Manager

Requirement

In response to growth in the demand for our expertise, 4C is looking to recruit individuals with proven leadership skills and a track record of developing business and delivering transformational change. Successful applicants will play a key role in managing complex business-critical change projects for our clients.

Our Company

Established in 2000, 4C is a market-leading cost transformation consultancy. We provide expertise across all areas of cost transformation and procurement, in all market sectors for leading organisations, providing services ranging from development of strategy through to implementation. The company regularly wins major projects for FTSE-100 companies in preference to the more traditional consultancies, by offering a fresh and innovative approach backed up by superb talent. We offer an unrivalled combination of capabilities, particularly in resolving complex challenges for clients and delivering sustainable, tangible results. We are increasingly being recognised as an innovator and leader in the consultancy industry.

Our success depends on the excellence, commitment and dedication of our employees. As such, we recruit only the highest calibre individuals.

The Role

The Manager is responsible for developing managing complex and challenging projects for our clients, ensuring that we deliver the results required by the clients whilst achieving our revenue and profitability targets. The Manager is also responsible for developing additional business opportunities with existing clients.

The Manager manages senior client stakeholder relationships and ensures that the 4C consultants perform as an integrated team, exceeding client expectations and delivering exceptional results. Our projects typically involve the proactive identification and delivery of major cost reductions and performance improvements: achieving such transformational change requires the highest levels of change management skill, including challenging, inspiring and leading both the consulting team and client executives and staff.

The Individual

Successful candidates will have consistently demonstrated excellence in their careers to date. They will possess outstanding leadership, teamworking and stakeholder management skills. In particular, they will be able to demonstrate the ability to articulate complex, innovative ideas in a persuasive manner to both internal colleagues and external clients. They will also possess excellent analytical skills, and have the capacity to manage the delivery of outstanding consulting work to tight deadlines.

Successful candidates will have:

  • Consistently demonstrated excellence in their career to date and be a passionate, personable, energetic 'go getter'.
  • Demonstrated outstanding leadership and team-working abilities and be recognised as a leader in their current organisation
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication and change management skills
  • Business acumen and the ability to develop new business
  • The ability to build a strong network of relationships at Board level
  • The ability to focus on results and get things done
  • Strong communication skills
  • Capacity to manage difficult and challenging situations and resolve debates and disputes

Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience in one of the following areas:

Either

  • Previous consulting experience in a top-tier consulting firm,

or

  • Management experience in a blue chip organisation encompassing a role in either procurement, performance improvement and/or cost reduction with significant evidence of leading one or more major change projects and delivering exceptional results

Candidates must have a minimum of a 2.1 degree from a top UK or international University. Preference will be given to candidates with additional professional qualifications (e.g. MBA, ACCA, MCIPS)

Whilst typically based in the UK, the role will require significant business travel and candidates may be required to work internationally in order to support the needs of our multinational clients.

Pay and benefits

Rewards will include a competitive salary, performance related bonus, flexible holiday, life insurance, pension, permanent health insurance, health care, training and child care vouchers.

Do you want to be part of our exciting future?
Please send your CV and covering letter to: yes@4cassociates.com

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