Senior Manager - Industrials, North America

Senior Manager - Industrials, North America at Simon-Kucher.

Location:

United States – New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston.

Simon-Kucher’s sole focus is on unlocking better growth for our clients, increasing their long-term sales, value, and profit. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – customer engagement, product, pricing, innovation, marketing, distribution, and sales.

Our consulting teams are made up of industry-leading strategists with extensive experience in Industrials, including Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Building Materials & Construction, Business Services, Chemicals & Base Materials, Electronics & Semiconductors, Industrial Goods & Machinery, Logistics & Transportation, Oil & Gas, Paper & Packaging, and Wholesale & Distribution. Thanks to our talent and expertise, we are equipped to respond to the most pressing challenges in the Industrials sector, providing clear, and actionable guidance to our clients using data, deep analytics, research, and behavioral science.

Our Industrials consulting offerings are strengthened by a team of dedicated Partners and Consultants globally.

Whether it’s designing growth strategies, optimizing product pricing or rebuilding sales organizations for today’s business realities, we bring a wealth of knowledge, experience, and pragmatism to every business challenge. We are looking for talented individuals to support and amplify the growth of this dynamic Industrials team in North America.

• Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.
• Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company with a startup feel. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.
• Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s from home or in the office.
• Prioritize your health and wellbeing. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
• Invest in your future. All US and Canadian employees enjoy 401(k) & RRSP benefits with company matching.
• Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.

• As a Senior Manager at Simon-Kucher, you will be a critical member of our Industrials consulting team in North America.
• Lead and manage the delivery of client engagements while elevating the analysis and insights, and infusing client-centric depth for content, expertise, and knowledge to project deliverables.
• Drive project planning and execution by ensuring alignment of project delivery to client needs and objectives, as well as managing project cost structure and margin.
• Lead and guide a large and incredibly talented team of junior consultants to develop innovative and actionable insights and recommendations using data, analytics, and research that deliver impactful recommendations for clients.
• Develop trusted and credible senior-level advisory relationships by delivering high-quality and tailored recommendations that our clients can execute to realize benefits.
• Effectively engage senior client audience at all stages of their commercial growth strategy, including understanding client needs and objectives, and obtaining buy-in for the recommendations, deliverables, and solutions.
• Expand and develop relevant new capabilities, tactics, and tools that our clients need to advance their business goals.
• Identify and engage with prospective clients to understand their needs, priorities, and challenges where Simon-Kucher can support and in turn expand and grow our commercial growth strategy footprint, offerings, and client base.
• Provide exceptional client service and client-focused communication, even during challenging and unexpected situations.
• Prepare client-ready…