Consulting Director

Campden BRI; Chipping Campden; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in food and drink is seeking a Consulting Director in Chipping Campden. The role involves leading consultancy services, ensuring client satisfaction, and managing a team while fostering sustainable profitability. Applicants should have a strong background in food-related consulting and demonstrated leadership experience. Exceptional financial acumen and ability to engage and align teams are key to success in this position.

Benefits

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Generous pension scheme with company match

Subsidised onsite restaurant

Culture focus on work/life balance

Buy and sell holiday scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in client-centric roles within food and drink supply chain.
• Direct leadership experience and managing profit and loss.
• Specialization in product safety, quality, or regulatory aspects.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of profitable external consultancy services.
• Develop talent and oversee people management.
• Advocate for change to enhance client service and operational efficiency.

Skills

Client Centricity

Consulting Experience

Commercial Acumen

Relationship Building

Leadership

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Science/Technology or similar

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Recruitment & HR Partner at Campden BRI | Recruiting Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science & Technology, TIC, Professional Services

Campden BRI support food & drink manufacturers and retailers with all of their training, technical advice and consultancy needs. You will work with our brilliant & UK leading technical experts across Product Innovation, Process Innovation, Training, Sensory & Consumer Science, Global Food Safety & Regulatory to ensure an excellent consulting service to our clients that adds value to the food and drink supply chain.

You'll sit as part of our leadership team to work closely with all business units to deliver a great client experience and retain clients by growing our relationships and supporting their aims. Delivering a service that is sustainably profitable for Campden BRI overall.

Collaborate with analysis and testing to build and evolve a cohesive client proposition that supports the needs of the food and drink supply chain.

Lead change and be an advocate across the business to improve client service, operational delivery, and process efficiency. Work with sales and other scientists across the business, to build and maintain an effective pipeline of profitable work for Consulting. Actively seek opportunities for cross-sell into other business units to further support clients and build long lasting solutions to issues and opportunities.

Position

• Leads business delivery and development of profitable external consultancy business
• People leadership and talent development
• Direct technical consulting and external promotion of Campden BRI
• Financial planning and commercial optimisation
• Leading change

Requirements

• Experience and passion for client centricity
• Technical and consulting experience within the food and drink supply chain
• Degree in relevant science or technology-based subject (Chemical Engineering, Food Science/Technology or similar)
• Direct leadership experience within a food and drink company
• Successfully owned a P&L
• Strong commercial acumen and a strong track record of delivering within a consultancy environment
• Deep understanding of client issues across the food and drink supply chain in product safety, quality, assurance, innovation / reformulation, and process improvement
• Specialism in at least one area of product safety/quality, innovation/reformulation, regulatory or thermal / non-thermal processing
• Engaging people leader with the ability to align and engage teams across the business
• Deep financial understanding, particularly investment-based business cases
• Wider business leadership, particularly leadership team experience
• Strong relationship building skills both externally and internally
• Ability to see the bigger picture and create tactical plans to deliver business strategy and change
• PMI
• Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
• Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
• Subsidised onsite restaurant

Our site is located in Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, we would expect the successful candidate to be onsite 3 days per week, when not travelling to meet clients.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting

• Industries

  Research Services, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Food and Beverage Services

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