Value Creation Consulting – Senior Manager

January 25, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Value Creation Consulting – Senior Manager

Company: Baringa

Job description: Value Creation Consulting – Senior Manager

Baringa Overview:

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their businesses tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world – from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there’s a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Baringa believe that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people, and creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture.

Our Enterprise Value Creation Team are looking for an experienced Value Creation Senior Manager to join the team

Expectations of value have changed. Driving revenue growth, optimising margins & costs, and maximising ROI remain pivotal but the opportunity is bigger. To thrive, organisations need to apply an enterprise lens to their value creation approach. Increasing resilience in the cost base to invest in capabilities that unlock additional value, generating innovative ways to operate sustainably, developing the next generation of leaders and ultimately exceeding customer expectations. At Baringa, we help clients create impact that truly lasts. We bring together deep expertise to help our clients maximise total enterprise value, sustainably, and for the long term.

As a member of our team you will help shape and drive a breadth of exciting & transformational work across all our industry market sectors (Financial Services, Products & Services, Energy & Resources, Pharmaceutical & Lifesciences and Central Government)

What will you be doing?

  • You will be responsible for helping clients address complex strategic, operational, and organisational cost, margin and value creation issues
  • Programmes will range anywhere from setting EVC strategy and vision tailored to clients needs, through to mobilizing and leading multi-disciplinary cost and margin improvement programmes
  • You will be responsible for building capability in the client to ensure sustainability. At Baringa we believe that the client should learn from us so that they can repeat the successes themselves
  • You will be part of Baringa’s Leadership who are the stewards of the Culture that makes Baringa different from other consultancies. You will be responsible to coach, mentor and inspire team members to ensure they fulfil their potential and are happy at work
  • You will be a key member of the Enterprise Value Creation leadership team responsible for building out the Enterprise Value Creation team to become the “Go To” brand in the market
  • You will be responsible for bringing together our cross functional Baringa team to bring best in class to the client
  • We pride ourselves on being a bit more geeky than generalist and live by the mantra: Be kind, be curious, be great at work.

What are we looking for?

  • You will have a mix of consulting and industry experience, minimum of 5+ years in consulting in last 10 years
  • You will have experience in leading the following either within one or multiple industries:
  • Cost/margin/profitability transformation and efficiency programmes
  • Operational strategy or cost reduction projects
  • Deals environments or Operational Due Diligence projects
  • You will have skills and qualifications relevant to Value Creation including:
  • Performing robust analysis covering baseline, quantification of opportunities and benefit cases
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills, combined with sound commercial acumen and advanced modelling skills
  • Knowledge of cost analysis techniques including zero based budgeting, spans and layers analysis, activity analysis and benchmark analysis
  • Experience in benefit management and implementation planning
  • ACA/CIMA qualified, with an Accounting degree or experience in managing a £2m+ P&L
  • You will have a desire to build a business with strong commercial acumen and business development skills
  • You will have the ability to take ownership and deliver results in challenging, client-facing environments
  • You will have experience in developing capability in project/programme teams (including client side) through coaching and training delivery
  • You will have proven senior stakeholder communications, management, presentation and relationship development

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First.
We give you every opportunity to progress by having four promotional reviews a year, with all employees participating in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme. Baringa is a People First company, and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and giving our staff amazing benefits. We’re also award winning! Click here to find out more.

Diversity and Inclusion.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people, and creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team if you feel you want to discuss this with us one-on-one ahead of applying.

An award-winning workplace.
Come and join the UK’s leading management consultants. You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see all our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.
Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. The way we run our business will continue to make life better for our clients, our people, our communities, and our planet. Click here to see all our recent impact work.

Join us

We are a bunch of proudly geeky experts who come from industries around the world. At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people – customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive – Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work. We explore kindness in our first ever brand campaign – Economics of Kindness

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

If you have the required skills and experience for this role, apply today.

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Location: London

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