Retail Management Consulting Manager

Description

Role:Retail Strategy & Consulting Manager

Location:London

Mobility: Up to 100% - UK & Ireland based travel

Career Level: Manager

The team:

Our Retail Strategy & Consulting team bringstogether deep industry knowledge and functional expertiseto provide innovative, data-driven solutions for our retail clients. In order to win in the long-term, companies must not only understand the challenges of today, but also prepare for multiple potential tomorrows.

Accenture Strategy helps companies think outside of existing models and see around corners, to build resilience, embrace change and shape new futures-applying the lens of 360 value to everything we do. Accenture Consulting helps our clients transform their own organisations, business functions and cross-industry ecosystems to navigate change and accelerate growth.Retail?continues to be one of the?prime industries for Accenture, with?a strong?global presence?anda?credible?market?leadership?position.

The Retail Strategy & Consulting is a diverse team of driven individuals, who share a common passion for reinventing the future of retail. From delivering new, innovative technologies, to reinventing supply chain and stores, and enabling organisational and operational excellence, we are committed to helping our clients transform to meet the challenges of today and the future. Our team pride themselves on being retail specialists with a relentless focus on knowing what is happening in the market, understanding the client context and delivering strategies that are both differentiated but also practical as we often get involved in implementing our solutions and recommendations. We thrive on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and the opportunities that drive our careers in new and exciting ways.

As part of our team, you will learn grow and advance in a culture that embraces your individuality. You will be challenged and rewarded, while surrounded by a team that is passionate about retail.

In our team you will learn to:

Solve our retail clients' most challengingproblems

Deliver outstanding work that exceeds client expectations

Work with project teams of highly talented consultants from across Accenture

Leverage cutting edge data analytics to supportdata-driven insights and decisions

Embrace the extensive global retail ecosystem that Accenture can provide to our clients delivering end-to-end solutions from strategy through to implementation and execution

In this role you will:

Work with leading retailers and brands across all retail categories including grocery, apparel, electronics, homewares and home improvement

Deliver project work focused on retail with the opportunity to work across other consumer industries e.g. consumer goods and travel

Take end-to-end responsibility?for project delivery or?a workstream; proactively?contribute to overall project?approach, delivery and project?management?

Proactively manage clients, expectations, and team members

Manage team members and?their work; guiding, coaching,?refining and iterating, taking?accountability for output whilst?still giving others responsibility?for completing the?work?

Build credibility as an expert?with the client, based on effective?discussions, creative solutions,?and solid delivery

Seek knowledge of key trends?and drivers in the?industry;?including market,?customers, suppliers and?competitors to add to project?delivery?

Play a leading role in business development, including proposals and thought leadership, working closely with the practice Managing Directors and Senior Managers

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