Senior Manager – Automotive Industry Strategy

Join our Strategy consulting team for an exciting career opportunity to work on the CEO agenda of our most strategic clients across the globe.

Practice: Industry Strategy (Automotive), Strategy & Consulting Global Network

Area of Work: Strategy & business consulting in Automotive industry – across areas such as Market Assessment & Sizing, Growth Strategy, Operating Model, Product Strategy, Revenue Upliftment, Route-to-market, Sales & Distribution, Product Development Lifecycle Management, Mobility Solutions, Procurement, Supply Chain, Cost Transformation & Productivity Reinvention, Consumer Marketing, Trade Marketing, Pricing & Promotions, Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sustainability & Responsible Business.

Level: Senior Manager

Location: Gurgaon, Mumbai & Bangalore

Years of Exp: 10+ years post MBA

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture

Do you believe in creating an impact? Are you a problem solver who enjoys working on transformative strategies for global clients? Are you passionate about being part of an inclusive, diverse, & collaborative culture?

Then, this is the right place for you! Welcome to a host of exciting global opportunities in Accenture Strategy & Consulting.

The Practice- A Brief Sketch:

The Industry Strategy Practice in Accenture’s Strategy & Consulting Global Network is a part of Accenture Strategy & focuses on the CEO’s most strategic priorities. We help clients with strategies that are at the intersection of business & technology, drive value & impact, shape new businesses & design operating models for the future.

We provide you with a great learning ground, deep-rooted in Industry & Business Strategy, where you will get an opportunity to advice & work with our key Automotive clients, driving end-to-end transformative strategic value & business growth. As a part of this high performing team, these are some of the responsibilities:

• Develop & execute strategies to address the challenges facing Automotive companies, including competition, regulatory issues, environmental concerns & technological advancements
• Work with clients to identify their strategic goals & develop comprehensive plans to achieve them.
• Shape the operating model with an understanding of challenges in data maturity in Automotive companies & help conduct feasibility studies to evaluate new business opportunities, including mergers & acquisitions.
• Identify strategic cost take-out opportunities & drive business transformation.
• Partner with CEOs to architect future proof operating models embracing future of work, workforce & workplace powered by transformational technology, ecosystems & analytics.
• Work with team in the data synthesis process, solution design & creation of actionable insights, implications, & recommendations to address client's business issues in the areas of route-to-market, sales optimization, revenue management, incentive management etc.
• Collaborate with our ecosystem partners to assist clients in achieving their sustainability objectives through transformative initiatives.
• Support clients in their inorganic growth agenda across the deal lifecycle, i.e., target screening, synergy assessment, due diligence, post-merger integration & portfolio interventions.
• Lead practice workstreams & help the practice lead manage & build the practice
• Prepare & help deliver presentations to clients to communicate strategic plans & recommendations.
• Monitor industry trends & keep clients informed of potential opportunities & threats.
• Participate in the development of thought leadership content, including white papers & presentations, on Automotive industry topics.

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role:

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of the Automotive industry, including emerging trends, challenges, & opportunities. They will have a proven track record of developing & executing successful strategies for Automotive companies. The candidate will work with our clients to identify their strategic goals & develop comprehensive plans to achieve them. Key skills that will enable this include:

• A Strategic Mindset to shape innovative, fact-based strategies & operating models

• Issue Based Problem Solving to decode & solve complex & unstructured business questions

• Business Acumen to drive actionable outcomes for clients with the latest industry trends, innovations & disruptions, metrics & value drivers
• An excellent, established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements.
• Experience working with “C level” executive clients, with extensive experience in projects in which the primary stakeholder was the CEO; Chief Strategy Officer.
• Strategy consulting experience in Corporate Strategy/Restructuring; Growth Strategy, Market Entry Strategy, Operating Model Strategy, Business & Financial Model Development, Value & Investment Case Design, Strategic Cost Reduction & Productivity Reinvention, Product Development, Procurement Strategy, Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization, AI strategy, Sustainability, M&A
• Strategy experience in growth & innovation in Automotive industry – Platform strategy, new products & services creation, GTM sales, channel strategy, sales & distribution, revenue upliftment
• Business/ Industry experience in broad based general management in Automotive organizations with background in strategy / product development / sales / marketing / supply chain / manufacturing or R&D.
• Demonstrated GTM capability to generate strategy sales & demand with market unit leads
• Enable & grow strategy capability with practitioners through upskilling agenda, key metrics management & develop next generation leaders

Your experience counts!

• MBA from a tier 1 institute
• Prior Consulting experience from a tier 1 organization
• Prior experience in the Automotive industry - either as an exec in Consulting Organization or as an industry professional
• Post MBA, 10+ years experience in one or more of the following:
  • Corporate Strategy, Business Transformation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Organization Strategy, Pricing & Profit Optimization, Growth & Innovation, Strategic Planning, Sales & Distribution, Consumer Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Lifecycle Management, Sustainability etc. - ideally in Automotive industry
• Automotive Industry knowledge & experience in emerging & developed markets

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with leading global companies
• Potential to co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners &, business intelligence professionals to shape & recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge & capabilities
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services & solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology & operations. Combining unmatched experience & specialized skills across more than 40 industries & all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business & technology to help clients improve their performance & create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 569,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works & lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry & business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating & business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value & growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers & communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Capability Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting & strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Capability Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise & measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/capability-network

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