002211 Manager – Cost Transformation / Cost Leadership Consulting

Our Client is a leading strategic consultancy and leading enterprise and best practices consulting firm working with global companies.

Requirement:

They require Managers to be part of their Transformation Consulting Practice focus on global business services. The Transformation Manager is required to contribute to the firm’s growth and development in a variety of ways, including maintaining and growing client relationships and directing consultant and client project teams from project planning through execution. The Manager is well versed in business transformation and is responsible for knowledge capital development. The Manager should be skilled in identifying follow-on opportunities at existing clients and should have the ability to build strong, long lasting relationships with current clients. A Manager must possess management skills, and significantly contribute to sales opportunities and delivery of transformation initiatives.

Essential:

• Deep understanding of Finance processes
• Good understanding of Cost Operating Models
• Full time project manager
• Ability to prioritise a set of initiatives into a road-map / define an end state.
• Effectively manage all aspects of the Client Service Cycle – Pre-proposal, proposal, initiation, delivery, close.
• Supports team in maximizing performance.
• Execute on defined development plan to achieve personal development goals (i.e. skills development, capability
  expansion; business development; solution framing and positioning; project sizing and planning; project
  management; client relationship management. etc.)
• Regularly deepens knowledge and skills speciality in delivery areas.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement.

Job Purpose and primary objectives:

Help grow and develop the Practice through revenue creation in Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership and relationship building.

Key responsibilities:

1. Transformation Manager with Clients in Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership.
2. Help grow and develop Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership within Transformation Practice.
3. Help develop market/client winning propositions within the Practice.
4. Help to sell large scale Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership projects.
5. Help to create large downstream revenue opportunities for Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership.
6. Lead large scale Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership projects.

Key Skills\Knowledge:

Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership sector and clients Large scale Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership at C suite level.

Viewed as a subject matter expert in (HR, Finance, IT, Procurement) Transformation at expert level

Experience required:

Min. 5 years in major Cost Transformation \ Cost Leadership including 6 years in consultancy in a consulting firm or Professional Services organisation in a leadership role. Individuals who are highly numerate, have strong Excel modelling skills and are commercially astute.