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Job Role: Retail Strategy & Consulting Consultant
Location: London
Career Level: Consultant
The team:
Our Retail Strategy & Consulting team brings together deep industry knowledge and functional expertise to provide innovative, data-driven solutions for our retail clients. In order to win in the long-term, companies must not only understand the challenges of today, but prepare for multiple potential tomorrows.
Accenture Strategy helps companies think beyond existing models and see around corners, to build resilience, embrace change and shape new futures—applying the lens of 360˚ value to everything we do. Accenture Consulting helps our clients transform their organisations, business functions and cross-industry ecosystems, leveraging cutting edge technology, platforms and data to navigate change and accelerate growth. Retailcontinues to be one of theprime industries for Accenture, witha strongglobal presenceand acrediblemarketleadershipposition.
Retail Strategy & Consulting is a diverse team of driven individuals, who share a common passion for reinventing the future of retail. From delivering new, innovative technologies, to reinventing supply chain and stores, and enabling organisational and operational excellence, we are committed to helping our clients transform to meet their challenges today and the future. Our team pride themselves on being retail specialists with a relentless focus on knowing what is happening in the market, understanding the client context and identifying value and delivering solutions that are both differentiated and practical as we often get involved in implementing our solutions and recommendations. We thrive on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and the opportunities that drive our careers in new and exciting ways.
As part of our team, you will learn grow and advance in a culture that embraces your individuality. You will be challenged and rewarded, while surrounded by a team that is passionate about retail.
In our team you will learn to:
1. Solve our retail clients’ most challenging problems
2. Deliver outstanding work that exceeds client expectations
3. Work with project teams of highly talented consultants from across Accenture
4. Leverage cutting edge data analytics to support data-driven insights and decisions
5. Embrace the extensive global retail ecosystem that Accenture can provide to our clients delivering end-to-end solutions from strategy through to implementation and execution
In this role you will:
6. Work with leading retailers and brands across all retail categories including grocery, apparel, electronics, homewares and home improvement
7. Deliver project work focused on retail with the opportunity to work across other consumer industries e.g. consumer goods and travel
8. Seek knowledge of key trendsand drivers in theindustry;including market,customers, suppliers andcompetitors to add to projectdelivery
9. Play a supporting role in business development, including proposals and thought leadership, working closely with the practice Managing Directors and Senior Managers
10. Build deep understanding of retail organisations, their operations, and enablers
11. Hone your skills in designing and delivering cutting edge solutions that unlock value for our clients
We are looking for experience in the following skills:
12. Experience delivering projects and driving business outcomes
13. Experience working in a consulting or in transformation in a retailer
14. Ability to grasp new concepts and problems quickly
15. Ability to analyse and solve complex problems
16. Ability to remain value focused; drive recommendations and/or outcomes that create value for our clients
17. Ability to connect business objectives and outcomes to operational and technology enablers
18. Potential to form strong client relationships particularly at senior levels
19. Strong written and oral communication skills
Set yourself apart:
20. 3+ years’ experience in Strategy consulting, Consulting and/or experience in transformation work in a retailer
21. Proven experience working on projects; identifying solutions that deliver high ROI and being part of ensuring that value is created in execution
22. Experience in customer & digital; stores; supply chain; commercial, product development and merchandising; or operating model
23. Understanding of retail enablement and how technology drives business value
24. Experience in helping retailers create value through technology, digital disruption, future trends and/or innovation
25. Data driven, analytical and logical thinking skills needed to help solve our client’s biggest challenges
What’s In It For You
At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app-based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
We strive to help our people create the right work-life balance that allows them to realise their full potential. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you.
Closing Date for Applications 31/08/2025
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Strategy/Planning and Consulting
* Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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