Management Consultant
Management consultants help organisations to solve issues, create value, maximize growth and improve business performance. They use their business skills to provide objective advice and expertise and help an organization to develop any specialist skills that it may be lacking.
Your role is to identify options for the organization and suggest recommendations for change, as well as advising on additional resources to implement solutions.
As a management consultant, you'll need to:
- carry out research and data collection to understand the organization
- conduct analysis
- interview the client's employees, management team and other stakeholders
- run focus groups and facilitate workshops - prepare business proposals and presentations
- identify issues and form hypotheses and solutions
- present findings and recommendations to clients
- implement recommendations or solutions and ensure the client receives the necessary assistance to carry it all out
- manage projects and programs
- lead and manage those within the team, including analysts
- liaise with the client to keep them informed of progress and to make relevant decisions.