Managing Consultant - International Energy Providers

Managing Consultant - International Energy Providers

Guidehouse

Paris, France

What You Will Do:

We are looking for someone to join our International Energy Providers market team in France as a Managing Consultant, Project Manager.

Your work will focus on strategy and transformational engagements supporting global integrated energy companies such as ENGIE, TotalEnergies, Veolia, EDF as they pivot their business towards lower carbon and sustainable energy sources.

Your work will focus on diverse topics and assignments related to energy strategy, business model development, power and gas markets, business transformation and low carbon energy solutions, such as hydrogen, biofuels, renewable power, distributed energy resources storage, digital solutions and energy services.

In this role, you will be responsible for working with regional and international leadership to grow the energy providers practice in France, with a particular focus on international energy companies, through:

• Engaging with potential clients to understand their key challenges and needs;
• Defining a compelling value proposition aligned with the client’s needs;
• Supporting development of client sales opportunities, focused especially on energy companies but not limited to this;
• Collaborating cross-practice to build compelling new solution offerings that resonate with target clients;
• Delivering successful consulting engagements by:
  • Project managing multiple and/or more complex consulting engagements, from corporate strategy to deployment;
  • Completing engagements at or above targeted profitability through effective management of project scope, client expectations and team productivity Generating new and unique ideas and using solid judgment to determine which ideas will have greatest likelihood of success;
  • Being an effective part of the local team while engaging with international teams and networks for subject matter experts;
  • Playing a key role in the execution of innovative solutions and application of technical knowledge and best practices.
• Mentoring and managing local junior staff.

What You Will Need:

• 8+ years (or MBA 4+ years) professional experience either in management consulting or corporate strategy;
• Demonstrated experience positioning and delivering strategy consulting and/or business solutions;
• Business case or proposal writing experience including budget development and managing proposal timeline with multiple subject matter experts providing input;
• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills;
• A critical thinker with a strong eye for detail and creative in problem solving;
• A team-player who demonstrates the willingness and ability to work effectively in diverse teams and collaborate with colleagues at all levels;
• Willingness to travel internationally where possible;
• Ability to work fluently in French (C1 and above) and English (written and spoken);
• Top tier Business and Engineering schools and International University degree with a focus on economics, business, technology, engineering, mathematics, or science.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Local French and regional European professional network;
• Relationships with energy companies that will support business development and enable improved understanding of needs;
• Knowledge and experience in power or gas systems, pipeline infrastructure, grid integration of decentralised sources, decarbonisation of the energy sector and/or power markets, business transformation and change management;
• Knowledge and experience in industry topics such as: sustainability, the hydrogen economy, advanced energy technologies, renewable energy, distributed generation, electricity generation, utility regulation, power/or gas sales.

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