Senior Consultant - Circularity

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Transportation benefits

Non-contributory pension

Health insurance contribution

Job summary

Roland Berger in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Consultant to help clients on circularity, waste management and recycling initiatives. You will lead project modules, work with international teams, and expand the firm's footprint in a dynamic global practice.

The role requires 4–7 years in strategy/management consulting or related senior positions, strong English, and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. You will coach junior colleagues, contribute to knowledge, and engage with clients from

Qualifications

• Academic university education (WO) completed.
• 4–7 years of experience in strategy/management consulting or related senior roles; waste management/recycling experience required.
• Technical affinity and commercial insight.
• Analytical thinking with ability to structure arguments clearly.
• Precise, open-minded, and able to lead and delegate.
• Experience with financial modeling (Excel), presentations (PowerPoint) and storytelling.
• Strong English language skills (oral and written).

Responsibilities

• Take the lead for modules in larger projects and manage smaller projects.
• Coach and develop the consultants in your project teams.
• Work closely with industry experts at Roland Berger.
• Contribute to Roland Berger’s knowledge development by capturing insights.
• Participate in office-wide projects to advance the firm’s thinking.

Skills

Strategic consulting experience

Analytical thinking

Team leadership

Storytelling & presentations

PowerPoint

Excel

Financial modeling

English proficiency

Client management

Education

Academic university education (WO)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm that assists clients to grow and adapt to the challenges of today. Founded in 1967 in Munich, we are one of the leading representatives of our industry, with more than 50 offices and 3,500 dedicated colleagues around the world.

Our young, dynamic and fast-growing office in Netherlands employs 120 consultants and supporting colleagues. We are proud of the close-knit culture within our Amsterdam office. We are creative, dedicated, ambitious, entrepreneurial and passionate-and at the same time social, energetic, open-minded and respectful. We help each other to bring out the best in each other and the best for our clients. Besides our client work, we foster our office culture through many social activities together, from sports and drinks to office trips and celebrations of holidays.

What we offer

Your success is our success. We offer plenty of opportunities for development, (inter)national training courses and a mentor to support your development. In addition, we offer excellent benefits, including 30 days of vacation, transportation benefits, a non-contributory pension and a contribution to your health insurance.

What you will be doing

You will collaborate closely with partners and (senior) colleagues, serving both national and international clients on projects centered around circularity, specifically on waste management and recycling initiatives. Your role within the team will be crucial, as you take on the responsibility in expanding our expertise and footprint in the circularity sector andleading projects toward sustainable success. You will engage in creative problem-solving, exploring new technologies, business models, and strategies to optimize resource use and minimize waste.

The projects primarily take place in an international setting, as the project teams at this moment are predominantly international.With increasing global awareness of environmental issues, there's a growing demand for circularity expertise and there is a steady stream of diverse projects in this dynamic field. The clientele for each project differs, ranging from industrial enterprises, Private Equity firms, and technology suppliers to policymakers all focusing on circularity, in particular waste management and recycling.

Our team brings a pragmatic approach to help clients navigate complex challenges and seize opportunities. At Roland Berger we differentiate ourselves by listening carefully to our clients and working intensively with them on tailor-made solutions.

On your first day you can already have a real impact, since you will be working with clients from all over an organization and often will report to senior management. You will discover abundant opportunities for advancing your professional growth as you navigate through challenging and rewarding projects.

As aSenior Consultantat Roland Berger you will:

• Take the lead for modules in larger projects, and complete project management of smaller projects (typically leading three to five consultants).
• Coach and develop the consultants in your project teams.
• Work closely with industry experts at Roland Berger.
• Contribute to Roland Berger’s knowledge development by capturing insights and drawing lessons from client work.
• Participate in office-wide projects (e.g. in-depth studies on current topics) that further develop Roland Berger or its thinking in a specific area or sector.

Qualifications

Who we seek

At Roland Berger we are looking for people who are genuinely interested in our clients and their challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to work hard to deliver the highest quality. The values of “empathy”, “entrepreneurship” and “excellence” are the foundation of our work and our culture. We are looking for people who recognize themselves in these values, who can think big, dare to dream, see connections and make connections, are self-starters and can enrich our team.

Our requirements

• You have completed an academic university education (i.e. WO).
• You have between four and seven years of experience in strategy and/or management consulting or in strategic and/or operational roles at a large company or in the public sector. Having prior involvement in waste management and/or recycling is a requirement.
• You have technical affinity and commercial insight.
• You can think analytically and structure arguments clearly.
• You work with precision.
• You are open-minded.
• You have experience managing others and delegating work to more junior team members.
• You are familiar with/experienced in (financial) modeling (Excel), visualizing presentations (PowerPoint) and storytelling.
• You have good oral, written and presentation skills and an excellent command of the English language.

Additional Information

Are you a game changer and want to shape the future with us?

The right work-life balance is critical to performing at such a high level. We understand that this balance differs per person and life phase. Your mentor will help you to organize your work in a way that suits you and your goals.

Diversity

We believe that a team of unique professionals with a diversity of backgrounds and qualities brings out the best in each other and provides the best results for our clients. Our international character makes us very diverse as a firm; this is something we strive for in our office as well. We are looking for people who can and want to contribute to the office with their unique perspective and qualities.

Roland Berger is the only leading global strategy consultancy of European origin and combines deep industry expertise with broad experience across core management functions and transformation programs. We cherish different perspectives and approaches and count on the diversity and authenticity of our employees. Thus, we encourage applications from people of all genders, nationalities, ethnic and social backgrounds, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, and religious beliefs. Driven by our values of entrepreneurship, excellence, and empathy, we at Roland Berger are convinced that business and society need a new sustainable paradigm that takes the entire value cycle into account. Our cross-competence teams work with our clients to successfully address the challenges of our time, today and tomorrow, across all industries and business functions. If you like to take the initiative and make a difference as part of a team, Roland Berger is the right place for you.

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