About the role
ABOUT THE PRACTICE
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 to find out more about our firm.
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.