Experienced Manager, Management Consulting

Job Summary:

The Management Consulting Experienced Manager is part of a Management Consulting (MC) team supporting projects in the areas of Strategy & 80/20, Back Office & Finance Transformation, Site Selection, M&A and Post-Merger Integration and Supply Chain.

Job Duties:

• Acts as primary contact for clients on strategic transformations regarding all questions and information, including progress, challenges encountered, and issues identified
• Provides exceptional client service and develops advanced level deliverables and/or solutions to client issues
• Establishes engagement budget, provides recommendations for project scope and underlying pricing changes, as needed
• Prepares periodic and timely billings, and manages adjustments to engagement realization, as needed.
• Manages the engagement and underlying economics to ensure engagement metrics are achieved
• Identifies, grows and maintains strategic relationships with client personnel, including members of client management 
• Responsible for engagement management on client projects across MC including development of client strategies, preparation of deliverables, facilitating client meetings, and coordinating meeting follow-up. Identifies new business opportunities to expand the MC practice and communicates such opportunities to his/her engagement superiors
• Participates in strategy, marketing and business development activities within practice
• Drafts reports, and completes research, when needed
• Administers strategic project plans, managing tasks closely to ensure they are being completed in a timely manner
• Documents strategic transformation information from internal project meetings
• Coordinates meetings with the management team and the project team
• Provides regular status updates on the implementation, tracks gaps/issues and escalating issues with management as necessary
• Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude and client service mentality with staff and seniors
• Able to travel 25% to perhaps as much as 50% of the time, as needed
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervises the day-to-day workload of MC Senior Associates and Associates on assigned engagements and reviews work product 
• Ensures MC Senior Associates and Associates are trained on all relevant software
• Evaluates the performance of MC Senior Associates and Associates and assists in the development of goals and objectives to enhance professional development
• Delivers periodic performance feedback and completes performance evaluations for MC Senior Associates and Associates in accordance with Firm guidance
• Acts as mentor to MC Senior Associates and Associates, as appropriate
• Tenacious ownership of internal projects driving to completion

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, required; focus in Finance, Business Administration, or Technology, preferred

Experience:

• Six (6) or more years of experience with internal or external strategy and planning project management to include gap analysis of long- and short-term goals, required
• Four (4) or more years of professional experience within strategic transformation with a proven ability to translate strategy into action that drives clear and measurable outcomes, required 
• Ability to lead, quickly adapt and address unique challenges in collaborative and creative ways with all levels of leadership, required
• Expert-level ability in managing and driving execution on all aspects of multiple projects at one time to include that complex in nature, required 
• Strong strategic analytical, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills, required
• Strong cross-functional business acumen, project planning, scoping and management skills, required
• Client facing consulting experience or management advisory, preferred
• Manufacturing and Distribution industry experience, preferred

License/Certifications:

• PMI, PMP, Change Management certifica