Deloitte, Consulting, Consultant, Buying and Merchandising, Retail Sector, London or Regional
Role description
The Deloitte Retail Practice is a market leading team providing pragmatic solutions to clients. As a Manager within this practice, you will be exposed to the breadth of activities whilst also deepening your knowledge in the areas of your choice.
You'll receive structured training to help develop your technical and consulting skills. You'll broaden your skill set and develop quickly by gaining access to the highest levels of client liaison. You'll work on complex, high-profile projects and will play a key role in influencing account development and supporting sales activities in our target multinational accounts.
Responsibilities
- Leading projects, while working with clients to deliver project success
- Managing multiple teams of people across a range of locations
- Delivering projects on time and within budget and in line with client expectations
- Delivering multiple pieces of work in parallel, both client facing and internal
- Developing the Deloitte business, brand and reputation within the Retail sector
- Having a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them; have a clear understanding of the firm’s commitment to creating a more inclusive culture
Requirements
To qualify for the role you must have:
- Extensive retail experience gained through either management roles within a retailer or delivering major consulting assignments for blue-chip retail clients
- Deep knowledge of merchandising and supply chain strategy and key processes including merchandise and assortment planning; space planning; store clustering; pricing & promotions management; demand forecasting; allocation & replenishment
- A deep understanding of how these different processes interact through the supply chain and retail operations in a multi-channel retail organisation
- Knowledge of the planning and execution systems used in merchandising and supply chain management
- The ability to lead multiple teams of people across a range of projects
- Previous 'Big 4' consulting experience or equivalent
- Flexibility in work location
We are Consulting
Three core competency areas make up our Consulting service line:
• Technology
• Strategy & Operations
• Human Capital
We exist to solve complex problems
Our consultants are renowned for their straightforward approach to solving some of the world’s largest and most complex business challenges. With a team of over 3,000, each of us is energised by the challenge a seemingly inscrutable problem presents. Our distinctiveness lies in our refusal to accept a problem at face value - we draw on the depth of our shared insight to ask the right questions, and it’s these questions that uncover answers - answers with impact.
We are committed to collaboration
Our role is to unlock potential for growth and innovation. We believe this requires real collaboration ? with our own networks and with our clients. It’s why we commit to truly getting under the skin of our client’s needs, developing a full appreciation for their environment, goals and ambitions. We’re also unafraid to challenge. In so doing, we build long-term and trusted affinities.
We create long-term, sustainable impact
We often work hand-in-hand with our clients to help find the right solution and to help apply that solution. Our aim is to leave behind ambassadors who are equipped to continue the transformation we began. For us, it’s about embedding sustainable change, allowing the impact of our insight to be felt for a long time to come.
We offer a number of different career pathways
We offer three different career pathways at Deloitte, meaning that there are three different routes by which people can progress in Consulting. We provide variety regarding the career options available to you, assisting you to take career steps that fit your skills, talents and aspirations, and providing an environment where those choices can be discussed in meaningful and constructive career conversations.
The Consulting Career Paths are:
Consulting pathway ? pathway based around developing a broad consulting skillset alongside building expertise in a specific domain
Consulting Solutions pathway ? pathway where there is greater focus on building skills and deep expertise in a specific domain. Practitioners have a narrow focus, determined by their SME and type of contribution made
Consulting Services pathway ? pathway for people whose career is built around the delivery of managed services to clients (either internal or external)
About Deloitte
Deloitte offers integrated services that include Audit and Risk Advisory, Tax, Consulting and Financial Advisory. Our approach combines insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with global business and industry expertise to help our clients excel anywhere in the world.
We deliver outstanding impact on the reputation and success of our clients, in the UK and globally. In pursuing this we contribute to a sustainable and prosperous society, and are firm believers in the positive impact business can and should have on the world it operates within.
At Deloitte we foster a collaborative culture where talented individuals can produce their best work. We value innovative thinking, diverse insights and a genuinely distinctive level of customer service through our expertise and professionalism.
We value difference, with respect at the heart of our inclusive culture. We are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support agile working arrangements. We recognise that our people are juggling demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work.
Hear from some of our people already working at Deloitte in agile ways.
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