One of our esteemed clients from the Big4 Consulting is seeking a Senior Manager Consulting - Transportation and Logistics to be based in United Arab Emirates.Job Overview:Regionally, the Transport & Logistics sector is playing a pivotal role in both shaping and enabling ongoing national transformation programs through enhancing national infrastructure, intra and interconnectivity, service and safety levels and attraction of foreign direct investments. As a Senior Manager you would have experience in either of the following: ports, maritime, land
transport, logistics and post, rail and metro within a consulting or strategy firm. We expect our Senior Managers to be thought leaders within their areas of expertise and have an incipient network within the railway operators, trucking companies, freight forwarders and logistics agents.Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver consulting assignments develop content, project plans, distribute work to team members and oversee day-to-day delivery
• Assignments are expected to be predominantly within the land transport sector, but could also include to the broader transport and logistics space
• Perform hypothesis driven thinking, guide the teams analyses and push their thinking to draw meaningful insights, and ensure credibility of analytical approaches, methodologies and conclusions
• Review work produced by the team to ensure highest quality levels output aligned with the scope of work, delivered on time and within budget to the expectations of the client
• Engage client counterpart(s) to align with them on the work plans and interim and final recommendations
• Ensure smooth handover of project deliverables and results and effectively close out consulting assignments with the client
• Build strong, trusted advisor relationships with your clients beyond the immediate consulting assignment and identify and contribute to follow-on work, and maintain an emerging network of contacts and relationships inside and outside the firms network
• Proactively lead the drafting of proposals and marketing efforts and participate in proposal pitches with a focus on converting pipelines into secured mandates
• Stay up to date on the land transport industry in the region, including the government agenda, players positioning and strategies, latest trends and developments
• Develop and maintain intellectual capital and publish thought leadership on aviation to enhance our brand
• Provide guidance and coaching to team members as needed and ensure a professional and productive team environment
• Mentor formally and informally - other members in your team/ business unit in order to foster a high performance team environment
• Manage internal requirements for quality, compliance, policies, procedures and systems and related

Requirements:

• 8-12 years of professional work experience out of which at least 4-6 are in consulting with a leading global consulting firm, with a proven portfolio of projects in the rail and roads sector, preferably in the Middle East, advising tier-1 organization
• Experience in strategic planning, operational improvement, data analytics, operational transformation, junior team leadership, mid-tier client man

Demonstrated progression and advancement into positions of greater responsibility * Demonstrated ability to impact top and/ or bottom line financial results

• Self-starter, eager to break new ground, and create opportunities for others
• Team-oriented and demonstrated success in delivering results and leading teams, significant management responsibility early in the career is a plus
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem solving skills
• Key areas of functional expertise include, but are not limited to, strategy development, strategic transformations, capability led transformations, strategy implementation, corporate governance, operating models, etc
• Bachelors degree from a top-tier university with consistent outstanding academic record; advanced degree or MBA is preferred

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