AMS PLA - Senior IT Consultant (DigitalBCG)

Location:

Amsterdam

Geography:

Europe & The Middle East

Capabilities:

Big data & advanced analytics, Change management, Corporate development & finance, Globalization, Growth, Innovation & product development, Lean & manufacturing, M&A and divestitures, Marketing & sales, Operations, Strategy, Technology & digital

Industries:

Technology industries

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.

BCG Platinion

As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial – nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.

Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Practice Area Profile

BCG Platinion’s presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

What You'll Do

As a Senior IT Consultant, you will work closely with our Consumer Practice Area focusing upon helping the worlds largest Consumer companies to address their most strategic technology challenges, whether they are buying or selling a business. You will get exposure to a unique mix of C-Level (CTO/CIO/CEO), industry professionals and BCG network experts on high impact decisions to accelerate your learnings & development journey. You will help our client’s leadership teams to understand their key challenges, define IT strategies, win buy-in for your recommendations and collaborate with BCG case team members to transform client potential into performance. You will work on a variety of technology topics, applying your technical consulting skills to strategic technology questions. You will also be supported by an extensive training curriculum, plus technology-specific training and mentoring to help build upon you technical skills. You will also help guide junior members of the team, help with project proposals, client care, building relationships with peers and identifying new business opportunities. We differentiate ourselves from the competition through bringing real-world technology experts to determine deal and commercial implications. Our highly skilled team consists of battle-proven technologists such as ex CTO, ex CDO, full stack developers, ex Cyber warfare commanders, Digital Product Owners from the world's leading brands, and innovative AI/ML researchers.

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

6+ years’ experience in IT strategy and consulting, professional software development or IT project management in a tech related corporate development or start-up.
You will have relevant experience from a top consulting firm (focused on technology, digital initiatives)
A basic understanding of IT/technology financials and how it impacts deal value
SAP experience; preferably in front end retail systems
e-commerce technology experience
A strategic thinker with a basic understanding of IT / technology financials and how it impacts deal value. Must be able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills, strong customer focus and mental agility with a results orientation
A University degree with above average academic performance in a STEM related field or business management

Who You'll Work With

BCG Managing Directors and Partners (MDP’s)
PLA Managing Directors (MD’s)
BCG Consultants at all levels
PLA Consultants at all levels
Clients, vendors, partners

Date Posted:

02-Jul-2022

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