Oliver Wyman - Associate/Engagement Manager - CPG/CTT - Paris

Oliver Wyman; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Wyman seeks an experienced project manager for its Consumer, Telecommunications, and Technology practice. The role requires leading teams through effective problem-solving processes while ensuring practical solutions. Candidates should have at least 4 years of experience in strategy consulting, especially in CPG or retail, and fluency in French and English.

Working at Oliver Wyman means engaging in meaningful projects, fostering a diverse team environment, and having the flexibility of a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting.
• Experience in CPG and/or retail.
• Track record of leading and managing teams in fast-paced environments.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team through problem-solving processes from start to finish.
• Ensure recommendations are practical and cohesive.
• Manage projects addressing various strategic topics.

Skills

Project management

Strategic problem solving

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Fluent in French and English

Education

Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program

Job description

Oliver Wyman, a Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) business, is a management consulting firm driven by deep industry insight, bold innovation, and a collaborative approach that cuts through complexity to help organizations navigate their most defining transformative moments.

Practice Overview

Oliver Wyman’s Consumer, Telecommunications, and Technology practice addresses the full range of challenges and opportunities for retailers, technology, communications, and consumer goods companies, from strategic differentiators to building a more compelling customer proposition and optimizing the cost base, in what is a rapidly changing consumer and competitive environment for them.

The role will focus on managing projects – you will lead a team through an efficient and effective problem‑solving process from initial thought process through convergence on a solution. You will ensure that recommendations are appropriate, practical, sensible, relevant and cohesive. It’s a role that demands thought leadership at the strategic level, and command of all the technical and operational details of execution in teams.

The following list is a sample of the topics that Consumer, Telecommunications, and Technology practice recently focused on, spanning the full spectrum from strategy and transformation to organization and focused work:

• Multi‑year transformational “journeys”
• Strategy: evolution, growth and revolution
• M&A and PMI
• Online and multi‑channel strategies
• Customer‑centric strategies
• Value strategies: offence and defense
• Price guarantees, effective promotions, loyalty programmes
• New retail concepts
• Network optimization and redesign to cope with an online world
• Ranging strategies
• Making the most from “local” situations
• Getting more from stores
• Strategies for Fresh products that grow store traffic and sales and reduce costs
• COGS reduction and supplier relation programmes
• IT and data‑driven retailing
• Design of financial governance
• Organizational structures

Desired Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top‑tier strategy consulting.
• Experience in CPG and/or Retail and knowledge of the topics listed above (in the “practice overview” section).
• Track record of leading and managing teams, and delivering against tight deadlines in fast‑paced, demanding environments.
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills.
• French and English language skills (fluent).
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program.
• Willingness to travel.

Why Work for Oliver Wyman

Working as part of our global, entrepreneurial company, you will do meaningful work from day one. We are looking for individuals who challenge the norm, and constantly strive to build something new for the firm and the world around us.

At Oliver Wyman, there's no "one size fits all" – we hire exceptional people and help them thrive through a built‑in support network, flexible career paths, and no barriers to advancement.

We have a collaborative, supportive and impactful team environment – we want you to bring your authentic self to the team and enjoy working alongside diverse and down‑to‑earth colleagues who do serious work, but who enjoy what they do.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting [e-mail].

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office‑based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.