Senior Consultant - Automotive

at  BearingPoint UK

OUR STORY

BearingPoint is one of Europe’s leading independent, partner led business and technology consultancies. We are recognised as a highly regarded strategic partner for our clients.
We are actively seeking a Senior Consultant to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join BearingPoint at a pivotal moment of growth and investment. We are proud to operate as a “boutique style” cohort of inspired and passionate experts in our field with focus on innovation, collaboration, and customer success.

REQUIREMENTS

• Alignment with BearingPoint’s cultural pillars: Easy to Work With; Empowering People; Delivering Outcomes
• Strong knowledge and experience of project delivery covering core consulting domains: e.g. digital transformation, product management, business strategy, process excellence, business analysis, customer experience or technology delivery
• Previous consulting or business change experience is a plus, ideally in a top tier management consulting organisation, or significant transformation experience from an Automotive background
• Ability to shape new offerings, building on to the current BearingPoint services
• Demonstrate a high-level of understanding of how and where transformational thinking can create competitive advantage through business change
• Ability to develop good relationships with senior business leaders
• A demonstrable passion for business transformation, change and emerging technologies
• A demonstrable passion for the Automotive industry
• A creative approach to problem solving, demonstrable intellectual curiosity
• Effective communication skills, excellent business writing and confidence in presenting
• Ability to make deliverables and sales material tell a story in a logical and structured way
• A self-starter mentality comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-changing environment

SUMMARY OF ROLE:

The Senior Consultant will perform as an individual contributor or as a workstream leader on client engagement teams, working under the supervision of an Engagement Manager and/or Partner, to develop solutions, lead project workstreams, and act as a hands-on subject matter expert on consulting projects. Client engagement activities include but are not limited to framing problems, stakeholder management, optimising client processes, developing go-to-market strategies, and change management. The role will primarily be supporting our industry leading and rapidly growing Automotive practice.

FROM A DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE OUR SENIOR CONSULTANTS TAKE ON PROJECT DRIVING ROLES TO SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECTS. SOME RECENT EXAMPLES INCLUDE:

• Project managing a pan European joint venture between an OEM and banking partner to establish a captive finance solution
• Defining the strategy and undertaking the business transformation to enable a luxury OEM to offer ‘Advanced Driver’ features via a new subscription business
• Supporting a commercial EV scale up to match their customer-facing operational model with the strategic target experiences
• Helping an Auto Importer and Distributor to build new CRM integrations with their OEM partners and explore potential DMS changes to support business expansion
• Working to integrate Cyber Security governance into the development lifecycle of an OEM’s off-board products teamIN ADDITION TO CLIENT DELIVERY WORK THE SENIOR CONSULTANT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF GROWING OUR AUTOMOTIVE PRACTICE THROUGH BOTH BUSINESS AND SERVICE LINE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. THIS CAN INVOLVE:
• Creation and ownership of new delivery propositions
• Supporting business development through developing proposals and supporting client sales opportunities
• Developing and delivering in Marketing and Thought Leadership content and campaigns