What are the responsibilities and job description for the CONSULTANT -- STRATEGY & OPERATIONS position at The Hackett Group?
Job Description
CONSULTANT STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
The Strategy & Operations (S&O) practice is one of the key practice areas within the Strategy & Business Transformation Practice, and we focus on assisting our clients with business challenges in the areas of supply chain, logistics, procurement and general operations. We leverage Hackett's market leading intellectual property, including benchmarks and best practices, to help clients solve complex business issues from strategy thru design and implementation. A large focus of our work consists of helping clients compete in today's digital economy.
Consultants will typically be involved in the following activities :
Understanding, analyzing and articulating common business processes and decisions
Interviewing key client personnel, documenting findings and analyzing results
Understanding and articulating the major processes within a business
Organizing, documenting and presenting information logically
Gathering, interpreting and manipulating data in support of assessments
Developing client-ready presentations and deliverables (e.g., business flows, business process descriptions, program specs)
Consultants will typically have :
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
Ability to manage and complete multiple tasks in a timely manner
Ability to effectively operate either independently or in a team environment
Outstanding MS Office and data modeling skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Undergraduate degree - business, finance, accounting, or economics preferred
2 - 3 years of prior consulting and / or relevant industry experience
In addition to the qualifications listed above, the firm places high emphasis on relevant personal qualities : entrepreneurial, creative, imaginative, resourceful, independent, motivated, professional, and collaborative.
Applicants must be willing and able to travel to client work locations up to five days / week.
About Us
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ : HCKT) is an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy and leading enterprise benchmarking firm to global companies, offering digital transformation including implementation of leading enterprise cloud applications, workflow automation and analytics that enable digital world class performance.
About the Team
Hackett's Strategy & Business Transformation (S&BT) practice specializes in helping clients to improve the performance of their operations to enable growth and effectiveness and achieve meaningful cost efficiencies. As part of Business Transformation, Hackett professionals provide dedicated expertise in business strategy, operations, finance and shared services, human capital management, strategic sourcing, procurement and information technology. Our approach provides full lifecycle service from strategy definition through design and implementation and, finally, continuous improvement. All of Hackett's programs have digital solutions embedded to accelerate and fuse our clients' business and technology transformations.
Please visit our website at www.thehackettgroup.com to find out more about our firm.