Accenture · 2 days ago
Strategy Manager | Commerce & Sales Reinvention | Retail
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$87K/yr - $253K/yr
6+ years expAccenture is a leading global professional services company that helps clients accelerate growth and value through sustained customer relevance. The Strategy Manager will leverage expertise in customer growth strategy and digital channel execution to help clients achieve top line growth objectives, focusing on demand generation and channel activation.
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No H1B
Responsibilities
Able to understand client needs, support the development of proposed solutions, and deliver high-impact projects by partnering with clients to help them support and transform their sales organizations and advance their position in Retail
Build client relationships to sustain Accenture’s profile as a long-term trusted advisor and partner
Manage and coach junior team members while continuing to grow your own expertise to help Accenture maintain its thought leadership position
Design and execute large scale and complex transformation programs and strategy engagements including current state assessments, target state design, and operating model transformations
Implement business changes that drive industry-specific, functional, and digital operating model transformation
Deep understanding of digital channel metrics across web, mobile, and social commerce, with demonstrated success driving business value with data-led action
Comfort and functional knowledge of core technology enablers used by leading retailers and consumer goods companies. Ability to analyze potential solutions, understand fit for functional business needs, confidence to select the most relevant tools/techniques to meet business requirements
Ability to lead teams to execute analysis or delivered recommended solutions including business case development, process design, and capabilities improvement
Qualification
Required
Proven work experience in Retail and digital
Strategic problem solver with extensive consulting and/or retail industry experience
Clear and effective communicator with an open, relatable manner with clients and colleagues
Ability to perform well in an agile, fast-paced working environment
Ability to balance being a leader with contributing to the collective efforts of the team
Energy and drive, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning
Flair for breaking down processes into logical parts and constructing crystal-clear reasoning and analyses
Experience working with senior and executive-level client partners
Facilitating workshops, developing business recommendations, and building business cases for new innovative solutions (e.g. AI / Gen-AI enabled capabilities)
Ability to balance project delivery responsibilities of your team and manage project progress up to internal and client leadership
Passionate about helping clients solve complex growth and customer experience challenges
Knowledgeable about the nuances of Retail industry and digital and marketing organizations
High-level understanding of how technology platforms and ecosystems fit into the digital world
Ability to dive deep into problem solving using creative and analytical thinking
Energized by working in an agile, fast-paced environment and collaborating with a team
Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills, including compelling storytelling around insights, challenges, and solutions for an executive audience
6+ years of Retail industry experience, driving digital growth and/or channel expansion in a business, product or strategy role
Robust understanding of the Retail industry
Familiarity with retail marketplace strategy, activation, and optimization
Familiarity with direct to consumer and digital commerce growth
Familiarity with retail media strategy, activation, measurement, and operations
Familiarity with digital channel operations
Familiarity with product and content management
Familiarity with go-to-market strategies
Experience supporting the development of strategic recommendations for critical experiences, products, or services
Experience managing a P&L or a pipeline of business development opportunities
Experience providing enterprise level business or technology advisory to various executives
Preferred
MBA or equivalent graduate degree
Strong quantitative skills and analytical thinker with at least 2 years of prior experience driving insights using analytical tools
High degree of comfort in client relationship development and business development
Experience working with onshore and offshore delivery teams
Existing network of relationships within the Retail industry at decision making levels
Familiarity with AI, GenAI, or other emerging technologies
Company
Accenture
Accenture is a professional services company that provides solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6MKey Investors
Youth Business International
2018-10-01Grant· $6M
2001-07-27IPO
Leadership Team
Christie Smith
Senior Managing Director, Global CEO Transformation: Strategy & Consulting Lead
Jeff Laue
CEO and Senior Managing Director of Accenture Digital Inside Sales
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