Senior Director-Consumer And Retail Group

Description

Alvarez & Marsal | Consumer and Retail Group (CRG) | Management Consulting

Position: Senior Director, CRG

Who we are:

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a premier independent global professional services firm specializing in providing turnaround management, restructuring, performance improvement and corporate advisory services.

Established only three years ago, the Consumer & Retail Group is a team of seasoned consultants and former industry operators who have deep experience solving complex problems in the consumer and retail space. We have a true passion for the clients, industries and sectors we serve. CRG operates with an entrepreneurial spirit, inspired by our vision for the practice, as well as the action-oriented culture and backing of a restructuring powerhouse.

Our team is targeting high growth in the next 2-4 years. Our lean team structure allows recent graduates an opportunity to become quickly immersed in a meaningful way, putting your academic and career experiences immediately to work.

Through our deep experience in the industry, we have witnessed first-hand the overwhelming disruptions and challenges facing consumer and retail companies today.

Our purpose is to translate our experience, innovative thinking and hustle into tangible results for our clients that put them on the right side of this disruption, positioning them for long term success.

Building a legacy for our people is just as important to our team as building a legacy for our clients. CRG’s leaders invite you to be a part of molding our practice into something extraordinary. Our people’s passion and authenticity make CRG a world-class team.

We:

• Serve public and private equity owned companies to improve operating results
• Focus on both sides of the material disruption occurring in consumer facing industries
• Drive large scale transformations and assist during M&A / carve out activities
• Get things done – results orientation is in our DNA
• Bring a structured, disciplined approach to create and capture value

We are Seeking:

• Candidates with an entrepreneurial edge, creativity, intellectual curiosity and a wide range of passions and backgrounds
• Demonstrated success managing senior client relationships, partnering with leadership and helping our clients solve complex problems from day one of their first projects
• Expertise in Consumer and / or Retail sectors with Consulting Experience

Desired Professional Experience:

10+ Years of Significant consulting projects or engagement in one or more of the following areas:

• Direct & Indirect Procurement
• M&A: Divestitures/Carve-Outs and Integration
• Sales & Marketing effectiveness, processes, incentives
• Manufacturing and Contract Manufacturing
• Distribution & Logistics, Network Modeling
• SG&A cost reduction
• Merchandising & Category Management
• Information Technology and Digital Improvements

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to partner with team members through time-sensitive projects, structuring a work plan and managing processes to completion
• Client relationship focus with ability to understand culture, political environment, stakeholder agendas
• High energy style, flexible and adaptive, with the ability to work well in a fast paced environment
• Structured project management (time, team and work-stream management)
• Superior analytical skills, synthesize meaningful insights from data, opinions, or facts and make strategic recommendations
• Flexible and creative thinking
• Able to quickly articulate and communicates information, adapt effectively to audience
• Ability to deliver time-pressured projects on-time and on-quality
• Partner with clients directly to implement strategic and operational recommendations

Qualifications:

• Open to +/- 50% travel M-F
• Creative with the development of new tools, methodologies and approaches
• Preferred 10+ years of related experience in a professional services firm environment and/ or corporate positions with a financial and operational focus
• Experience with proposal development, strong commercial instincts and interest
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access and Excel
• Preferred 15+ years of Consumer and / or Retail sectors with Consulting Experience
• Experience leading and managing complex work streams and projects
• Independently structure problem solving approaches and adapt quickly to changing direction
• Synthesize complex analysis and identifies implications with attention to detail
• Advanced written communication skills, self-directed with preparation of client ready document and presentation development.
• Build and drive the case for change on related work streams and projects
• Strong technical acumen and comfortable working with complex data

Who will you be working with?

We are not a typical consulting firm. We are a group of entrepreneurial professionals who embody the A&M Core Values –inclusive diversity, integrity, quality, objectivity, fun and personal reward while delivering a tailored and scalable approach to working with private equity, hedge fund, and corporate clients. We present you with opportunities, not a playbook, and we reward you based on performance, not your tenure.

How will you grow and be supported?

As a demonstration of A&M’s strong commitment to its people, we offer benefits to support your career, personal and professional developments. This includes performance-based career progression and promotion process, high quality practice-wide training programs, a global mobility program, rotation opportunities in other practice areas, employee resource groups, and a health and wellness program. Click here to learn about our commitment to your well-being.

A&M recognizes that our people fuel our growth, and you and your team will be provided with the best available training and development resources, as well as networking opportunities. Click here to learn more about why A&M is a great place to work.

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.