US/Canada - Project Leader/Principal (Consumer, Retail)

Location:

Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New Jersey, Washington, D.C.

Geography:

North America

Capabilities:

Strategy, Technology & digital

Industries:

Consumer products, Retail

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

Practice Area Profile

Digital technologies are fundamentally reshaping both consumer demand and competitive dynamics at unprecedented rates within the consumer industry. BCG’s consumer practice helps clients respond to industry disruption by redefining their channel strategies, transforming their organizations, and seizing competitive advantage. The practice serves clients across four main sectors - Consumer Products, Retail, Travel & Tourism, and Fashion & Luxury - and each of the four sectors covers a range of sub-industries and functional topics.

What You'll Do

As a Project Leader/Principal, you will be responsible for managing project teams comprised of consultants and associate consultants who design and develop innovative long-term business strategies for client corporations that maximize the return on the investment of shareholders. Project teams at BCG are responsible for advising clients on key strategic business issues, producing leading-edge business models, and addressing specific problems and opportunities. You will also play a key role in high-level client relationships and act as a content lead for proposals and other business development work.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop, manage and maintain client relationships
Act as a key topic content lead for proposals or other business development work
Direct and supervise research activities to obtain relevant data and define client needs or problems
Oversee the formulation of hypotheses for research and investigation and the advanced financial analysis of client, competitor, and industry data
Execute strategic due diligence, product development studies and the development of change management plans
Oversee the analysis of data and the application business principles and industrial organization to the development of feasible recommendations for the profitable growth of client companies
Prepare and present oral and written reports of case team findings to client management

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

A minimum of 10 years of experience in industry or a combination of industry and consulting experience
Graduate of a leading Business School
At least 5 years of experience in the Retail strategy space with a top consulting firm

Date Posted:

20-Apr-2018

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