Management Consultant - London, United Kingdom - Arcadis

Arcadis

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life.

In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few.

Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is 'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential.

You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people's lives.

You're encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

Our Business Transformation (Management Consulting) team is recognised in the market for the quality of its people.

Beyond expertise in one or more of our core consulting disciplines, you will need a strong intellect, the ability to articulate complex ideas persuasively and a talent for showing clients that we have the right solutions to their most pressing issues.

Supply chain relationships are key to the success of our clients. At Arcadis, we get excited about bringing clients and suppliers closer together and finding new sources of value.

Informed by our deep sector experience, our solutions offer effective incentivisation and management of risk, and reflect the cultural levers required to drive collaboration, innovation and trust.

We are looking for consultants who help us further strengthen and grow our work in this area.

Our experts in procurement and supply chain management work closely with broader technical, delivery and consulting skills from across Arcadis, providing both best practice market insights and practical implementation advice.

Our end-to-end service offer includes:
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Supply Chain Strategy:creating strategic change and actionable plans to align supply chains with clients' business objectives and priorities. This includes embedding new capabilities and ways of working in our clients' organisations, including skills and operating models to meet future business needs.
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Procurement Delivery:a fully comprehensive procurement service, which delivers robust and efficiently priced contracts, with pace and assurance, typically within the Public Sector.
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Build Capability:developing comprehensive supplier performance management systems and processes to support the continuous improvement of our clients

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Deliver Outcomes:

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Delivering Outcomes:Building resilience & sustainability within the supply chain, and rapidly delivering cost & customer performance improvements.

Role accountabilities:

Management of client projects through their lifecycle, from initial pitch through to solution design and activity planning, successful delivery, and knowledge capture
Diagnosing and tackling complex procurement and supply chainrelated business problems, across largescale consulting engagements, designing and implementing solutions that can demonstrate benefits and value delivered
Analysing markets, trends, risks and opportunities, to provide fresh insights to clients
Communicating potential solutions and outcomes to clients and stakeholders
Continuous development of our supply chain services and sectorspecific offerings

Qualifications & Experience:

You will join an entrepreneurial team that is growing fast.

It's important that you can understand the challenges and opportunities facing supply chains and combine a commercial and strategic mindset with strong relationship skills.

You will be a problem solving and outcome-thinking individual, who can quickly understand clients' business needs and deliver solutions.

Whilst potential is more important to us than experience, ideally you will also have at least some of the following key skills and expertise:

Demonstrable track record of working on supply chain or procurement projects in a relevant sector (Property, Public Sector, Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas or Transportation)
Experience in designing, leading and delivering multiplestream projects to a high quality from need to completion.
Knowledge and understanding of key skills and components that make a successful management consultant
Demonstrate understanding of how management consulting projects are typically delivered from project start & mobilisation, through to delivering clients requirements and expectations
Knowledge and appreciation of identifying new opportunities and supporting proposals to secure work
Strategic sourcing and category management
Operational procurement delivery
Contract management
Supplier performance and