Management Consultant

Job description

As a Managing Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in driving Aria’s success. Leveraging your extensive consulting and industry experience, leadership skills, and commercial acumen, you will guide teams and clients through transformative strategies that deliver measurable and lasting results. You will also play a critical role in expanding Aria’s client base by identifying, developing, and nurturing new business opportunities with existing and prospective clients.

Salary: £75-85k depending on experience and interview performance.

Roles and responsibilities

Leadership and Thought Leadership

Lead project teams to deliver high-quality, innovative, and actionable solutions for retail challenges in Planning, Pricing, Analytics, and Digital Transformation.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, building strong and strategic relationships with executive leadership.
Contribute to Aria’s industry presence by authoring white papers, delivering presentations, or participating in panels to showcase thought leadership in retail consulting.
Mentor, inspire, and develop junior team members to foster growth, engagement, and excellence.

Client engagement and delivery

Drive the delivery of high-quality consulting services that enable clients to achieve and sustain long-term growth.
Conduct and lead workshops, interviews, and meetings to gather client requirements and assess as-is and to-be business states.
Analyse and document business capabilities to develop holistic solutions encompassing operations, processes, people, and technology.
Create compelling reports, presentations, and insights to communicate findings and recommendations to executives and project leadership.

Business Development

Identify opportunities to expand Aria’s footprint by proactively engaging with existing and potential clients to propose innovative solutions.
Collaborate with internal teams to develop client proposals and pitches, showcasing Aria’s proven methodologies and value proposition.
Support revenue growth by fostering long-term client relationships and leveraging networks for new opportunities.

Operational and strategic expertise

Conduct industry, competitor, and company analysis (strategic, financial, operational) for benchmarking and crafting client-specific recommendations.
Contribute to Aria’s internal product and service development roadmap by generating innovative ideas and industry insights.
Provide strategic oversight on systems architecture and high-level technology integrations in retail environments.

Skills and experience

Essential

Experience and expertise

7+ years of experience in retail consulting or a combination of consulting and industry experience in merchandising, planning, pricing, or digital transformation.
Demonstrated ability to lead project teams, manage stakeholders, and deliver complex solutions to high-profile clients.
Proven success in line management and the development of diverse teams.

Analytical and technical skills

Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesise complex information and approach challenges methodically.
Strong analytical capabilities and comfort with large data sets.
Understanding of primary systems and high-level systems architecture in retail environments.
Experience in working with a major software implementation

Commercial and leadership acumen

Strong commercial skills, including the ability to identify and secure new business opportunities.
Ability to motivate, inspire, and positively influence cross-functional teams.
High personal motivation, presence, and energy with a natural ability to build rapport and confidence with senior stakeholders.