Consulting Manager
Johannesburg, South Africa
Consulting – AFRICA /
Employee, Permanent /
Hybrid
Partners in Performance is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance and working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, North and South America, the UK and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom.
Our firm is built around the simple premise that clients are looking for bottom line results, not just ideas. We partner with our clients, coach them in real time, to create a measurable and lasting results. Our specialties include; Operations & Business Improvement, Strategy, Capital Optimisation, Investment & Acquisition and Strategic Sourcing.
Are you the kind of person that loves to problem solve? Do you thrive on coaching people? How do you feel about seeing the direct impact of your work? If you want to develop all your skills that enables you to become a stronger senior leader, then you really should be working for us!
To be a successful at Partners in Performance you need to be dynamic, passionate and prepared to roll up your sleeves and work inside our clients’ businesses. You need to care about people and developing them, as coaching is a big part of our success
Typical background of a Consulting Manager
- Outstanding academic results
- University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially:
- Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science (While we consider candidates from a broad spectrum of degrees, we place a strong emphasis on quantitative skills studied in commerce, engineering and science-based courses)
- MBA would be an advantage
- Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm
What to expect: As a Consulting Manager, you are the front-line change agent in an area of the client’s business. You have overall responsibility for delivering measurable improvements within that area.
- You will role model the activities required to ensure the client achieves lasting results, and you will coach your team, the Implementation Facilitator and Senior Managers within your area to do the same.
- You will lead the problem-solving effort and ensure opportunities are rigorously prioritised to ensure the team’s efforts are always aligned against the highest-value tasks.
- You will assist your Implementation Facilitator and senior clients to drive successful implementation, coaching them to embed continuous improvement into the way they do business.
Manager key competencies
- Demonstrated passion for results, with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure
- Excellent problem-solving skills, including ability to structure and prioritise effort within an area, and ask the right questions to get to root causes
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers, and achieve results though managing a team, prioritising the professional development of team members
- Propensity to coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results and work through the line to achieve outcomes
- Strong communication skills, including ability to construct compelling arguments supported by the right facts
- Show an ability to influence and effectively multitask and manage expectations/deadlines
- Demonstrated alignment with Partners in Performance values
What you will learn at Partners in Performance
- At Partners in Performance you will learn, both the traditional management consulting toolkit, plus the Partners in Performance business transformation methodologies; you will be coached to be able to coach and develop clients and colleagues (both junior and senior to you); and you will participate in a wide range of formal and informal training opportunities.
- You will acquire many of the skills you need to position yourself for a future leadership position
Other requirements
- Right to work in South Africa is required and candidates need to have a preparedness to travel, including internationally
- Have a look at our career section for further insights - www.pip.global
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