Principal Consultant - Performance Improvement

Are you passionate about business strategy? Do you thrive on making the hard stuff easy for your clients? Do you want to support the delivery of truly transformational change?

At BJSS Consulting we help clients define and deliver their business strategy. We bring innovative digital thinking and have experience of the newest and most exciting technologies.

We offer consultancy services across our core propositions and specialise in advising and supporting organisations to transform; from strategy and innovation to performance improvement and operational execution. We deliver our assignments using multi-disciplinary teams who accelerate and de-risk the path from idea to value.

What you’ll do

As a company, we’re about delivering value. We focus on client needs and ensure we deliver. Every time. We believe that clients want capable, pragmatic and able partners who understand their needs and build innovative solutions. At BJSS, you’ll play an important and active role in all aspects of client engagements.

Our Consultants support clients with broad capabilities across strategy, operating model and organisation design, performance improvement and change. They offer deep business insight and a culture of innovation, working cross-functionally with clients and BJSS colleagues to deliver value quickly.

We work with a number of FTSE 250 organisations and when you join BJSS, you’ll be joining a business which will challenge you and invest in your professional development. We’re seeking highly talented and ambitious Consultants so that we can continue to help some of the best organisations in the world solve some of their most complex issues. 

What you’ll bring

You’ll bring extensive experience gained through a combination of industry and consulting roles. You will be able to develop and strengthen peer-to-peer level relationships at all levels with our clients.

You’ll have the following experience and personal attributes:

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience within a business consulting environment or as an internal consultant, preferably across multiple industries
• Experience leading business development activities and developing client accounts
• Significant experienced in developing and delivering performance improvement programmes, including:
  • Process optimisation and efficiency programmes
  • Process digitisation initiatives
  • Process automation including RPA, IPA, ML
  • Lean Six Sigma methodology
• Outstanding managerial or professional achievements
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Strong record of leadership
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organisation
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Willingness to travel
• Graduate degree, minimum 2:1, and an excellent academic record

Who are we?

BJSS is the UK’s largest privately-owned IT and digital consultancy. With offices across the UK, USA, Australia and Europe, the company is renowned for technical excellence, cost-effective delivery and its Queen’s Award for Enterprise-winning delivery approach - Enterprise Agile^®.  In 2020, our Consulting team were also recognised by the Financial Times as a leading Management Consultancy within Consumer Goods and Retail and Financial Services.

At BJSS, we believe that diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the creativity and innovation we deliver for our clients. We value the diversity of our people - and the varied experiences, expertise, backgrounds and perspectives they bring. We work hard to foster a culture where those differences can thrive and where every one of us can fulfil our potential. We're also signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant.

What we offer

We offer something different to the other consultancies out there. As well as a competitive package, we offer true accountability and ownership from the get-go, ensuring you have the opportunity to develop and grow your career. Our culture is pivotal to our success – we say no to a corporate, hierarchical approach and celebrate a culture of openness and trust. We also recognise successes however big or small, understanding the unique role that everyone plays within a team.