Role Description
We are a boutique M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) and Transformation Consultancy based in London. Our team works with broad range of clients in Life Sciences, FMCG and infrastructure sectors. In our Transformation practice, we focus on improving the effectiveness, efficiency and bottom-line of businesses. Our team works from strategy through to implementation of programs to grow revenue, reduce costs and create value for our clients.
We are looking for a Manager to join our team of 15 to strengthen our strategic and analytical capabilities. The preferred candidate will have significant management consulting experience and strong analytical and business strategy development skills. We are looking for a proactive team player to drive strategic analysis on client engagements!
The role is hybrid (3 days/week in our offices in Central London) and may require some travel across Europe. London based full-time permanent hires only.
Key roles and responsibilities:
- Execute and deliver on key industry and market analyses including growth projections and trends, supply and demand, and economic and financial analysis and modelling
- Lead portfolio analysis, market landscaping and segmentation, competitor profiling, strategic capability assessment, commercial analysis (sales, customer segmentation, go-to-market, pricing etc)
- Lead assessment of current state of client’s business; understand revenue and cost drivers and develop hypothesis for value creation which leads to clearly identified initiatives
- Lead on 'Where to Play' and 'How to Win' and facilitate alignment workshops with key stakeholders
- Drive alignment on program objectives, approach and develop structured project plans
- Lead development of future operating model and detailed mapping of current and future processes and roles and responsibilities
- Be responsible for day-to-day program management using a broad range of project management techniques, track and share progress, risks, and issues and ensure timely delivery of key milestones
- Join the dots into actionable insights and meaningful recommendations to drive strategic business decisions
- Manage senior stakeholders, build transformation momentum and develop trusted relationships at all levels
- Generate simple yet visually appealing collateral necessary for key decision-making activities (e.g. strategy sessions, Board and Senior LT meetings)
Skills, qualifications, experience
- Experience in strategy and transformation consulting in a management consulting firm for 6+ years
- Experience in commercial assessments and one or more key transformation area (procurement, sourcing, shared services, customer experience, customer service, organizational design) with an understanding of what “good” looks like
- Strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly yet critically
- Strong analytical, structured problem-solving skills and solid business acumen
- Proactive, entrepreneurial and a team player
- Experienced with executing a broad range of data, analysis and methodologies, including: Market sizing, Competitive analysis, Bench marking, Financial modelling and Valuation, Portfolio review, Customer segmentation and analysis and Primary research
- Able to synthesize large amounts of information from diverse sources to problem solve, identify trends, insights and issues and recommend solutions
- High EQ with strong verbal and written communication skills, including story boarding and developing high quality materials
- Able to understand Financials and value chains for Pharma, Medical Devices, Healthcare or FMCG sectors
- Comfortable communicating with, and presenting to clients at senior levels
- Expert in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Bachelor’s degree in a related subject – e.g. Business, Finance, Accounting, Mathematics
- MBA or relevant graduate degree preferred