Stage - Retail Executive

Overview

Our Client is a top-tier global consulting firm with more than 2,500 people around the globe, serving many of the world's best-known corporations and their stakeholders. Operating across all major industry sectors, they provide the full range of world-class consulting services, solving the most complex and critical challenges by moving quickly from analysis to action. Our Client is a global and multicultural organization that fosters an inclusive culture that celebrates the many passions, talents and ideas of its people, within an equitable workplace at the heart of everything they do. Despite the challenging market conditions in recent years, our Client continues to achieve year-on-year relevant growth, strategically adding senior hires while maintaining a well-balanced pyramid. In this context, we are looking for a Principal Strategy to join the Consumer Product & Retail team in the Italian office, focusing on performance improvement and value creation programmes to help clients undertaking the journey "from good to great". This P-CP&R will work with leading corporations to design and implement impactful solutions, leveraging expertise in manufacturing optimization, procurement, supply chain, SG&A and integration strategy. Designing value creation plans, encompassing pricing strategies, sourcing optimization, and product decomplexity initiatives.

Designing and leading operational efficiency programs & integrations, including productivity improvement, plant rationalization, and supply chain optimization.

Developing industrial plans, including market assessments, top-line and operational improvement initiatives, and defining capital expenditure and organizational requirements.

Supporting Private Equity clients across various deal lifecycle stages, from acquisition to exit.

Supporting the Partners team in origination, particularly in relation to continuation / extension projects, whilst progressively consolidating a robust personal network to build a sustainable client platform in the long-term.

Responsibilities

• Designing value creation plans, encompassing pricing strategies, sourcing optimization, and product decomplexity initiatives.
• Designing and leading operational efficiency programs & integrations, including productivity improvement, plant rationalization, and supply chain optimization.
• Developing industrial plans, including market assessments, top-line and operational improvement initiatives, and defining capital expenditure and organizational requirements.
• Supporting Private Equity clients across various deal lifecycle stages, from acquisition to exit.
• Supporting the Partners team in origination, particularly in relation to continuation / extension projects, whilst progressively consolidating a robust personal network to build a sustainable client platform in the long-term.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; 10+ years of relevant Consulting experience, with a focus on Value Creation / Performance Improvement track in the Consumer Products & Retail sector, and background from Top Tier Strategy Consulting firms or specialized Niche Boutiques. A double track career Corporate & Consulting would represent a strong plus, as well as a direct experience in a Food company.
• Proven track record in implementing EBITDA enhancement programs and value creation strategies within complex and structured Italian and international clients’ environments.
• Experience in working with private equity portfolio companies, designing and executing value creation and integration strategies. Ability to plan and deliver the strategic vision and proactively find ways to achieve goals, remove barriers articulating compelling reasons, together with the passion and ability to make things happen.
• Solid analytical skills and numeric capabilities to address practical, data-driven concrete solutions.
• Effective and mature communicator, able to engage and influence executive-level stakeholders in a variety of contexts, from entrepreneurial mid-caps to large multinationals and demanding financial players. Fluency in Italian and English, with additional languages as a plus.