Simon-Kucher is hiring: Senior Manager - Consumer Sector - Consumer Goods Strate

Overview

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In the United States — Atlanta | New York | Chicago | Boston. Simon-Kucher focuses on unlocking better growth for clients by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – customer engagement, product, pricing, innovation, marketing, distribution, and sales. Our North American Consumer sector serves a broad base of industry-leading and high-growth clients across Consumer Goods, Retail, and Leisure, Travel, & Tourism, delivering clear and actionable growth strategies using advanced analytical techniques, large-scale primary consumer research, and behavioral science.

We are hiring a Senior Manager level individual to support our growing Consumer Goods business. The role focuses on expertise in Revenue Growth Management (RGM) advisory, coupled with broader end-to-end commercial-excellence experience. This individual will join a high-performing unit delivering best-in-class RGM strategies across the consumer goods universe. The position offers fast development into a leadership role within the practice.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Manager, you will be a vital member of our Consumer consulting team focused on Consumer Goods strategy, with particular focus on commercial excellence.
• Lead and manage the delivery of client engagements while elevating analysis and insights, and infusing client-centric depth for content, expertise, and knowledge to project deliverables.
• Experience in market segmentation (e.g., demand spacing, occasion strategy, consumer segmentation), channel & customer strategy, go-to-market strategy, revenue growth management (e.g., pricing, price-pack architecture, promotions excellence, trade investment, and active mix management), and sales excellence (e.g., sales force effectiveness, customer management, incentives).
• Drive project planning and execution by ensuring alignment of project delivery to client needs and objectives, and manage project cost structure and margin.
• Lead and guide a large team of junior consultants to develop innovative and actionable insights and recommendations using data, analytics, and research that deliver impact for clients.
• Develop trusted senior-level advisory relationships by delivering high-quality, tailored recommendations that clients can execute to realize benefits.
• Engage senior client audiences at all stages of their commercial growth strategy, understanding client needs and obtaining buy-in for recommendations and solutions.
• Expand and develop relevant new capabilities, tactics, and tools to advance client business goals.
• Identify and engage prospective clients to understand their needs, priorities, and challenges and expand our commercial growth strategy footprint, offerings, and client base.
• Provide exceptional client service and client-focused communication, including during challenging situations.
• Prepare client-ready deliverables and present findings and recommendations to senior client audiences, incorporating client feedback.
• Manage multiple engagements and project teams, including developing team members through coaching and feedback.
• Lead project teams to defined end-goals with clear roles, strong project management, and primary client contact.
• Create engagement workplans and guide the team through project activities, including primary/secondary research and qualitative/quantitative analysis to derive key insights and takeaways.
• Oversee the work of team members across engagements, providing timely feedback to balance timelines and deliverable quality.
• Steer the growth of Simon-Kucher's Consumer sector in the Consumer Goods practice by contributing to priorities, pursuing new business opportunities, and developing thought leadership and client content; pursue follow-on opportunities with existing clients.
• Stay current on business and industry trends relevant to clients; analyze existing processes and tools for improvement.
• Coach and develop consultants; act as Career Development Advisor to junior team members.
• Demonstrate empathy and emotional intelligence in managing conflict and communicating change.
• Participate in recruitment and integration of new Consumer consultants; contribute to Simon-Kucher's culture and success.

Your Profile

• Outstanding drive, determination, and desire to be part of a growing, top-tier consulting firm.
• Strong knowledge and passion for the Consumer sector, with focus on Consumer Goods.
• An undergraduate degree is required; MS, MA, MBA, or other advanced degree is preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in a professional services environment, ideally in management consulting for the Consumer sector (Consumer Goods).
• Proven consulting expertise in growth strategies, go-to-market strategy, segmentation (advanced analytics), product and portfolio design, pricing, marketing, value proposition development, distribution strategy (omni-channel, digitization, channel orchestration), sales strategies (sales efficiency, processes, incentives), and monetization strategies.
• Strong analytical skills to distill insights from large data sets and present findings clearly to senior audiences.
• Experience solving complex problems, directing teams, and delivering projects on tight timelines; track record in selling and managing new and follow-on engagements.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements, including work plans, deliverables, budgets, schedules, and accounts receivable.
• Strong work ethic, collaborative approach, entrepreneurial mindset, and inclusive leadership style.
• Ability to travel at least 25% of the time.

Pay range for this position in New York is $190,000-$200,000/year. Compensation may vary by experience, skills, geographic location, and business needs. Benefits include paid time off, 13 paid holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) eligibility with company matching.

About Simon-Kucher

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients, by optimizing product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales using deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics, we are a leading pricing and growth specialist.

Simon-Kucher is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status. We strive for a culture of belonging where people feel valued and able to contribute meaningfully.