Management Consultant

Match Performance; Stamfordham; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Comprehensive benefits

Performance bonus

Job summary

Match Performance is recruiting a Delivery Manager for a hands-on management consultancy role. You will lead small delivery teams of two to three consultants, work directly with clients, and translate analysis into measurable operational improvements.

This position starts with a client engagement in the Manchester area, with future projects across the UK. You will be onsite Monday to Thursday, with Friday remote, and travel as required throughout the country, including occasional international

Qualifications

• Proven record of leading transformation or operational-improvement projects.
• Experience in management consulting or equivalent client-facing delivery.
• Experience leading small delivery teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead small delivery teams (2–3 consultants) to deliver measurable improvements.
• Work directly with clients and stakeholders, translating analysis into action.
• Coach and influence managers to sustain new behaviours and ways of working.
• Travel to client sites across the UK and occasional international assignments.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Analytical capability

Client-facing delivery

Project / team leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication with executives

Ability to travel UK

Tools

None

Job description

Delivery Manager - Management Consulting

Location: Initial assignment in the Manchester area, followed by client engagements across the UK

Salary: £62,000-£80,000

Additional package: £4,800 car allowance, performance bonus and comprehensive benefits

Working pattern: Client site Monday to Thursday; remote working on Friday

The opportunity

Match Performance is supporting an established and growing management consultancy in the appointment of a Delivery Manager.

This is a hands-on consulting role for someone who can lead small delivery teams, work directly with clients and turn analysis into measurable operational improvement.

The initial requirement is for a client engagement in and around Manchester, so candidates should ideally be based in the North West, Yorkshire or within practical travelling distance. Future projects may be based elsewhere in the UK.

You will typically lead a team of two to three consultants while working closely with stakeholders ranging from senior executives to frontline managers. You will help clients understand the causes of underperformance, implement practical solutions and embed the management behaviours needed to sustain the improvement.

This is not a remote advisory position. You will be visible within the client organisation, actively involved in delivery and accountable for achieving results.

What we're looking for

We are interested in experienced management consultants and transformation professionals who combine analytical capability with a practical delivery style.

You should be comfortable entering an unfamiliar organisation, quickly understanding how it operates and working alongside its people to deliver improvement.

Essential experience

• A successful record of leading transformation, operational improvement or organisational-efficiency projects


• Management consulting or equivalent client-facing delivery experience


• Experience leading small project, consulting or transformation teams


• Evidence of delivering measurable improvements rather than only producing recommendations


• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills


• Experience implementing new processes, management disciplines or ways of working


• The ability to coach, challenge and influence managers constructively


• Excellent stakeholder and client-relationship skills


• Confidence communicating with senior executives, managers and frontline teams


• The ability to adapt your communication style to different audiences


• A willingness to work onsite with clients from Monday to Thursday


• Flexibility to travel throughout the UK and occasionally internationally


• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Particularly relevant backgrounds

We would be interested in candidates with experience in areas such as:

• Operational performance improvement


• Organisational efficiency


• Management consulting


• Procurement or supply-chain transformation


• Process optimisation


• Lean or continuous improvement


• Productivity and capacity improvement


• Behavioural change


• Target operating model implementation


• Management operating systems


• Cost or margin improvement


• Customer-service transformation


• Programme or project delivery


• Performance reporting and governance