Management Consultant

iHealth Pharmacy; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Pharm Connect (HPC) in Melbourne, VIC seeks an experienced Management Consultant to provide independent governance and strategic advisory to client businesses. You will work directly with owners and executives to identify issues, analyse systems, and formulate practical recommendations.

Manage engagements from scoping to implementation support. Role requires strong analytical capabilities, executive-level communication, and the ability to build robust business cases and dashboards that

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in Business/Management, Economics, or related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in management consulting, business consulting, strategy consulting, or similar.
• Experience advising business owners, executives or senior management.
• Ability to analyse organisational/management problems and develop recommendations.
• Experience analysing business structures, operating models and processes.

Responsibilities

• Meet with clients to understand issues and define engagement scope and methodology.
• Provide independent, objective advice on strategy, structure, and performance.
• Research client needs and identify inefficiencies and management issues.
• Analyse operating models, workflows, and resource allocation.
• Interview management and staff and review operations at different levels.
• Prepare consultancy reports, business cases and implementation recommendations.
• Develop practical solutions and strategic recommendations for client improvements.
• Monitor implementation and assess achievement of objectives.
• Design dashboards and reporting tools integrating operational and financial data.

Skills

Research

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Written communication

Presentation skills

Client relationship

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor degree or higher (Business/Management or related)

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Health Pharm Connect (HPC)
Melbourne VIC | Full-time | Permanent Salary | 110k-120k

About Health Pharm Connect

Health Pharm Connect (HPC) provides strategic management and business advisory services to specialty retail, healthcare and other business groups.

We work with business owners, executives and management teams to identify organisational challenges, improve business performance and develop practical strategies relating to business structure, management systems, operations, resource utilisation and long-term growth.

About the Role

HPC is seeking an experienced Management Consultant to provide independent and objective management advice to client businesses.

You will work directly with business owners, executives and senior management to identify organisational and business problems, analyse existing systems and structures, assess opportunities for improvement and develop practical strategic recommendations.

The role will involve managing consulting engagements from initial scoping and analysis through to recommendations and implementation support.

Key Responsibilities

• Meet with clients to understand business and organisational issues and define the objectives, scope and methodology of consulting engagements.
• Provide independent and objective advice relating to organisational strategy, structure, management systems, operations and business performance.
• Research and analyse client needs and identify organisational weaknesses, inefficiencies and management issues.
• Analyse organisational structures, operating models, workflows, management systems and allocation of resources.
• Interview management and staff and review business operations at different organisational levels.
• Review organisational records, reports, policies, procedures, workflow charts, manuals and position descriptions.
• Assist clients to develop business objectives, strategies and plans aimed at improving organisational efficiency and customer outcomes.
• Develop practical solutions and strategic recommendations to address identified organisational and management problems.
• Prepare detailed consultancy reports, business improvement proposals and implementation recommendations.
• Recommend changes to organisational structures, workflows, reporting arrangements, job functions and operating procedures where appropriate.
• Present findings and recommendations to business owners, boards, executive committees and senior management.
• Undertake financial, commercial and operational analysis where required to support broader management consulting recommendations.
• Prepare business cases for proposed investments, acquisitions, partnerships, service developments and business improvement initiatives.
• Assist clients to implement approved recommendations and organisational changes.
• Prepare revised procedures, implementation plans and supporting management documentation.
• Monitor the implementation of recommendations and assess whether intended organisational improvements are being achieved.
• Develop and apply appropriate project management methodologies for consulting engagements.
• Maintain effective communication with clients and manage stakeholder expectations throughout each engagement.
• Build financial and economic models (DCF, NPV, ROI, payback, sensitivity and scenario analysis) to assess acquisitions, capital projects, new service lines and business cases.
• Prepare data-backed business cases and present them to boards and executive committees for approval.
• Design dashboards and reporting tools (SQL, Power BI) that combine operational and financial data into a single source of truth, with variance analysis against budget and forecast.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• A Bachelor degree or higher qualification in Business Management, Organisational Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Engineering or another relevant discipline.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, business consulting, strategy consulting, organisational advisory or a similar professional role.
• Demonstrated experience advising business owners, executives or senior management.
• Experience identifying and analysing organisational or management problems and developing recommendations for improvement.
• Experience analysing business structures, operating models, management systems and processes.
• Strong experience preparing consultancy reports, business cases and strategic recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage consulting engagements from initial scoping through to recommendation and implementation.
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written communication, report writing and presentation skills.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to interpret complex organisational, operational and financial information and convert it into practical recommendations.

Why Join HPC?

• Work directly with business owners and senior decision-makers.
• Undertake varied consulting assignments across strategy, organisational structure, operations and business improvement.
• Develop recommendations that have a direct impact on client organisations.
• Work within a growing and entrepreneurial advisory environment.
• Access professional development opportunities.
• Competitive salary plus superannuation, commensurate with qualifications and experience.