Manager - Consultancy

Company Description

Founded in ‎1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the
second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing,
communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the
third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the
value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation
and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner
in its clients' transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe
relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities:
Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid
organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in
every market. Present in over ‎100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around
‎98,000 professionals.

Job Description

Responsibility and Focus
As a Strategy and Transformation Manager in our Consultancy practice, you will
lead in delivering customer-centric solutions and in maintaining good
relationships with your internal and external client(s). Reporting directly to
the team lead, you will actively support the design and delivery of client
strategies, and seek new growth opportunities for your clients and the Groupe.
Key Responsibilities:
* Contribute to business growth by supporting new business pitches, as well as identifying organic growth opportunities on existing accounts.
* Develop client strategies, which include understanding the brief, conducting GAP analysis, framing the problem statement, evaluate and recommend solutions.
* Build trust and maintain good relationships with your internal and external clients by adapting to their ways of working, timely response, quality delivery, and knowledge sharing.
* Collaborate with team members within Consultancy to ensure successful delivery of all Practice projects
* Positively represent Consultancy Consultancy by collaborating, exhibiting and engaging in a positive manner with others, contribute to the newsletter, attend and participate in internal sessions.
* Continuously grow your knowledge by prioritizing your learning and development, utilizing L&D resources, and actively attend internal and external training sessions.
Main Tasks
Technical & Product
* Continuously upskill in all things MarTech and AdTech, strategic frameworks focused on marketing transformation, go-to-market, and performance marketing.
* Conduct in-depth research and analysis of the client industry using syndicated sources, campaign data, and website analytics to uncover insights.
* Track performance through accurate delivery of reports on a regular basis, provide insights, and make recommendations
* Have a good understanding of Publicis Groupe products and services to successfully navigate them and utilize them in our clients' businesses.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation and execution of strategy and transformation projects.
* Apply the Consultancy approach, follow our ways of working, and utilize all tools and frameworks available to ensure delivery excellence.
* Utilize all available platforms and tools to drive process efficiency, enhance ways of working, and digitalize our operating models.
Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency
* Utilize all available platforms, frameworks, and tools that drive process efficiency and consistency.
* Build influential relations within Consultancy, with subject-matter experts across Practices, and with client servicing teams.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with clients to ensure ongoing success and satisfaction.
* Stay curious, and keep up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in business strategy and operational efficiency.
* Work closely with clients to understand their business objectives, challenges, and opportunities.
* Support your team lead in the design of presentations and workshops to clients to communicate best practices and solutions.
* Maintain documentation, accurate financial tracking and zero-deffects in your output
Innovative & Analytical Mindset
* Conduct in-depth research and analysis of market trends, consumer behavior, and emerging technologies to support your team lead to identify opportunities for innovation for your clients.
* Support your team leader in developing and implementing innovative strategies to help clients achieve their business objectives.
* Provide actionable insights and recommendations to help clients stay ahead of the competition.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement innovative solutions.
* Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of innovative strategies and make adjustments as needed.
* Support your team lead in the design of presentations and workshops to clients to communicate innovative strategies and solutions.
* Keep up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in innovation and analytical thinking.
People & Leadership
* Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area.
* Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration.
* Is able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner.
* Collaborates with stakeholders and embraces an inclusive based environment.
* Is able to make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view.
* Able to build relationships quickly with others and engages personally with peers and clients.
* Treats others with respect, listens to other perspectives, especially when they are different from own.
* Able to tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans that focus on problem resolution.
* Drives a culture of trust with Peers, clients and all other stakeholders.
Self
* Is able to take ownership for actions and deals with consequences in a mature manner.
* Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility.
* Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business.
* Showcases curiosity and open mindset towards new ways of doing things.
* Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
* Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is able to take ownership of personal development and growth.
* Capable of constructively challenging the status-quo and takes risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
* Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humbleness.
* Displays resilience and maintains drives and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.

Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field.
* Minimum of ‎5 years experience in multinational organizations within the relevant fields.
* Experience required: marketing or media or e-commerce or ad agency client servicing or consultancy
* Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Powerpoint and Excel
* Advanced proficiency in research and analysis tools: desk research, syndicated sources ex. GWI, Google