Senior Strategy Consultant - Change & Growth Leader

Aisling Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Business Strategy Consultant in Kuala Lumpur. The role involves shaping and managing change agendas, innovative problem-solving, and leading teams to achieve impactful results. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, the ability to effectively translate requirements into solutions, and experience in engaging with stakeholders at all levels. This position offers an opportunity to influence senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic initiatives while fostering an innovative culture within the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify business challenges.
• Capability to gather and translate business requirements into solutions.
• Experience in leading teams and managing resources effectively.

Responsibilities

• Shape and define the change agenda for the supported business domain.
• Deliver structure to unstructured problems and devise creative solutions.
• Engender an innovative culture and lead idea generation.

Skills

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Business Analysis and Design

Innovation and Idea Management

Resource and Team Management

Impactful Communication

Job description

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About the job Business Strategy Consultant

The Business Strategy Consultant will be aligned to a business domain and/or function. The role of the Business Strategy Consultant is to help shape and define the change agenda for the Line of Business / Function they support.

Senior Business Consultants will often play a people/team management role within the projects/programmes they work on.

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

• Identifying and defining problems related to change delivery for the wider business
• Delivering structure and discipline to an unstructured problem
• Using logic, creative and innovative thinking to devise solutions to business challenges

Business Analysis and Design

• Gathering, analysing, and tracking business requirements and translating these into business solutions and structures
• Understanding the Group Strategy, imperatives and vision and translating these into a business model
• Understanding the impact of change against the target operating model; testing and refining designs with stakeholders and change audiences

Innovation and Idea Management

• Challenging existing thinking, generating new and creative ideas
• Engendering an innovative, learning-oriented culture where all employees feel able to contribute new ideas and approaches as well as involving change audiences in generating new ideas
• Willing to experiment, take risks to consider new and untested approaches and learn from the results
• Looking outside of the organisation at technical and social trends and applying these to idea generation

Delivery at Pace

• Prioritising the work and that of others effectively
• Managing and understanding your capacity and that of your team(s)

Resource and Team Management

• Identifying resourcing gaps and sourcing appropriate resources to close gaps
• Defining responsibilities, objectives, and task allocation

Planning and Plan Management

• Developing the overall change effort into a series of projects, workstreams and/or component activities understanding the effort, schedule, dependencies, and critical path
• Managing material changes to scope, schedule, resources or budget e.g. through a change request process

Commerciality

• Understanding the purpose and priorities of the organisation, both now and in the future
• Thinking and acting commercially within the day-to-day operations
• Identifying short, medium and long-term opportunities to develop business and/or revenue from new or existing Group customers, and responding appropriately

Leading Self and Others

• Leading at all levels to ensure the right results are achieved, in the right way
• Developing yourself and others to bring out the best in everyone in an inclusive way
• Challenging established processes and inefficiencies

Impactful Communication

• Influencing senior stakeholders
• Being open, honest, clear, and inclusive in communications
• Listening well, checking the messages delivered are understood and inviting feedback appropriately to individuals and/or groups in different situations

Knowledge

• Have a good working knowledge and relationships with one or more areas within the lines of business the Senior Business Consultant is aligned to.
• Be able to demonstrate strong business knowledge and sound business sense.
• Demonstrate effective financial skills to develop a detailed business case, including investments, detailed benefits (financial, non-financial and strategic) and link to overall finances of the business.