Principal Consultant - Green Transition

Principal Consultant - Green Transition

Department: Resilient Economies

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

We are looking for a Principal Consultant – Green Transition to join our Resilient Economies team based in our Rotterdam office.

As a key leader within Ecorys, you will play a key role in contributing to sustainable growth of NL business. This role aims to expand the capabilities of Ecorys Netherlands in research and consulting, monitoring and evaluation, and integrated services that address the needs of our clients across the EU market and beyond.

You will play an instrumental role in supporting our Resilient Economies team in winning and delivery of projects aimed primarily at the European Market and cut across International and new client segments. This includes playing a leadership role in acquisition, managing our large-scale contracts, overseeing the project delivery team, lead consortium and partner formation and ensure quality assurance of our reports – specifically methodology development, and budget design.

Our proposals are largely focused on Industry, markets, energy transition, circular economy.

You will be responsible for managing our project delivery team and jointly meeting the target of profitability of the portfolio. You will part of the principal team supporting the Sector Leader.

• Project management – Leading key strategic projects in the field of Green Transition (Energy, Circular Economy, Advisory services). Projects span across evaluations, studies, impact assessment or technical assistance. Approximately 50% of your role is delivering projects and overseeing project delivery teams) and 50% of your time will be dedicated to supporting acquisitions and winning work.
• Acquisition and account management – Development and maintenance of existing market (area) and / or products as well as opening / developing new markets and / or products (PMCs) for the portfolio and across the company.
• Networking – You will support the portfolio in strengthening its strategic partnerships and further develop our pool of associates. You will support the Director to strengthen inter-office relationships and work together with them. In particular you will be responsible for:
  Strategic partnership development, Support network facilitation teams to expand our pool of associates and engage with key partners, universities and offices to build stronger working relationship.
• Expertise and capacity development – You will support the Director to build capacity, expertise both internally and externally.
• Financial Responsibility – You will be responsible for the delivery of the projects and meeting the profitability target for the Resilient Economies team. You will regularly review the projects and ensure projects are implemented efficiently and in line with our commercial guidance.

What we will need from you:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a subject relevant to the work areas (Economics, Energy, Environment, European studies) of the Resilient Economies Team
• Minimum 10 years of experience in leading acquisitions and winning work (EU commission, EC services amongst others)
• Experience in leading and managing projects in the field of Energy Transition, Circular Economy, or Sustainability transition within industries with a value of at least EUR 1.5 million.
• Experience in managing projects (contracts of minimum EUR 200k) in the EU and at least 5 MS in the last 10 years
• Successfully led and developed diverse teams
• Built a successful track record of delivering and work-winning (contracts of minimum EUR 800k) from EU institutional clients
• Successfully directed and managed projects including the co-ordination of inputs under matrix…