Senior Consultant, Category & Organisational Strategy
This is a key role within the growing Category & Organisational Strategy team within the Consulting Division of Kantar.
We are looking for a highly talented, ambitious self-starter with a passion for people and capability development to work on high profile projects with global clients, largely but not exclusively, in the FMCG sector.
The right candidate will ideally come from a consulting or client-side background, where they have gained a strong foundation in commercial fundamentals. Experience of developing and/or delivering training content is highly desirable but not essential for the right profile. Nevertheless, they should have a passion for learning, personnel development and a drive to support clients with their business transformation.
This role suits someone looking to accelerate their career by joining a fast-paced consulting business, working across a range of subject matters and high-profile blue-chip clients where they will learn through doing from day one, working alongside senior leaders from a variety of backgrounds.
KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work as a key member of the Category & Organisational Strategy team, supporting on projects that include competency design & assessment, blended learning design & execution and business or functional transformation.
- Contribute to the delivery of great client experiences, aiding in client stakeholder relationship development, project management, insight development, content design and execution.
- Contribute the winning new projects with clients, writing proposals and attending client pitches.
- Help develop and refine our consulting solutions and client offerings through an up-to-date understanding of hot topics and challenges facing our clients, ensuring we are offering innovative and highly relevant products aligned to the pace of change around learning & development.
CAPABILITIES & EXPERIENCE
- The ideal candidate is likely to be 3-5 years into their career; ideally working within an omni-channel commercial / category facing role.
- They are looking to accelerate their personal growth in a high-paced, dynamic consulting environment where they will gain exposure to a wide range of clients, disciplines and learning experiences.
- Intellectual curiosity – a thirst for learning.
- Growth mindset – always thinking about personal and business growth opportunities.
- Strong comprehension of sales fundamentals; including but not limited to:
- Insights To Action
- Negotiation & Persuasive Selling
- Key Account Management
- Category Management
- Joint Business Planning
- Indirect Trade / Distributor Management
- Omnichannel Activation
- Revenue Growth Management
- Excellent verbal & written communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent stakeholder influencing and management skills.
- Experience of end-to-end project management from scoping, planning, delivery to evaluation.
- The ability to interpret data and translate this into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Experience of delivering against targets and KPIs.
- Expertise in developing and/or delivering learning is highly desirable.
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