Manager - Consumer Goods (UK)

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About the Company

OC&C Strategy Consultants is aninternational boutique strategy consulting firm with 14offices worldwide. Our expertise is focused on a few corespecialisms, allowing us to deliver results that get noticed.

Our people are agile thinkers, cut from different cloths butunited by a relentless curiosity and desire to solve problems.

To us, each client challenge is unique, so boilerplatesolutions don't cut it. We interrogate a problem until we find itsroot. Then we develop a powerful way to solve it. We don't duck thedifficult answers, we give clients the strategies they need

Consumer Goods

OC&C Strategy Consultants has a leading Consumer Goodspractice, working with clients across a wide variety of sub-sectors withdifferent dynamics, including Food &Beverage, Beauty, Consumer Health, Agriculture &Ingredients, BWS, and Pet Care.

These sectors are characterised by rapidly evolving consumerpreferences, increasing channel complexity, and intense competitivedynamics. We work with clients on genuinely challenging strategicquestions across a broad mix of strategy and transaction-relatedengagements. We therefore seek individuals of the highest intellectualcalibre who thrive on solving complex, ambiguous problems with originalthinking. While prior Consumer Goods experience is valuable, we can rapidlyhelp you deepen your sector expertise.

This is a collaborative, people-centric team, and culture isa key part of how we work together.

This role primarily involves managing OC&C project teamsof 3-6 consultants. Although you will contribute to business development, yourprimary focus will be supporting Partners and driving repeat business throughdelivery excellence.

About The Candidate

Responsibilities:

• Design analytical approaches across both quantitative and qualitative workstreams on strategy and transaction projects, and manage team delivery
• Develop high-quality project deliverables (presentations and reports) in collaboration with the wider senior team
• Build strong relationships across OC&C and with clients, establishing a reputation as a trusted advisor within Consumer Goods
• Develop and coach junior team members both on and off projects
• Contribute to business development activities, including pitches and proposal development
• Support Consumer Goods sector initiatives to strengthen OC&C's position as a leader in strategy consulting in this space

Experience & Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience gained within an external strategy consultancy
• Excellent leadership capabilities and experience managing teams of 3+
• Experience within Consumer Goods and/or closely related sectors (e.g. Retail, eCommerce, FMCG, Brand-led businesses)
• Structured, hypothesis-driven problem solver with strong analytical rigour and a track record delivering commercial due diligence, transaction support, and Consumer Goods strategy projects
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused communicator with high professional integrity, strong organisational skills, and the credibility to influence senior clients and colleagues in a collaborative, inclusive manner
• Strong academics and an outstanding track record of achieving and exceeding objectives

At OC&C we are committed to fostering an inclusiveculture in which people of all backgrounds can thrive. We encourageapplications from all, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender identityor gender expression, transgender status, disability, marital status, pregnancyor maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, and socioeconomicbackground. We also have a number of staff network groups which activelysupport the inclusion of all of our colleagues in the firm.

About The Company

OC&C is a global strategy consulting firm with 14 offices around the world. We work for senior executives, providing solutions to some of the most exciting strategic problems in consulting today. We work in all industries, specialising in Retail, Consumer Goods, Media, B2B and B2C Services, Technology and Private Equity.