Consultant jobs in Frankreich

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Job Description:

The Position

The main purpose of the Consultant is to develop consulting solutions as part of client engagements, to write proposals and support business development activities, to act as engagement manager on specific projects and to support Principals and Partners in their delivery.

You will begin to lead, manage, and own problem-solving efforts on a large portion of a client engagement or to lead on smaller engagements. Specifically, you will be responsible for identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing and conducting analysis, and then synthesizing conclusions into recommendations. Throughout an engagement, you will be involved in discussions and presentations with senior client leadership.

Accountabilities:

• Liaise with clients to determine their requirements and either lead or support on delivering to them
• Design a range of consulting solutions across service offerings to meet client needs throughout the consulting cycle, drawing on knowledge of the clients’ needs, LC products and tools, own ideas and external best practice
• Gather and analyse client data , drawing on a range of best practice problem solving skills to identify themes and insights
• Prepare compelling reports, presentations and other client deliverables to achieve maximum client impact • Contribute to the writing of proposals, completion of tender documents and the mobilization of projects once won
• Prepare projects plans (in conjunction with a Project Co-ordinator of larger projects), report to clients on progress, track project effort against budget and input to the preparation of invoices
• Lead projects under the guidance of a Principal Consultant or Partner
• Plan and prioritize own work and ensure deadlines are met. Manage own workload to cope with peaks in demand ensuring all deadlines and quality standards are met
• Contribute to thought leadership by supporting the development of products and tools and documenting methodologies
• Working closely with Partners and Principals to: support the delivery of large scale projects, prepare for workshops, document workshop outputs, liaise with clients to organize logistics
• Actively develop self to build own capability to support a broad range of consulting activity

Key Metrics

• Expected utilization of ~60%
• Quality of deliverables produced on time and to requirements
• Delivery of projects on time, to quality and on budget
• Contribution to revenue
• Contributions to Firm initiatives
• Personal growth and development

The Person

Qualifications & Experience

• Interest in people, organisations and behaviour
• Undergraduate degree is required; Occupational/Organisational Psychology, MBA or other relevant graduate degree preferred.
• 5+ years of work experience in a business environment, with 3 years in a management or leadership consulting environment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive an efficient process throughout a project including setting and executing against deadlines.
• Highly numerate with excellent report writing skills
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint and advanced Excel
• Language skills as required
• Willingness to travel locally and globally as required

Consulting Behaviours

Refer to Competency Framework describing:

• Thinking agility: thinks ahead, analyses and solves problems, is innovative and handles ambiguity
• Operate with excellence: is driven, proactive and self-directed and results focused; sets high standards for self and for others
• Inspire and engage clients and stakeholders: influences the thinking of clients and stakeholders by connecting, adapting own style and optimising personal impact
• Builds talent and teams: leads and develops teams and individuals to achieve the highest levels of performance and grow Leadership Consulting capabilities

Key Skills and Expertise Areas

Refer to Competency Framework describing:

• Business Acumen
• Domain expertise (organisation/team/leadership assessment and development)
• Project Delivery
• Engagement management

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Heidrick & Struggles is committed to providing reasonable accommodations and/or adjustments during our recruitment process. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation and/or adjustment, please inform your Talent Acquisition professional.

Heidrick & Struggles is committed to providing reasonable accommodations and/or adjustments during our recruitment process. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation and/or adjustment, please inform your Talent Acquisition professional.