Senior BI Consultant - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Growth Company

Description

Green Economy () part of The Growth Company (GC) provides end-to-end support to businesses as the UK transitions to net zero.

We help businesses to decarbonise with advice, training and support that delivers long term resilience, environmental credibility, and financial savings.

Simultaneously we help to grow local green technologies and services businesses, increasing their visibility, improving their competitiveness, and providing access to new sales opportunities.

We are looking for a Green Tech & Services Consultant who has experience in the Green Technology and Services Sector to deliver high quality business growth advice to a portfolio of ambitious business owners and senior managers of companies.

The role will assess the growth potential of eligible businesses, diagnose any barriers to innovation or advancement which may be holding back growth and agree suitable action plans to address these and release growth opportunities contributing to Greater Manchester's net zero ambitions by supporting the transition to a net zero economy.

Key Responsibilities:

The consultant's responsibility is to ensure that Green Economy's service is delivered to produce the maximum impact in terms of assisting in the growth of the sector by delivery high quality support to green tech businesses and support them reach their full growth potential to assist in transitioning to a low carbon economy and contributing to the UKs legally bidding net zero targets.

Handling client enquiries via phone and email, initially assessing the growth potential and business needs using appropriate tools, processes, and systems where required, and establishing and maintaining effective relationships and key client contacts.

Ensure that potential clients comply with the project eligibility criteria by ensuring that initial eligibility checks, prior to formal assessment and action planning, are carried out.

Making sure clients are personally introduced to those services identified as appropriate (internal and external) and monitoring the delivery of these services to support the client's strategy and/or objectives and address those barriers to growth identified.

Ensure that the monitoring and collection of output and impact data is undertaken throughout the project and at the conclusion of each individual project in line with funders' requirements.

Ensure client enquiries and partner referrals are correctly recorded on GC's CRM and associated service-specific data capturing systems, updating progress against agreed actions as plans progress and ensuring all administration is completed in a timely manner against deadlines and is checked for accuracy.

Work with the relevant businesses closely to monitor any outputs including new jobs created/safeguarded, any GVA increase, and other service-specific outputs and outcomes that result from activities undertaken.

Work with colleagues across the Group to realise our environmental objectives as outlined in the business plan.

Undertake detailed diagnostics on a business or a detailed diagnostic on a particular functional or business area using various tools and methods to capture baseline data from clients and as identify needs, which should be addressed by developing growth action plans.

This will involve the analysis and interpretation of business and market data/intelligence to provide recommendations to senior management teams, boards, and shareholders.

Undertake detailed discussions with client around complex business issues to understand their business challenges, making sound recommendations for appropriate actions that will lead to growth and managing the project/intervention to a successful conclusion.

About You:

At least degree level business education, or degree level qualification with a management body or the relevant business experience to match.

Significant business experience in the private sector, including at a senior management or Director level.
Proven track record in managing the range of business issues associated with periods of business growth.
Proven track record in working effectively within professional team.
Professional experience and approach to managing and delivering business assessment, advice, and development.


Skills Required:
Team player, but also a self-starter. With a proven track record in working effectively in a professional team/s
Understanding and experience in using project management techniques.
Practical understanding of the current and emerging LCEGS business issues.
Knowledge of relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks in relation to the LCEGS sector.
Understanding of the current landscape of publicly funded business support and investments of relevance to the agenda.
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