Senior Associate, Performance Improvement

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Retail Performance Improvement Practice Overview

Our Retail Performance Improvement practice provides extensive industry expertise combined with data- driven, objective, and innovative approaches to the most complex business challenges. Our significant experience working with companies at critical inflection points in their lifecycles has informed our approach and instilled a sense of urgency in solving problems. Our team has worked with numerous clients to build value and accelerate business performance through strategy setting and execution, business and operating model design, acquisition and merger support, market-entry strategy, and channel and product strategy. The ideal candidate is based in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles or Boston.

Retail Performance Improvement Senior Associate Responsibilities

• Independently structures basic issue analyses contributes to hypothesis generation
• Builds analytical tools and financial analyses that show a proper understanding of competing needs (timing, flexibility, detail, risk) with limited direction
• Identifies and articulates opportunities for more advanced analytic approaches outside of basic Excel
• Drafts client ready data requests
• Manages administrative and organizational matters of engagement
• Assembles reports, graphs, and tables with limited guidance
• Presents work, as required, both internally and to clients
• Interfaces directly with more senior clients to gather data and develop analyses in areas of responsibility
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of retail industry
• Beginning to identify potential issues related to complex retail operation issues
• Understands common retail industry terms and concepts
• Understands key activities of retail operations consulting engagements

Retail Performance Improvement Senior Associate Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year of retail advisory experience with a top tier management consulting firm
• An undergraduate degree from a top academic institution with a strong GPA
• Experience with Excel modeling and identifies and articulates opportunities for more advanced analytic approaches outside of basic Excel
• Ability and willingness to travel is required
• Willingness to work at times, long hours during the week and on weekends due to client demands may be necessary
• Experience with analytical tools and financial analyses that show a proper understanding of competing needs (timing, flexibility, detail, risk) with limited direction
• Demonstrates ability to contribute to identification of key issues
• Able to understand concepts of data patterns and trends
• Exhibits critical thinking and problem-solving capability
• Demonstrates ability to synthesize analysis and draw conclusions

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