Consumer Goods and Services Strategy Manager

Role: Consumer Goods & Services Strategy Manager

Location: London

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000

Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. In joining Accenture Strategy you will drive the CEO agenda on issues related to digital disruption, competitive agility, global operating models, and workforce of the future to identify new sources of value.

You will challenge the status quo and develop innovative strategies that harness your full understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models, and you will use advanced analytics and human-centric design to co-create technology-enabled, disruptive strategies that win competitive advantage, unlock value and drive profitable growth for clients.

No-one brings all of that together at the scale and with the degree of integration as we can. Serving 95 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, we’re different to every other strategy firm on the market – which makes us an undeniably exciting place in which to forge a career. Technology will continue to be the disruptor in the strategy arena. Which makes Accenture the strategy firm of tomorrow.

As a team:

We are one of the industry’s top Consumer Goods & Services Strategy practices, achieving Gold 5 years in a row in the Financial Times leading Management Consultancies awards. We work across the full value chain, serving clients within all sub-sectors of the Consumer Goods industry. We help create highly innovative and practical strategies for the world's biggest and most purposeful brands and help our clients deliver relevance, trust and quality to our consumers.

We are a diverse multi-national practice and work with clients across the UK and Europe and have an even gender split (50/50) across the team and joining us would give you the ability to express yourself and pursue your passions within the industry.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you! As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. 

In our team you will learn:

• How to provide a variety of strategic solutions across the Consumer Industries to enable tangible and financially beneficial outcomes to our clients

• How to build and lead diverse and complementary teams that can thrive

• Learn to adapt with fluidity and deal with adversity on strategic problems

• Build out tailored data-driven solutions and derive meaningful insights for our clients

• How to work across the Accenture ecosystem and leverage the right capabilities to deliver the best work

As a Strategy Manager, you will:

• Experience of relevant Consumer Goods experience

• Help lead teams across clients and subsectors

• Define new strategic thinking and challenge traditional approaches to help develop our offerings

• Solve challenging problems with data & analytics

• Engage with senior stakeholders up to the C-suite and have the ability to impact real change with our clients

• Develop your personal interests within the industry through thought leadership

We are looking for experience in one or more of the following skills:

• Growth Strategy

• Route to Market

• Digital Commerce

• Operating Model Design

• Strategic Cost Reduction

Set yourself apart:

• Have a true passion for the Consumer Goods industry

• Ability to think outside the box and challenge when needed

• Differentiate yourself within our practice and with clients

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications 30/04/2022

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.