Business Lead Consultant

Keste; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Business Lead Consultant, where your expertise in strategic planning and project management will guide clients through their transformational journeys. This role emphasizes collaboration, analytical skills, and the ability to convey complex information simply. You will work with a diverse client base, leveraging your knowledge of business processes and analytical tools to deliver tailored solutions. If you are passionate about client success and eager to make an impact, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment to advance your career and contribute to meaningful projects.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in strategic planning, consulting, or project management.
• Bachelor's degree required, MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects efficiently and develop action plans based on research.
• Produce data-based outcomes and present findings to clients.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership Skills

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Data Interpretation

Task Orientation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance or Engineering

MBA or Master's Degree

Tools

Excel

Alteryx

Python

SQL

Tableau

SAP

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

Business Lead Consultant

JOB SUMMARY:

At Argano, it is our people who drive our purpose of making an impact. We strive to empower our teams to look at the world in a different light, generate new ideas, and do things better. We challenge the status quo, not for the sake of change, but to evolve and improve. Be part of our journey as we fulfill the promise of the digital renaissance for all.

We just created a seat at the table for a remarkable Business Performance Lead Consultant. Reporting into one of our Performance Improvement Community of Practice leads, you will join a team that has been guiding major transformation initiatives and critical projects for our clients. You can be located near any major city in US or Canada.

Argano is where talented, bright people embrace change, seize opportunities to advance their careers, and are passionate about client success. If that’s you, we want you to join our growing team. Build your path with us.

The Argano 4 SAP Business Lead Consultant practice helps organizations analyze and improve their business, guiding our clients through their transformational journey. This position provides clients with business solutions tailored to their company and industry needs, grows client base and drives future business through consistent high-quality work, helps clients meet their goals by providing recommendations based on data and market research, foresees outcomes of proposals using data projections, acquires familiarity with multiple industries in order to serve a diverse client base and fosters and maintains strong relationships with clients.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure projects are managed in a controlled and efficient manner
• Develop and manage scope
• Develop and ongoing management of the plan
• Produce data-based projected outcomes of proposed action plans, and create decks to present to clients and fellow consultants
• Ability to step into an unstructured customer situation and organize/structure it according to goals.
• Must display a keen interest to learn, absorb complex topics, and ability to convey complex topics in simple memorable terms
• Develop action plans for clients based on in-depth research from diverse, reputable sources
• Strong analytical skills and use of analytical tools (Excel primary, Alteryx, Python, SQL, Tableau, etc.).
• Expertise in SAP, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) software, etc. is a plus
• Strong ability to collaborate as part of a team, and willing to step into any role to assure customer success
• Follow our LIFT delivery methodology and past project key learnings during project assignments
• Find and interview experts who can speak to specific client needs
• Utilize BI/BW or similar analytics programming tools & concepts to develop analysis for clients.
• Research and pursue opportunities for future business development

Minimum and/or Preferred Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree required, business, economics, finance or engineering related degree is preferred.
• MBA/Master's Degree or higher in a relevant field preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• 5 - 8 years of experience in strategic planning, consulting, or project management;
• Strong proficiency in the concepts, processes, techniques and tools to comfortably navigate through E2E business processes;
• Knowledge and demonstrated results in at least 1 of the business areas: Strategy, Record to Report, Supply Chain, Planning, Product and Service Management;
• Experience with SAP Signavio; SAP Public Cloud experience preferred;
• YOU MUST be physically located in Canada or the United States;
• Up to 50% of travel required depending on the project.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Exceptional ability to learn quickly and apparent strong problem-solving skills/mindset
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, confident in their ability to execute work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must be task-oriented.
• Must be proficient in the four Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• High degree of responsiveness.
• Demonstrated high proficiency in Excel advanced functions
• Demonstrated high proficiency in Word and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated mathematical skills and the ability to interpret/analyze complex data to develop recommendations and solutions
• Self-starter, able to research a topic and offer a solution
• Strong understanding of processes and data
• Affinity for automation and detailed process improvement