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Supply chain consultant roles qualify for H-1B visa, L-1 visa, and O-1 visas when the position requires a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, operations research, or a related field. Employers in consulting, manufacturing, and retail sponsor these roles regularly, though cap-subject H-1B petitions require lottery selection. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.
Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.
Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.
Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.
Position Summary
Huron’s Commercial Consulting practice partners with organizations to drive profitable growth, improve operational performance, and build resilience in an increasingly complex and disrupted business environment. We work side by side with clients across industries to solve critical commercial and operational challenges—combining deep functional expertise with data-driven insights, advanced analytics, and pragmatic execution.
A core focus of our work is supply chain transformation. Our teams help clients strengthen end-to-end supply chain performance—from demand forecasting and inventory optimization to logistics, network design, and cost-to-serve visibility. We support organizations in navigating disruption, improving service levels, releasing working capital, and building resilient supply chains that deliver measurable financial impact, not just recommendations. By staying through execution, we ensure solutions are implemented effectively and results show up in our clients’ operations and financials.
Qualifications
As a Director in Huron’s Commercial Supply Chain Consulting practice, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, leading complex supply chain transformation initiatives that improve reliability, resilience, and operational performance. You will partner closely with client executives and internal stakeholders to shape strategy, design future-state capabilities, and oversee implementation across people, process, data, and technology.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage large-scale transformation programs, and help global organizations modernize supply chain capabilities. Directors at Huron are hands-on leaders who build lasting client relationships while delivering results that show up in operations and financial performance.
Strategic & Advisory Leadership
- Lead end-to-end supply chain transformation efforts for Consumer Goods, Retail Distribution, Industrial and Automotive manufacturers, Energy & Utilities (or a subset of these industries) across sourcing and procurement of products, E2E planning and S&OP, logistics and distribution.
- Assess current-state operating models, maturity, and performance; identify improvement opportunities using structured, data-driven frameworks.
- Design future-state supply chain architectures incorporating advanced planning, AI-enabled forecasting, digital twins, automation, and predictive analytics.
- Advise executive stakeholders on supply chain modernization aligned to grid modernization, regulatory expectations, decarbonization goals, and long-term capital programs.
- Build business cases and value models that quantify financial impact, productivity gains, risk reduction, and service-level improvements.
Supply Chain Strategy & Planning
- Develop and optimize end-to-end supply chain strategies tailored to the operating environment.
- Lead initiatives related to demand forecasting, planning, and S&OP models that balance service reliability with cost and working capital objectives.
- Support supply chain planning for major utility capital programs, including substations, undergrounding, AMI deployments, renewable interconnections, and pipeline projects.
- Improve coordination across engineering, sourcing, commercial, manufacturing, planning and logistics to enable a resilient execution.
Procurement & Category Management Leadership
- Lead strategic sourcing and category management initiatives across transmission and distribution equipment, field services, IT/OT, fleet, and materials.
- Oversee vendor selection, bid evaluations, negotiations, and contract development to achieve cost, reliability, and safety objectives.
- Implement supplier risk assessment, audit, and continuous improvement programs to strengthen supply assurance and resilience.
- Establish contract performance monitoring for safety, delivery, quality, and productivity.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain consulting, operations, or large-scale transformation roles, with demonstrated impact across strategy and execution.
- Prior experience in a consulting firm or equivalent internal consulting / transformation role, operating at the Manager, Senior Manager, or Director level.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations, including planning, procurement, logistics, inventory, and execution across complex operating environments.
- Proven ability to assess current-state operating models, identify performance gaps, and design scalable, future-state solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, managing multiple workstreams, and delivering results in fast-paced, client-facing environments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree (MBA, MS in Supply Chain, Analytics, Operations, or related field) or equivalent advanced certification.
- Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: Sales and Operations Planning, warehouse management, procurement, category management, inventory optimization, logistics, demand planning, or field service supply chains.
- Experience building and implementing supply chain strategies, operating models, and performance management frameworks.
- Working knowledge of advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled technologies, including machine learning, large language models, or agent-based systems.
- Experience embedding analytics, GenAI, or automation into planning, forecasting, or execution processes.
- Familiarity with digital supply chain platforms or ERP implementations, such as Kinaxis, o9, Blue Yonder, SAP, Oracle, IBM Maximo, or Coupa.
Travel and Home Office: Travel requirements vary by project, but candidates must be willing to travel weekly as needed. You may live anywhere in the contiguous 48 states near a major airport.
The estimated base salary range for this job is $200,000 - $250,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel.
This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $250,000 - $337,500. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.
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Posting Category
Commercial-All Commercial
Opportunity Type
Regular
Country
United States of America
The Opportunity
At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.
Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.
Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.
Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.
Position Summary
Huron’s Commercial Consulting practice partners with organizations to drive profitable growth, improve operational performance, and build resilience in an increasingly complex and disrupted business environment. We work side by side with clients across industries to solve critical commercial and operational challenges—combining deep functional expertise with data-driven insights, advanced analytics, and pragmatic execution.
A core focus of our work is supply chain transformation. Our teams help clients strengthen end-to-end supply chain performance—from demand forecasting and inventory optimization to logistics, network design, and cost-to-serve visibility. We support organizations in navigating disruption, improving service levels, releasing working capital, and building resilient supply chains that deliver measurable financial impact, not just recommendations. By staying through execution, we ensure solutions are implemented effectively and results show up in our clients’ operations and financials.
Qualifications
As a Director in Huron’s Commercial Supply Chain Consulting practice, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, leading complex supply chain transformation initiatives that improve reliability, resilience, and operational performance. You will partner closely with client executives and internal stakeholders to shape strategy, design future-state capabilities, and oversee implementation across people, process, data, and technology.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage large-scale transformation programs, and help global organizations modernize supply chain capabilities. Directors at Huron are hands-on leaders who build lasting client relationships while delivering results that show up in operations and financial performance.
Strategic & Advisory Leadership
- Lead end-to-end supply chain transformation efforts for Consumer Goods, Retail Distribution, Industrial and Automotive manufacturers, Energy & Utilities (or a subset of these industries) across sourcing and procurement of products, E2E planning and S&OP, logistics and distribution.
- Assess current-state operating models, maturity, and performance; identify improvement opportunities using structured, data-driven frameworks.
- Design future-state supply chain architectures incorporating advanced planning, AI-enabled forecasting, digital twins, automation, and predictive analytics.
- Advise executive stakeholders on supply chain modernization aligned to grid modernization, regulatory expectations, decarbonization goals, and long-term capital programs.
- Build business cases and value models that quantify financial impact, productivity gains, risk reduction, and service-level improvements.
Supply Chain Strategy & Planning
- Develop and optimize end-to-end supply chain strategies tailored to the operating environment.
- Lead initiatives related to demand forecasting, planning, and S&OP models that balance service reliability with cost and working capital objectives.
- Support supply chain planning for major utility capital programs, including substations, undergrounding, AMI deployments, renewable interconnections, and pipeline projects.
- Improve coordination across engineering, sourcing, commercial, manufacturing, planning and logistics to enable a resilient execution.
Procurement & Category Management Leadership
- Lead strategic sourcing and category management initiatives across transmission and distribution equipment, field services, IT/OT, fleet, and materials.
- Oversee vendor selection, bid evaluations, negotiations, and contract development to achieve cost, reliability, and safety objectives.
- Implement supplier risk assessment, audit, and continuous improvement programs to strengthen supply assurance and resilience.
- Establish contract performance monitoring for safety, delivery, quality, and productivity.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain consulting, operations, or large-scale transformation roles, with demonstrated impact across strategy and execution.
- Prior experience in a consulting firm or equivalent internal consulting / transformation role, operating at the Manager, Senior Manager, or Director level.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations, including planning, procurement, logistics, inventory, and execution across complex operating environments.
- Proven ability to assess current-state operating models, identify performance gaps, and design scalable, future-state solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, managing multiple workstreams, and delivering results in fast-paced, client-facing environments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree (MBA, MS in Supply Chain, Analytics, Operations, or related field) or equivalent advanced certification.
- Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: Sales and Operations Planning, warehouse management, procurement, category management, inventory optimization, logistics, demand planning, or field service supply chains.
- Experience building and implementing supply chain strategies, operating models, and performance management frameworks.
- Working knowledge of advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled technologies, including machine learning, large language models, or agent-based systems.
- Experience embedding analytics, GenAI, or automation into planning, forecasting, or execution processes.
- Familiarity with digital supply chain platforms or ERP implementations, such as Kinaxis, o9, Blue Yonder, SAP, Oracle, IBM Maximo, or Coupa.
Travel and Home Office: Travel requirements vary by project, but candidates must be willing to travel weekly as needed. You may live anywhere in the contiguous 48 states near a major airport.
The estimated base salary range for this job is $200,000 - $250,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel.
This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $250,000 - $337,500. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.
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Posting Category
Commercial-All Commercial
Opportunity Type
Regular
Country
United States of America
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Supply Chain Consultant
Target consulting firms with established visa programs
Large consulting firms like Deloitte, Accenture, and McKinsey file H-1B petitions in volume every year. Their immigration infrastructure means faster processing, in-house legal support, and fewer errors on your petition compared to first-time sponsors.
Align your degree field with the role description
USCIS requires a direct relationship between your degree and the consulting role. Supply chain management, industrial engineering, operations research, and business analytics degrees map cleanly. A general business degree may require supporting documentation to establish specialty occupation status.
Consider L-1 if you're transferring within a multinational
If your current employer has U.S. operations, an intracompany transfer on an L-1 visa bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely. L-1B covers specialized knowledge workers, which supply chain consultants with proprietary methodology expertise often qualify for.
Document client-facing and specialized project work
Sponsorship approvals strengthen when your resume shows complex, specialized deliverables: ERP implementations, network optimization modeling, demand forecasting projects. Generic descriptions of 'coordinating logistics' weaken the specialty occupation argument USCIS evaluates at adjudication.
Time your job search around the H-1B filing window
H-1B registrations open in March for an October 1 start date. Starting your supply chain consultant job search in January gives employers time to extend offers, prepare LCA filings with the DOL, and meet the registration deadline without rushing.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsors efficiently
Migrate Mate filters supply chain consultant roles by employers with active visa sponsorship history, so you're applying to companies already familiar with the process rather than spending weeks cold-applying to employers who don't sponsor at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a supply chain consultant role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Generally yes, but it depends on how the employer defines the role. USCIS requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Supply chain consulting roles tied to quantitative analysis, ERP systems, or network optimization model well. Generalist coordinator roles without a defined degree requirement are harder to support and face higher scrutiny at adjudication.
Which visa types do employers use to sponsor supply chain consultants?
H-1B visa is the most common pathway, subject to the annual lottery. L-1B is available if you're transferring from a foreign affiliate with specialized knowledge of the employer's systems or processes. O-1A is an option for consultants with significant publications, industry awards, or leadership roles in professional associations. TN visas cover Canadian and Mexican nationals in management consultant roles under USMCA.
What degree do I need for an employer to sponsor me as a supply chain consultant?
A bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, industrial engineering, operations research, or business analytics is the strongest foundation. Some employers also accept degrees in economics or mathematics when paired with relevant work experience. If your degree is in an unrelated field, three years of direct supply chain consulting experience can substitute for each year of missing education under USCIS equivalency rules.
How can I find supply chain consultant jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lists supply chain consultant roles from employers with documented sponsorship history, so you can skip the filtering and apply directly to companies already comfortable with the H-1B process. This matters because many employers open to sponsoring experienced consultants never explicitly advertise it in job postings, and Migrate Mate surfaces those opportunities.
Are H-1B approvals for supply chain consultants affected by the lottery?
Yes. Supply chain consultant roles are cap-subject, meaning your petition enters the annual H-1B lottery in March. In recent years, selection rates have been around 25 percent with roughly 400,000+ registrations filed for 85,000 available slots. If you're not selected, cap-exempt employers such as universities, nonprofit research institutions, and some government contractors can sponsor H-1Bs without lottery exposure.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Supply Chain Consultant jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.