Description
Pricing Engagement Manager * London- Hybrid Working 2 Days in the office, 3 Days from home * Salary to circa £80,000 Neg DoE * J12842
An award winning boutique Consultancy who specialise in pricing is in search of an Engagement Manager to work within their expanding and diverse team. If you thrive in dynamic and entrepreneurial environments then this is the right place. Each end client is unique and requires a personal and collaborative approach, reflective of the company values and ways of work. As such, they are looking for someone who can think laterally and take a pro-active approach to develop alternative solutions that practically overcome project challenges.
Responsibilities
• Own and manage client projects, to a plan and to timescales, in order to achieve a successful outcome for the client.
• Lead the problem solving process and day-to-day management of the engagement team, including scoping and defining issues, developing hypotheses, overseeing the team's analysis to validate hypotheses, designing analytical tools, formulating deliverables for clients.
• Act as a trusted internal and external pricing expert, covering areas such as price strategy, product -price proposition design, competitor analysis, pricing architecture, and tactical elements of pricing such as price communication, discounting and promotions and organisational pricing capability.
• Guide engagement team to create sophisticated, compelling communications that motivate clients to action and present at senior level.
• Contribute to the development of innovative approaches, including differentiated points of view and methodologies.
• Mentor and coach junior staff within the project context to help them grow and perform at a level that will challenge them professionally.
• Line management of up to 4 Analyst and Senior Consultant reports; manage their development plans and growth opportunities.
• Account management - with the assistance of company leaders, manage client relationships to identify and progress sales opportunities.
• Proposals- support the leadership team members in driving proposal development.
• Network- develop a professional network and maintain relationships with clients.
Skills Required
• Circa 5 -8 years' relevant experience in a pricing role, which must include some time in a consulting role.
• High calibre graduate from a leading university with a degree in a numerate subject e.g., but not limited to, Engineering, Maths, Operational Research or Economics.
• Track record of successful project delivery and client management; excellent organisational and time management skills plus attention to detail.
• Strong people leader, adept at managing team's work while developing colleagues' capabilities
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Exceptional client facing and interpersonal skills, able to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Interest in mentoring others and helping colleagues' development.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint and Excel.
• SQL, statistical packages, R and Tableau are desirable.