Consulting Director

Prism Executive Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm seeks a Consulting Director to drive business growth and lead high-value transformation projects. The ideal candidate will have proven success in consulting, particularly in operational excellence and a passion for performance transformation. This role offers competitive salary and significant travel flexibility within the UK.

Benefits

Supportive and collaborative culture

Challenging projects

High impact client engagement

Qualifications

• Proven success as a management consultant with experience in consulting for blue chip clients.
• Expertise in at least two areas such as strategy, performance improvement or operational excellence.
• Strong ability to build relationships and work autonomously or as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth of the consulting firm's credentials in multiple sectors.
• Lead teams on high value transformation projects, ensuring execution and measurable outcomes.
• Develop and secure a client portfolio through proactive relationship building.

Skills

Operational Excellence

Transformation

Sales and Business Development

Thought Leadership

Collaboration

Leadership

Job description

Entrepreneurial Senior Management Consultant who can help to grow a consulting business and shape its future

The role:

As a Consulting Director you will have a remit to sustain and grow the company’s credentials in Operational Excellence and Transformation across a wide range of sectors.Key responsibilities:

• To play a pivotal role in driving the consulting firm’s growth and delivering outstanding results across their global client base
• To lead consulting teams in the delivery of complex, high value transformation projects, ensuring seamless execution whilst delivering measurable outcomes to client companies
• Sales and business development: to grow the client portfolio through proactive relationship building, thought leadership and securing new business.

You:

• Proven success as a management consultant responsible for winning, developing and delivering business across one or more of the company’s core business sectors: manufacturing, aerospace & defence, construction, infrastructure, rail, energy and utilities
• Your experience from leading and managing blue chip clients within a consultancy has provided you with a depth of expertise across at least 2 of the following: strategy, performance improvement, operational excellence & coaching
• You will have a real passion for people and performance transformation, typically coming from an Operational Excellence, Lean and/or Continuous Improvement background
• You will be a collaborative leader, able to create great relationships and be comfortable working autonomously or as part of an integrated team.

The employer:

Our client is a well-established and growing boutique global consulting firm that offers a unique blend of strategy, performance improvement, coaching and digitisation, combining Lean transformation and continuous improvement with the effective engagement and development of people.Both internally and externally, high levels of employee engagement are the foundation of their consulting practice. With a strong order book for 2025 and an excellent pipeline of prospective business, they need to hire a Director who shares their passion for people and performance.

Why apply?

• High impact engagement with client staff to ensure rapid and effective results
• A supportive, collaborative and nurturing culture
• Challenging projects in a rapidly growing firm
• A record of building fantastic customer relationships at all levels
• The company is passionate about achieving operational excellence

Salary and package:

Base salary of £90,000 - £110,000 + bonus and benefits package

Location and mobility:

The business has several offices in the UK & internationally: you will have the flexibility to live anywhere in the UK but must be prepared to travel with overnight stays, as required, including client sites and overseas locationsWE REPLY TO ALL JOB APPLICATIONS! Please note that we will not send your CV to any third parties without your explicit consent.We can only accept job applications from candidates who meet the essential selection criteria above, are based in the UK and have the current Right to Work in the UK.Please apply to Sheila Bradbury, in strictest confidence, quoting reference: 6130-SB