GN - Industry Industrial, Auto strategy Consultant

Strategy Consultant – Automotive & Industrials Strategy

Join our team in Strategy consulting for an exciting career opportunity to work on the CEO agenda of our most strategic clients across the globe.

Practice: Strategy Consulting, Global Network

Areas of Work: Strategy and business consulting in Automotive and Industrials industry – across areas such as Market Segmentation, Market Assessment & Sizing, Value Case & Value Realization Office, Product strategy, Route-to-market, Sales & distribution, Product development, Supply chain, cost transformation, Corporate Strategy, Growth Strategy,  Benchmarking, Value Transformation – Cost and Process Transformation, Digital Strategy, Operating Model Strategy, Servitization Strategy, B2B Consumerization, Sustainability, Business Case Development, Change Management, ESG Strategy

Domain: Automotive & Industrials

Level: Consultant

Location: Gurgaon, Mumbai & Bangalore

Management Level: 09 - Consultants

Must have skills:

• MBA from a tier 1 institute
• Prior Consulting experience from a tier 1 organization
• Prior experience in the Automotive/Industrials industry - either as a management consultant or as an industry professional
• Post MBA, 4+ years’ experience in one or more of the following:
  • Corporate Strategy, Business Transformation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Organization Strategy, Pricing & Profit Optimization, Growth & Innovation, Strategic Planning, Sales & Distribution, Consumer Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Lifecycle Management, Sustainability etc. - ideally in Automotive/Industrials industry
• Automotive/Industrials Industry knowledge & experience in emerging & developed markets

Good to have skills:

• 4+ years of strategy experience (in consulting or relevant industry) post MBA from a Tier 1 institute

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Industry Strategy Practice in Accenture’s Strategy & Consulting Global Network is a part of Accenture Strategy & focuses on the CEO’s most strategic priorities. We help clients with strategies that are at the intersection of business & technology, drive value & impact, shape new businesses & design operating models for the future.

We provide you with a great learning ground, deep-rooted in Industry & Business Strategy, where you will get an opportunity to advice & work with our key Automotive/Industrials clients, driving end-to-end transformative strategic value & business growth. As a part of this high performing team, these are some of the responsibilities:

• Conduct market research & analysis to identify trends & opportunities in the Automotive/Industrials industry.
• Develop & execute strategies to address the challenges facing Automotive/Industrials companies, including competition, regulatory issues, environmental concerns & technological advancements
• Work with clients to identify their strategic goals & develop comprehensive plans to achieve them.
• Shape the operating model with an understanding of challenges in data maturity in Automotive/Industrials companies & help conduct feasibility studies to evaluate new business opportunities, including mergers & acquisitions.
• Identify strategic cost take-out opportunities & drive business transformation.
• Partner with CEOs to architect future proof operating models embracing future of work, workforce & workplace powered by transformational technology, ecosystems & analytics.
• Work with team in the data synthesis process, solution design & creation of actionable insights, implications, & recommendations to address client's business issues in the areas of route-to-market, sales optimization, revenue management, incentive management etc.
• Collaborate with our ecosystem partners to assist clients in achieving their sustainability objectives through transformative initiatives.
• Support clients in their inorganic growth agenda across the deal lifecycle, i.e., target screening, synergy assessment, due diligence, post-merger integration & portfolio interventions.
• Lead practice workstreams & help the practice lead manage & build the practice
• Prepare & help deliver presentations to clients to communicate strategic plans & recommendations.
• Build future focused PoV and develop strategic ecosystem partners. Build Client Strategy definition leveraging Disruptive technology solutions, like Data & AI, including Gen AI, and Cloud.
• Monitor industry trends & keep clients informed of potential opportunities & threats.
• Participate in the development of thought leadership content, including white papers & presentations, on Automotive/Industrials industry topics.

Professional & Technical Skills:
The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of the Automotive/Industrials industry, including emerging trends, challenges, & opportunities. They will have a proven track record of developing & executing successful strategies for Automotive/Industrials companies. The candidate will work with our clients to identify their strategic goals & develop comprehensive plans to achieve them.

• A Strategic Mindset to shape innovative, fact-based strategies & operating models

• Issue Based Problem Solving to decode & solve complex & unstructured business questions

• Business Acumen to drive actionable outcomes for clients with the latest industry trends, innovations & disruptions, metrics & value drivers
• An excellent, established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements.
• Experience working with “C level” executive clients, with extensive experience in projects in which the primary stakeholder was the CEO; Chief Strategy Officer.
• Strategy consulting experience in Corporate Strategy/Restructuring; Growth Strategy, Market Entry Strategy, Operating Model Strategy, Business & Financial Model Development, Value & Investment Case Design, Strategic Cost Reduction & Productivity Reinvention, Product Development, Procurement Strategy, Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization, AI strategy, Sustainability, M&A
• Strategy experience in growth & innovation in Automotive/Industrials industry – Platform strategy, new products & services creation, GTM sales, channel strategy, sales & distribution, revenue upliftment
• Business/ Industry experience in broad based general management in Automotive/Industrials organizations with background in strategy / product development / sales / marketing / supply chain / manufacturing or R&D.
• Demonstrated GTM capability to generate strategy sales & demand with market unit leads
• Enable & grow strategy capability with practitioners through upskilling agenda, key metrics management & develop next generation leaders

Additional Information:

An opportunity to work on transformative projects with leading global companies

• Potential to co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners &, business intelligence professionals to shape & recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge & capabilities
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

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