Director - Cost Reduction

Directors are expected to contribute to the Firm's growth and development in a variety of ways, including:

Engagement Management :

- Lead engagement planning and budgeting; mobilize and manage engagement teams; define deliverable structure and content; facilitate buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client; direct on-time, quality delivery of work products; manage engagement economics; manage engagement risk

Client Management :

- Manage day to day interactions with executive clients and sponsors

Business Development :

- Develop and maintain contact with top decision makers at key clients; organize and lead pursuit teams; participate and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal pricing strategies

Practice Development & Eminence :

- Develop practical solutions and methodologies; develop "thoughtware" and "point-of-view" documents; participate in public speaking events; get published in industry periodicals

People Development :

- Perform role of counselor and coach; provide input and guidance into the staffing process;

- Actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities; provide leadership and support for delivery teams.

Consulting :

- Should have managed/ delivered cost reduction projects across industries

- In depth knowledge of cost reduction areas like procurement, BPR, operations/ manufacturing, operating model, supply chain, marketing spend optimization etc.

- Exposure to lean/ six sigma or any other cost reduction tools

Successful Director will also have the following soft skills :

- Energy and enthusiasm to be a part of a large team thriving in complexities of solving client problems and being challenged to work in a high pressure environment with outstanding learning quotient. A mindset of advocacy and problem solving

- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)

- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.

- Willingness to mentor junior staff

Location : Mumbai