may include consulting, industry roles, or a blend of both, though purely corporate experience will be considered selectively.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership, initiative and ability to thrive in a team-oriented environment
• Enthusiasm, resilience, and a desire to continuously learn and grow
  
  

L.E.K. Consulting offers a competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience. The base salary at the Senior Associate level is $110,000USD and at the Associate Consultant level is $135,000USD. The estimated total potential compensation at these level ranges from $145,000USD (Senior Associate) to $200,000USD (Associate Consultant).  The realization of performance bonuses and profit sharing are influenced by both individual and firm performance. Broader firm benefits include 401K, health/dental/vision insurance, paid vacation and holidays, sick leave and short and long term disability insurance.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without the need for employer sponsorship. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider candidates requiring sponsorship for visas, including but not limited to TN, H1-B, F-1, STEM OPT/CPT, or any other work authorization.

L.E.K Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.