Associate Director Consulting (CPG)

As an Associate Director, Business Consulting - Consumer Goods Practice at Sigmoid in Bengaluru, you will play a pivotal role in leading consultative account mining activities with large-scale CPG customers. Your responsibilities will include handling a team of consultants & analysts to consolidate and grow respective account clusters. You will also be responsible for owning & driving the execution of the business-analytics roadmap, demonstrating techno-functional consulting & stakeholder management capabilities in collaboration with data science & engineering SMEs and teams. Additionally, you will lead client workshops where broad vision and ambiguous business problems are articulated to be solved through data science and AI. Your role will involve defining business problems concisely, consolidating the findings, hypothesizing the proposed solution, and measuring and articulating how solutions and results improve clients' objectives. Moreover, you will contribute to organization building through training, mentoring, and developing repeatable analytic approaches. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead consultative account mining activities with large-scale CPG customers - Handle a team of consultants & analysts to consolidate and grow respective account cluster - Own & drive execution of the business-analytics roadmap - Demonstrate techno-functional consulting & stakeholder management capabilities - Lead client workshops to solve business problems through data science and AI - Define business problems concisely and hypothesize proposed solutions - Contribute to organization building through training, mentoring, and developing repeatable analytic approaches **Qualifications Required:** - Bachelor's Degree (BE / BTech - CS) from Tier I / II universities like IIT's / NIT's and MBA from Top Tier B-schools (IIM) preferred - 12+ years of professional work experience in Management Consulting, with >6 Years of experience delivering transformational value in Consumer Goods or Retail organisations - Expertise in 2 or more CPG functional areas like Demand Planning, Marketing Analytics, Customer Analytics, Pricing & Promotions, Digital Shelf, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Manufacturing Analytics, FP&A etc. - Prior experience in growing, training & managing consultants - Excellent storyboarding, narration & powerpoint development skills - Exceptional problem-solving analytical skills with an ability to blend creativity and logical thought - Ability to develop and articulate strategic recommendations based on rigorous data analysis - Demonstrated sustained client relations management experience at a C-suite level or operated at a senior management level in the industry role **Desired Skills:** - Understanding of applications of statistical and machine learning algorithms - Strong project management and team management skills - Ability to work with global teams - Any hands-on quantitative experience with analytic tools - Self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance As an Associate Director, Business Consulting - Consumer Goods Practice at Sigmoid in Bengaluru, you will play a pivotal role in leading consultative account mining activities with large-scale CPG customers. Your responsibilities will include handling a team of consultants & analysts to consolidate and grow respective account clusters. You will also be responsible for owning & driving the execution of the business-analytics roadmap, demonstrating techno-functional consulting & stakeholder management capabilities in collaboration with data science & engineering SMEs and teams. Additionally, you will lead client workshops where broad vision and ambiguous business problems are articulated to be solved through data science and AI. Your role will involve defining business problems concisely, consolidating the findings, hypothesizing the proposed solution, and measuring and articulating how solutions and results improve clients' objectives. Moreover, you will contribute to organization building through training, mentoring, and developing repeatable analytic approaches. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead consultative account mining activities with large-scale CPG customers - Handle a team of consultants & analysts to consolidate and grow respective account cluster - Own & drive execution of the business-analytics roadmap - Demonstrate techno-functional consulting & stakeholder management capabilities - Lead client workshops to solve business problems through data science and AI - Define business problems concisely and hypothesize proposed solutions - Contribute to organization building through training, mentoring, and developing repeatable analytic approaches **Qualifications Required:** - Bachelor's Degree (BE / BTech - CS) from Tier I / II universities like IIT's / NIT's and MBA from Top Tier B-schools (IIM) preferred - 12+ years of professional work experience in Management Consulting, with >6 Years of experience delivering transformational value in Consumer Goods o