SENIOR CONSULTANT – STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

SENIOR CONSULTANT – STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

 


The Strategy & Operations (S&O) practice is one of the key practice areas within the Strategy & Business Transformation Practice, and we focus on assisting our clients with business challenges in the areas of supply chain, logistics, procurement and general operations.  Senior Consultants are primarily responsible for planning, organizing and leading portions of an engagement.  In doing so, they are called upon to ensure the quality of client deliverables and serve as competent, effective members of client delivery/project teams.  They apply well-honed consulting, project management, and functional skills in the execution of the work.



Senior Consultants will typically be involved in the following activities:


    Completing and managing client work in accordance with established budgets, workplans, quality standards, and timeframes

    Identifying and resolving issues critical to the clients' strategic and operational success

    Structuring and solving problems from beginning to end

    Developing conclusions and recommendations

    Leading client interviews to understand complex business issues

    Developing content for client presentations

    Providing technical/functional content

    Providing implementation assistance as required

    Meeting with clients to assure assignment progress

    Maintaining and expanding client relationships through delivery of high quality work

    Leading, coaching, developing and supervising the efforts of junior staff



Senior Consultants will typically have:


    3-7 years of related consulting or industry experience showing progression/promotion

    Outstanding analytical capability and the ability to synthesize their findings

    Demonstrated MS Office and data modeling skills

    Solid understanding of strategy and operations within targeted industries

    The ability to effectively operate independently and in a team environment

    Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

    An MBA or other relevant advanced degree from a top educational institution



In addition to the qualifications listed above, the firm places high emphasis on relevant personal qualities: entrepreneurial, creative, imaginative, resourceful, independent, motivated, professional and collaborative.


 


Applicants must be willing and able to travel to client work locations up to five days/week.


About Us The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy and leading enterprise benchmarking firm to global companies, offering digital transformation including implementation of leading enterprise cloud applications, workflow automation and analytics that enable digital world class performance.  About the Team Hackett’s Strategy & Business Transformation (S&BT) practice specializes in helping clients to improve the performance of their operations to enable growth and effectiveness and achieve meaningful cost efficiencies. As part of Business Transformation, Hackett professionals provide dedicated expertise in business strategy, operations, finance and shared services, human capital management, strategic sourcing, procurement and information technology. Our approach provides full lifecycle service from strategy definition through design and implementation and, finally, continuous improvement. All of Hackett’s programs have digital solutions embedded to accelerate and fuse our clients' business and technology transformations.

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