Senior Consultant - Logistics & Distribution

Job Type: Permanent
Work Model: Hybrid
Reference code: 131671
Primary Location: Toronto, ON
All Available Locations: Toronto, ON

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What will your typical day look like?

Deloitte Canada is seeking an experienced Senior Consultant to join our Supply Chain & Network Operations practice, with a focus on Logistics & Distribution.
As a Senior Consultant, you will work with clients to improve the performance of their logistics, transportation, fleet, warehousing, and distribution operations. You will contribute to strategy, assessment, design, and implementation engagements, working across both business and technology workstreams.
In this role, you will:
• Lead workstreams across logistics and distribution strategy, operating model design, operations assessments, and transformation programs.
• Analyze transportation, warehousing, fleet, distribution, and network operations to identify practical opportunities for cost reduction, service improvement, productivity, resilience, and sustainability.
• Support transportation optimization, route and load planning, dispatch improvement, carrier management, freight settlement, and logistics performance management initiatives.
• Support WMS, TMS, YMS, fleet, telematics, order management, and related supply chain technology design, selection, implementation, and adoption.
• Use data, analytics, and visualization tools to develop insights, quantify opportunities, and create client-ready recommendations.
• Bring a practical understanding of AI, Generative AI, and agentic AI concepts to logistics and distribution use cases, including planning support, exception management, decision support, workflow automation, performance analytics, and knowledge management.
• Facilitate client interviews, workshops, working sessions, and stakeholder discussions across business, operations, and technology teams.
• Manage project activities, timelines, risks, issues, and status reporting for your workstream, with guidance from Managers and Senior Managers.
• Support business development activities, including market research, proposal development, solution shaping, and client presentations.
• Continuously build your logistics, distribution, technology, analytics, and AI capabilities through Deloitte learning, external training, and hands-on client delivery.

About the team

Our Deloitte Supply Chain & Network Operations Consulting practice is the largest in the Canadian market and part of one of the largest consulting firms in the world. Our team includes more than 150 practitioners across Canada, with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and other major cities.
We work with clients across industries to improve business performance, strengthen supply chain operations, and create competitive advantage. Our work spans strategy through execution, including supply chain assessments, logistics and distribution transformation, network design, transportation management, warehouse operations, planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and technology-enabled transformation.
Within Logistics & Distribution, we support clients on topics such as:
• Transportation strategy and operating model design.
• Logistics diagnostics and cost-to-serve improvement.
• Network design and distribution footprint optimization.
• Transportation sourcing and carrier strategy.
• Route optimization, load planning, dispatch, and execution improvement.
• Fleet strategy, telematics, driver and asset performance, and decarbonization.
• Warehouse and distribution centre process improvement.
• WMS, TMS, YMS, fleet, and logistics technology selection and implementation.
• Logistics analytics, performance management, and AI-enabled supply chain use cases.

In addition to client delivery, our team members contribute to internal initiatives such as market research, proposals, recruitment, innovation labs, AI-enabled solution development, eminence, and coaching.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

You are someone who combines supply chain experience, structured problem-solving, strong communication skills, and a practical interest in how technology and AI are changing logistics and distribution.
You bring:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Logistics, Analytics, or a related field. A Master’s degree, MBA, or relevant professional certification is considered an asset.
• Minimum 5-7 years of direct experience in consulting and/or industry experience in logistics, transportation, distribution, warehousing, fleet operations, or broader supply chain transformation.
• Experience contributing to or leading workstreams in one or more of the following areas:
o Supply chain or logistics assessments
o Transportation strategy and optimization
o Distribution centre design or warehouse process improvement
o Network design and distribution footprint analysis
o Fleet operations and telematics-enabled performance improvement
o Transportation sourcing, carrier management, freight audit, or freight settlement
o TMS, WMS, YMS, fleet, order management, or inventory planning technology initiatives
• Familiarity with one or more transportation modes, such as LTL, TL, parcel, private fleet, dedicated fleet, intermodal, rail, or final mile.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work with operational data, identify root causes, develop insights, and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Experience with tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Alteryx, Python, or other analytics and visualization platforms is considered an asset.
• Familiarity with AI, Generative AI, or agentic AI concepts and an interest in applying them to real logistics and distribution problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create executive-ready materials and explain complex operational or technical concepts clearly.
• Experience working directly with clients, business stakeholders, operators, technology teams, and senior leaders.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments with changing priorities and tight timelines.
• A commitment to professional and client service excellence.

Preferred Skills:
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities.
• Previous management consulting experience.
• Experience supporting technology selection, implementation, testing, training, deployment, or post-go-live stabilization.
• Exposure to leading logistics and supply chain platforms
• Experience applying analytics, automation, AI, or digital tools to improve transportation, warehousing, fleet, or distribution performance.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and French is considered an asset.

Quebec Locations: Bilingualism in French and English is required for this position due to the nature of the role having interactions with National & Global clients and project teams.

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $138,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.

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