Strategy Consultant

Would you like to be on the front line of making customer-centric marketing, loyalty, AI, and CRM strategies measurable for some of the world's strongest brands?

With a large and growing client portfolio, we are looking for a proactive and business-savvy Strategy Consultant within Value Engineering who wants to make their mark in data-driven value articulation, business cases, measurement frameworks, and financial modelling.

Have we caught your attention? Then keep reading.

As our new Strategy Consultant within Value& PromotionalEngineering, you will work alongside our Strategy Consulting team, helping clients understand both the potential and the realized ROI of their investments in digital marketing, loyalty, AI, and CRM.

Your work will inform executive-level decision-making and support large-scale transformation programs at some of the world's leading companies. You will work across multiple clients and projects simultaneously while collaborating closely with the broader VML MAP organization.

More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Developing business cases, measurement frameworks, financial models, and KPI reporting

• Spearheading the creation of new and improved assets, tools, and methodologies that advance the discipline

• Working with client stakeholders to definethe value architecture and business goals,and toanalyzebaseline data and performance insights to build data-driven commercialstrategies

• Crafting and delivering compelling presentations, roadmaps, and recommendations for executive stakeholders

• Leading workshops toidentifybusiness value and strategic insights in collaboration with client stakeholders

• Promoting the adoption of value engineering approaches internally and externally among clients and prospects

• Supporting client teams and commercial growth initiatives, including account development and new business

At VML MAP, you will become part of a dynamic and international environment with strong opportunities for both personal and professional development.

You will collaborate closely with specialists across the wider VML MAP organization-including experts in technology, data, creative, and client leadership-across our global offices.

You will also work directly with client stakeholders across multiple functions, including marketing, sales, digital, and technology. Our global client base spans industries such as FMCG, retail, fashion, automotive, and financial services. In addition, you will be working with our clients, both management and specialists, across many of their functions including marketing, sales, digital, and technology. Our global clients span across multiple industries including FMCG, retailers, fashion, automotive, and financial services.

As a person,youareanoutgoingandcollaborativeteam player withstronginterpersonalskillsand aself-starter mindset.Youenjoysolvingcomplexbusinesschallengesin astructuredandanalyticalway, with astrongattention to detail.Youarecomfortablecollectingandanalysingbothqualitativeandquantitativedata andtranslatingitintoclearinsightsandrecommendationssupportedby acompellingstoryline.

In addition,youhave:

• 4-5yearsofexperiencefrom astrategyconsultingfirm or an in-housecorporatestrategyfunction(candidateswithstrongrelevantcapabilitiesareencouragedtoapply)

• Stronganalytical,financial, and problem-solvingskills

• A relevantmaster'sdegree,preferablyin business administration,strategy, marketing, finance, or arelatedfield

• Experienceworkingincomplexstakeholderenvironmentsat a globallevel

• Theabilitytomoveseamlesslybetweenstrategicperspectiveanddetailedanalysis

• Theabilitytoworkbothindependentlyand as part of a team

• Advancedproficiencyin PowerPoint and Excel

• Excellentwrittenand verbalcommunicationskills

• Strong business case andfinancialmodellingcapabilities
• Experience in financial modeling for loyalty programs is strongly preferred, including the estimation of cost and impact of various loyalty currencies and value propositions.

Asmanyofourclientsandcolleaguesoperateacrosstime zones,flexibilityandwillingnesstotravelareimportant.

VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM.With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric.Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities.

We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.

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