Practice Head - F&B/Consumer Goods

Practice Head - Consumer Goods - Food & Beverages Consulting (10-18 yrs)

Job Description

We are urgently looking for hiring a Practice Head / Principal - Foods & Beverages (CPG/ Consumer Goods) Consulting with a Fortune 100 Consulting Orgaizantion 

The practice covers industry sectors like 

- Food & Non- Alcoholic Beverages 

- Alcoholic Beverages 

- Consumer goods and services practice involves core service areas such as Business Transformation, ERP, Finance & Performance Mgmt, Human Performance, Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, Product Portfolio Mgmt / Category Mgmt, Customer Relationship Mgmt and Mergers & Acquisitions. 

Key responsibilities of the role may include: 

- Business Development: Developing and maintaining contact with top decision makers at key clients, organizing and leading pursuit teams, participating and leading aspects of the proposal development process. 

- People Development: Performing the role of counselor and coach, providing input and guidance into the firms staffing process, and actively participates in staff recruitment and retention activities. 

- Engagement Management: Managing engagement risk, project economics including planning and budgeting, managing account receivables, defining deliverable content, ensuring buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client. 

- Domain Development: Development of assets and methodologies, development of point-of-view, research or white papers, support development of marketing collateral, public speaking and publication in industry periodicals.
 
Desirable Skills

Minimum 10 years of progressive business and consulting experience. Global consulting experience is preferred. 

- Preferably worked in an international context servicing clients or worked internationally 

- Should have worked in the Products, Foods and Beverages, space and done work around Product Management, Brand Management, Channel & Distribution strategy, Channel optimization, Sales strategy & operations, Sales process & functional design and other similar functions (Multi area exposure is preferred) 

- Should have an excellent, established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements. 

- Should have an MBA from a Tier 1 B School. MBA from an international B School is preferred. 

- Should have managed teams and delivery 

- Should possess strong program management skills 

- This individual must be comfortable working at the highest levels of client organizations and interacting closely with the “C” level executives in a range of environments 

- The individual should be comfortable functioning in a broadly positioned and highly diverse consulting firm 

- The individual should possess an impressive executive demeanor, a team oriented and collaborative approach, and excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities 

- The individual should have demonstrated entrepreneurial instinct 

- The individual should possess and demonstrate high integrity and credibility as perceived by all those with whom s/he will work 

- The individual should have strong intellect coupled with proficient commercial instincts 

- The individual should be diplomatic, flexible, and have a good team approach. 

The individual must be a self starter, someone who has led teams, has strong conceptual and inter-personal skills

For further discussion over the role, you can reach me at sweta@mounttalent.com / +91 8826966166

Sweta