About Adonis Partners

At Adonis Partners, we exist to help our clients become more profitable — and their people more capable. We’re not here to sell band-aids. We show up to do the real work, shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, committed to creating lasting, measurable impact.

We are a fast-growing business excellence consultancy of 60 professionals across North America, serving over 30 clients annually.

We combine data-driven insights, deep industry experience, and lived leadership to cut through complexity and deliver results. Our team is built on a foundation of openness, humility, and relentless value creation. That’s how we’ve earned trust — and why clients call us back.

We partner most often with companies in:

- Food & Beverage Manufacturing
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Packaging
- Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain

Our clients are typically upper mid-market ($200M to $2B in revenue), including PE-backed companies undergoing operational transformation. Engagements range from 3–12 months, often involving immersive, on-site collaboration. Our Values (How We Work)
- Genuine, Transparent & Fair – We tell the truth, even when it’s hard.
- Relentless in Creating Value – We own the outcome, no matter the obstacles.
- Always Getting Better – We seek feedback and grow through experience.
- Move Fast – We take action with urgency and accountability.
- Go the Extra Mile – We roll up our sleeves and do what it takes.

We live a service philosophy based on vulnerability, humility, and radical honesty. It’s not always comfortable, but it builds the kind of trust that lasts.

Position Summary

As the Supply Chain Practice Leader, you will lead and grow Adonis Partners’ Supply Chain & Operations Excellence practice while also serving as a senior client-facing practitioner. You will shape the practice’s strategy, service offerings, methodologies, and delivery standards; coach and develop consultants; and ensure high-quality outcomes across client engagements.

This is a consulting leadership role that combines practice leadership, business development, people leadership, and hands-on delivery. You will work directly with executive leadership and client stakeholders to assess supply chain performance, identify improvement opportunities, lead transformation initiatives, build client capability, and deliver measurable operational and financial results.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Chain Practice Leadership

- Own the development and evolution of Adonis Partners’ Supply Chain & Operations Excellence practice, including strategy, service offerings, methodologies, tools, standards, and delivery playbooks.
- Establish consistent assessment frameworks, implementation roadmaps, and deliverables across client engagements.
- Build practice intellectual property, training materials, case studies, diagnostics, and reusable client solutions.
- Partner with company leadership on practice strategy, resource planning, pipeline development, and growth opportunities.
- Monitor market needs and industry trends to strengthen the practice’s positioning and identify differentiated offerings.

Team & Consultant Leadership
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop supply chain consultants and subject-matter experts.
- Provide practitioners with direction, coaching, tools, and subject-matter support throughout client engagements.
- Assess consultant capabilities and support development of technical, consulting, facilitation, and leadership skills.
- Review engagement plans, deliverables, and client outputs to maintain a high standard of quality.
- Support staffing and resource allocation across engagements based on client needs and practitioner capabilities.
- Create a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Client Engagement & Consulting Delivery
- Lead or oversee supply chain transformation workstreams, from current-state assessment and opportunity identification through implementation and sustainment.
- Build trusted relationships with executive sponsors and leaders across supply chain, procurement, operations, finance, and related functions.
- Conduct supply chain diagnostics to identify performance gaps, root causes, risks, cost-reduction opportunities, and improvement priorities.
- Develop practical implementation roadmaps, business cases, governance structures, and benefits-realization plans aligned to client objectives.
- Facilitate executive workshops, cross-functional working sessions, Kaizen events, and capability-building activities.
- Coach client teams to build internal ownership and sustain new processes and performance systems after the consulting engagement.




- Present findings, recommendations, progress, and results to senior client stakeholders.

Supply Chain & Operational Excellence
- Lead improvement initiatives across supply chain strategy, procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier performance, demand planning, inventory optimization, logistics, warehousing, transportation, distribution, and order fulfillment.
- Improve end-to-end process performance, service levels, working capital, cost-to-serve, productivity, and supply chain resilience.
- Apply Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Business Excellence, and structured problem-solving methodologies to reduce waste, improve flow, and eliminate root causes.
- Develop supply chain KPIs, daily and visual management systems, performance dashboards, and governance routines to support sustained improvement.
- Use data, operational metrics, and financial analysis to quantify opportunities, prioritize initiatives, and track benefits realization.
- Integrate supply chain improvement with broader operational excellence, digital transformation, and change management initiatives where appropriate.

Business Development & Practice Growth
- Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities within prospective and existing client organizations.
- Build relationships with senior executives and decision-makers, including Chief Supply Chain Officers, COOs, procurement leaders, and operations executives.
- Contribute to client discovery meetings, proposals, scopes of work, presentations, and solution development.
- Develop account growth strategies and identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships.
- Build a sustainable pipeline of consulting engagements and contribute to practice revenue and sales targets.
- Develop thought leadership and client-facing content that strengthens Adonis Partners’ supply chain market presence.

Financial & Practice Performance
- Contribute to practice-level planning and manage performance against revenue, gross margin, project profitability, and consultant utilization objectives.
- Develop sales forecasts, pipeline projections, and growth initiatives in collaboration with company leadership.
- Monitor engagement economics and delivery performance, addressing risks to scope, budget, quality, and client outcomes.
- Identify opportunities to improve consulting delivery efficiency, expand service offerings, and increase repeat business.

Qualifications

Required

- 3+ years’ experience in a management consulting role leading a supply chain practice
- 15+ years of progressive experience in supply chain management, procurement, and operations.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes: SI&OP;, supply planning, demand planning, inventory optimization, logistics, network optimization, warehousing, and distribution.
- Experience managing practice-level financial performance, including revenue, gross margin, project profitability, sales pipeline, forecasting, and consultant utilization.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- Demonstrated experience leading supply chain transformation, operational excellence, or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Proven ability to develop client relationships, identify business opportunities, contribute to sales growth, and support proposal development.
- Experience managing consulting engagements or complex projects, including scope, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, stakeholder expectations, and delivery outcomes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to connect operational improvements to financial results.
- Strong consulting, facilitation, stakeholder management, presentation, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to travel to client locations across Ontario and throughout North America.

Preferred
- Demonstrated success in developing service offerings, acquiring new clients, and growing strategic accounts.
- Expertise in two or more specialized areas such as strategic sourcing, S&OP;, supply chain planning, inventory optimization, logistics, network optimization, or cost-to-serve improvement.
- Experience with ERP and supply chain technology platforms such as SAP, Oracle,



Kinaxis, or Microsoft Dynamics.
- Experience with supply chain analytics, performance dashboards, business intelligence tools such as Power BI, and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience working with private-equity-backed or upper mid-market organizations undergoing operational transformation.
- Experience with organizational change management, capability development, and sustainable continuous improvement.
- Established relationships with senior supply chain, procurement, operations, or executive stakeholders.
- Master’s degree or MBA in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
- ASCM Certified Supply Chain Qualified (CSCP) – preferred for end-to-end supply chain strategy, planning, sourcing, and execution.
- ISM Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) – an asset for procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization.
- Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) – an asset, particularly for candidates working with Canadian organizations.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – strongly preferred for advanced process improvement, root-cause analysis, waste reduction, and operational performance optimization.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) – an asset for complex transformation programs, project governance, and delivery management.
- Equivalent professional certifications and demonstrated practical experience will also be considered; candidates are not expected to hold all the certifications listed.

Desired Personal Attributes
- Strong executive presence with humility to work effectively at every organizational level.
- Exceptional coach, facilitator, and people leader.
- Client-focused consultant who builds trust quickly and follows through on commitments.
- Results-oriented with a strong continuous improvement mindset.
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-trust environments.
- Able to balance strategic practice leadership with hands-on client delivery.
- Strong commercial awareness and an entrepreneurial mindset.

How Success Will Be Measured
- Practice growth: revenue growth, new client acquisition, and expansion of existing accounts.
- Business development: qualified sales pipeline, proposal conversion, and sales contribution.
- Financial performance: gross margin, engagement profitability, and consultant utilization.
- Client success: client satisfaction, repeat business, and achievement of agreed engagement outcomes.
- Delivery excellence: project quality, milestone achievement, budget adherence, and realization of client benefits.
- Team development: consultant capability development, mentorship, retention, and effective resource deployment.
- Innovation: development of new service offerings, reusable methodologies, and differentiated consulting solutions.

Our Commitment to You
- Join a collaborative, entrepreneurial consulting firm where your expertise makes a measurable difference.
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus opportunities.
- An honest and transparent culture free from corporate politics.
- Lead high-impact transformation projects with leading organizations.
- Grow and shape a strategic consulting practice with meaningful leadership responsibility.
- Opportunities to develop practitioners and expand your consulting leadership career.
- A culture that cares deeply for the well-being of our people, clients, partners, and community.

Ideal Candidates Will…
- Embrace transparency and humility.
- Be willing to ask hard questions and face tough truths.
- Thrive in fast-paced, high-trust consulting environments.
- Enjoy developing people and building strong practitioner teams.
- Be energized by solving complex client problems and delivering measurable results.
- Desire to help build something meaningful and make a positive impact on clients, people, and society.

If that sounds like you — let’s talk.

Application Requirements

Interested candidates should submit

- Resume
- Cover letter
- Summary of supply chain transformation or operational excellence projects led, including scope and measurable outcomes where possible

Only candidates legally authorized to work in Canada and based in the Greater Toronto Area will be considered. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Pay: $250,000.00-$300,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Work from home

Location:
- Toronto, ON (preferred)

Willingness to travel:
- 75% (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON

📌 Supply Chain Practice Leader (Toronto)
🏢 Adonis Partners
📍 Toronto