Manager Improvement

Manager Performance Improvement

Job Description & Summary Manager Performance Improvement Do you want to help organizations navigate performance improvement and turnaround situations? Are you looking for a role where you work closely with clients on performance improvement, cash management and operating model redesign? In our Performance and Restructuring team, you will drive change at under-performing Dutch and European companies on complex transformation challenges. You will work on assignments with a direct impact on the future of the business and its stakeholders, ranging from family-run organizations to listed multinationals.

In this role, you combine strategic insight, financial analysis and performance improvement execution. You will also collaborate closely with specialists across Deals, Strategy & Consulting.

This is what you’ll do You will be part of an inclusive team working on challenging and meaningful client assignments at the intersection of transformation, restructuring and performance improvement. Together with colleagues and clients, you will work in an environment where collaboration, coaching and delivering sustainable results are central.

As a Manager, you will support clients facing significant pressure to adapt their business and operating models. You will work across a broad range of performance improvement assignments and help organizations deliver sustainable improvements in areas such as cost reduction, cash management and working capital management.

You translate complex analyses into practical recommendations and support clients in implementing and delivering change initiatives.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strong understanding of client challenges to contribute insight and value to transformation programmes
• Analyse complex information and translate it into structured, pragmatic recommendations, for example in performance improvement opportunities, rapid cost reduction and operating model redesign
• Drive the implementation of these recommendation together with the client and the team in a rapid but sustainable fashion
• Perform cashflow sensitivity analysis, financial baselining and forecast reviews, and prepare presentations and reports for key stakeholders such as Board members and senior management
• Build strong client relationships and support the further build-out of the practice via commercial initiatives

You recognize yourself in this. We are looking for candidates with experience of supporting clients throughout the performance improvement lifecycle from strategic opportunity assessment and planning through to supporting the delivery of specific initiatives.

Furthermore:

• You bring experience from operations, advisory or ideally both, with a strong foundation in both financial and operational analytics
• You are analytical and able to turn complex challenges into structured and actionable solutions
• You work effectively with a range of stakeholders, stay effective in a changing environment and actively contribute to the development of colleagues and teams around you
• You have experience with topics such as working capital, supply chain optimisation, and cash management
• You have worked on complex performance improvement programmes and are confident in stakeholder management
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills in both Dutch and English, and you can clearly synthesize analysis into presentations and reports

What we offer With us, you’ll have the chance to be yourself, perform at your best in a high-performance organization, and grow within our global network.

We offer you, among other things:

• A competitive salary based on your experience, an annual bonus (depending on results and personal development), and the opportunity to grow
• A motivating work environment where collaboration with ambitious colleagues and recognition for your contributions are central
• A wide range of tailored training via our AI-based Growth Center, linked to skills and goals and focused on professional growth and leadership development
• Choose the mobility option that suits you best: an electric lease car or a mobility allowance for your business travel costs, plus access to various mobility…