Partner
Atlanta, United States
Consulting – NAM /
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 and enable people? Do you thrive in an environment where coaching colleagues and interacting with clients is key to unlocking real value? How do you feel about experiencing the direct impact of your work? If you want to continue to develop your skills that enable you to become a stronger leader, and you are interested making a genuine impact in the lives of the people around you then a role with Partners in Performance is for you!
Typical Partner background
To be 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 will need to care about people and developing them, as coaching is a big part of our success
Here is what we look for:
- At least 10 years at a top tier consulting firm experience plus ideally 5 years in a corporate or entrepreneurial role
- Strong evidence of out-of-the-box thinking, implementing truly innovative solutions
- Exposure to at least one of the key client sectors for Partner in Performance - North America
- Affinity with leading performance improvement /change management engagements in the region
- MBA or Postgraduate qualifications are preferred, with at least 10 years’ post-MBA/Masters/Phd experience
- University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially: Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics / Science
- Outstanding academic results
What Partners can expect when they join Partners in Performance
- As a Partner, you are relentlessly driving change for the client’s business. You have overall responsibility for delivering measurable improvements across several client engagements in parallel, leading blended internal and client teams across improvement areas to achieve targeted results. You are also responsible for building relationships with the client senior leadership team
- You develop and implement innovative commercial thinking, going beyond mechanistic application of consulting methodology. You would role model the activities required to ensure the client achieves strong buy-in from operations and other internal stakeholders and you coach your internal team, the client team and senior leadership to do the same
- You provide a holistic ‘value lens’ and guide the problem-solving effort to ensure opportunities are rigorously prioritized, making certain the teams' efforts are always aligned with the highest-value activities. You help senior leaders across the internal value chain drive sustainable implementations, coaching them to embed continuous improvement in the way they do business
- In addition, you coach the senior leadership team to implement the wiring to ensure the new processes and behaviours become the path of least resistance. In parallel, you take ownership for helping drive new Partners in Performance business in your region with support from relevant Directors
- This is done both in and around existing client engagements and relationships and by working to develop net-new profitable business for the company in the region
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 mentored 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
Ability to work in the North America region (USA & Canada) is required and candidates need to have a preparedness to travel extensively, including internationally
We treasure diversity of all kinds and have done since we opened for business more than 27 years ago.
