Job Description

Job Description

We Are:
Accenture Strategy and Consulting. Through deep industry expertise, analytics and insights, we empower clients to survive and thrive in the new, the now and the unknown. To stay agile in a world dominated by change, the C-suite must keep the core business running while simultaneously identifying and investing in the new. Accenture Strategy consulting enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future. Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.

You Are:
A Strategy Consulting maestro with tons of experience in the retail industry, and leadership and management skills to spare. Your expertise? Advising clients on data-driven retail strategies to achieve their strategic, financial, and operational goals. You have energy and drive in abundance, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning. You have a flair for breaking down processes into logical parts and constructing crystal-clear reasoning and analysesan aptitude you use to decimate problems. Communication and people skills? You have both in spades, and as a manager youre a natural at appreciating diverse perspectives and bringing out the best in teams.

The Work:

* Go deep to get the lay of the land of the retail industry that clients operate in, and to grasp clients business options in the context of global, economic, technology, and social trends.
* Lead teams to provide world-class omni-channel capabilities, store operations and retail labor productivity strategy solutions that meet the unique market and organizational needs of retail clients.
* Lead teams in driving insights and recommendations using data models and visualization tools.
* Help clients achieve long-term success by drawing up practical road maps that help clients carry out strategy, manage change, monitor and gauge processes, and rectify issues if needed.
* Manage junior members of the Strategy team and groom them for more responsibility.
* Build relationships with clients to sustain Accentures profile as a long-term trusted advisor and partner.
* Keep deepening your prowess in retail strategy, product development, labor operations and omnichannel inventory in order to reinforce Accentures reputation as a thought leader.

Travel:

For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts.

Qualifications

Heres What You Need:

* Minimum 5 years of work experience in one or more of the following:
* Leading projects to optimize and improve labor productivity within the store
* Leading projects to define new, omni-channel capabilities and/or new ways of operating the store
* Leading projects which develop new store formats (e.g,. pop-ups) and operating principles
* Leading supply chain or network strategy projects
* Minimum 2 years of consulting experience in the consulting industry or equivalent in an internal consulting role
* Minimum 2 years of prior experience in driving insights using statistics or data analysis
* Bachelor's degree

Bonus Points if:

* You have an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
* Experience in retail or consumer products is a plus
* Relevant analytics experience and exceptional skills with conceptual problem-solving and statistics, e.g., statistical modeling, decision analytics, forecasting and profiling.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Statement

Requesting An Accommodation

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If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

Unless expressly indicated, this role is not open in the state of Colorado.

Locations

CA - Los Angeles,CA - San Francisco,IL - Chicago,MA - Boston,MN - Minneapolis,NJ - Florham Park,NY - New York,PA - Philadelphia,TX - Dallas

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