RETAIL AND CONSUMER TRANSFORMATION
Corporate Transformation Services @ Alvarez & Marsal
Our highly respected pan European Corporate Transformation team is built on deep industry sector expertise with a demonstrably differentiated ability to address the most complex business problems and deliver dramatic and sustainable business performance improvements. Focused on enterprise-wide change to help drive EBITDA and/or cash improvement, our highly experienced experts successfully work with clients in strategic transformation situations, for example, where an activist investor is looking for accelerated results, or where a company is looking to sustainably improve their earnings and profitability goals. We help our clients navigate complex merger integrations and carve-outs and work for corporations across several industries including Retail, Consumer Products, Industrials, Manufacturing, Media, Hospitality and Pharmaceuticals.
Retail and Consumer Transformation
The Retail and Consumer specialist team focuses on providing the sector specific transformation capabilities including commercial effectiveness, organisation design, performance improvement and turnaround. The senior team brings unrivalled experience from both operational and advisory roles in the retail and consumer sector to deliver the results clients need across the UK and Europe. The team of senior professionals have not just capabilities as advisors but in most, if not all, cases also have a proven and successful track record as a senior level executive in operational roles within an organisation. These senior professionals relish the opportunity to work in a "hands-on" style with senior client management, and with the entrepreneurial freedom and opportunities which are at the heart of A&M's culture.
The Opportunity - Director
The opportunity to be part of European Retail and Consumer Transformation, bringing your leadership skills and expertise to shape and grow the future of this dynamic team.
We are looking for senior managers and operators who are not afraid to roll up their sleeves and lead the change agenda within Retail and Consumer industries. As a Director, you will be responsible in shaping and leading the change and transformation for the industry. You will not only play a role as a sector expert for clients but also for the practices within A&M and will be delivering projects with Private Equity, Restructuring and other A&M business units. You will be based out of London but be part of the pan-European practice and delivering European agenda and projects.
In summary, you will have an opportunity to work with ambitious and senior operators within the sector whom you can learn from whilst working in the entrepreneurial environment to make a true impact to shape and foster the future of the team. You will be operating on a pan-European level across a wider A&M community to lead and manage the engagement and client relationship in the Retail and Consumer Sector.
Desired Skills and Experience
You will be a high-energy individual with excellent operational and commercial skills and a track record of success. You must like new challenges with true desire to continue to grow. You will bring broad operational experience from blue chip retail environments, and a track record in leading and managing transformation and performance improvement. You must also bring consulting experience from a leading strategy consultancy with a track record in delivering projects. You will be able to demonstrate a record of success in delivering major performance improvement / transformation projects and will have a tight grasp on current industry trends and operational challenges. We would expect the successful candidate to bring:
Experiences with the blend of industry and advisory experiences with proven track record in delivering changes and results
Professional network across the UK and European Retail and/or Consumer industry is highly desirable
First class education from a top-rated university; MBA is desirable but not essential
Retail or Consumer Industry experiences combined with advisory experience in the sector
Clear determination to deliver the latest thinking in retail solutions within a highly competitive advisory marketplace
Analytical rigour, preferably with financial experience
Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging, and unpredictable environment
Fluency in English is essential and other European languages are highly desirable
Soft Skills
Strong facilitation skills, forging consensus around credible, executable solutions.
Excellent written and oral communications skills, confident presenter.
Objective, fact-based approach to problem solving.
Hands-on and non-hierarchical operator who is equally effective in managing up and down and relates well at all levels and cultures.
Driven by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and leads by example.
The ability to manage a multiple stakeholder environment within a privately-owned business.
Diversity & Inclusion
A&M's entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity-are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity and we foster inclusiveness. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.
Voluntary Inclusion
It is Alvarez & Marsal's policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters
Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
