Senior Manager - Consumer - Retail Strategy

Position: Senior Manager - Consumer Sector - Retail Strategy
Senior Manager
- Consumer Sector
- Retail Strategy In the United States
- New York | Chicago | Boston | Atlanta Simon-Kucher's sole focus is on unlocking better growth for our clients, increasing their long-term sales, value, and profit. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – brand and value proposition, assortment, product lifecycle, pricing and promotions, omnichannel, marketing, merchandising, loyalty, and consumer segmentation. Our North American Consumer sector is growing rapidly and serves a broad base of industry leading and high growth clients across Retail, Leisure, Travel, & Tourism and Consumer Goods.

We provide clear, and actionable growth strategies to our clients using advanced analytical techniques, large scale primary consumer research, and behavioral science. We are hiring a Senior Manager level individual to support our growing Retail business. Our focus for this role is on expertise in revenue management and merchandising coupled with broader end-to-end commercial excellence experience. This individual will join a high performing unit delivering best in class topline strategies across the retail universe.

We are looking for talented individuals to amplify the growth of this dynamic team. Given the growth we are experiencing, we expect this role to develop quickly into a leader for the practice with opportunity to advance quickly. What makes us special:

Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.

Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company with a startup feel. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.

Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.

Invest in your future. All US and Canadian employees enjoy 401(k) & RRSP benefits with company matching.

Prioritize your health and well-being. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.

Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s from home or in the office.

How you will create an impact:

As a Senior Manager, you will be a vital member of our Consumer consulting team focused on Retail strategy, driving value-based outcomes while contributing to Simon-Kucher's culture and success.

Lead and manage the delivery of client engagements while elevating the analysis and insights, and infusing client-centric depth for content, expertise, and knowledge to project deliverables.

Bring knowledge across commercial and go-to-market topics within retail including but not limited to pricing strategy and setting, promotion effectiveness, markdowns and clearance optimization, assortment optimization and white space identification, merchandising and value proposition, consumer segmentation, loyalty program design, and omnichannel strategies.

Drive project planning and execution by ensuring alignment of project delivery to client needs and objectives, as well as managing project cost structure and margin.

Lead and guide a large and incredibly talented team of junior consultants to develop innovative and actionable insights and recommendations using data, analytics, and research that deliver impactful recommendations for clients.

Develop trusted and credible senior-level advisory relationships by delivering high-quality and tailored recommendations that our…