Manager - Consumer Goods (UK)

About the Company OC&C Strategy Consultants is an international boutique strategy consulting firm with 14 offices worldwide. Our expertise is focused on a few core specialisms, allowing us to deliver results that get noticed. Our people are agile thinkers, cut from different cloths but united by a relentless curiosity and desire to solve problems. To us, each client challenge is unique, so boilerplate solutions don’t cut it. We interrogate a problem until we find its root. Then we develop a powerful way to solve it.

We don’t duck the difficult answers, we give clients the strategies they need Consumer Goods OC&C Strategy Consultants has a leading Consumer Goods practice, working with clients across a wide variety of sub-sectors with different dynamics, including Food & Beverage, Beauty, Consumer Health, Agriculture & Ingredients, BWS, and Pet Care. These sectors are characterised by rapidly evolving consumer preferences, increasing channel complexity, and intense competitive dynamics.

We work with clients on genuinely challenging strategic questions across a broad mix of strategy and transaction-related engagements. We therefore seek individuals of the highest intellectual calibre who thrive on solving complex, ambiguous problems with original thinking. While prior Consumer Goods experience is valuable, we can rapidly help you deepen your sector expertise. This is a collaborative, people-centric team, and culture is a key part of how we work together. This role primarily involves managing OC&C project teams of 3-6 consultants.

Although you will contribute to business development, your primary focus will be supporting Partners and driving repeat business through delivery excellence. Responsibilities:

• Design analytical approaches across both quantitative and qualitative workstreams on strategy and transaction projects, and manage team delivery
• Develop high-quality project deliverables (presentations and reports) in collaboration with the wider senior team
• Build strong relationships across OC&C and with clients, establishing a reputation as a trusted advisor within Consumer Goods
• Develop and coach junior team members both on and off projects
• Contribute to business development activities, including pitches and proposal development
• Support Consumer Goods sector initiatives to strengthen OC&C’s position as a leader in strategy consulting in this space Experience & Qualifications
• 4+ years' experience gained within an external strategy consultancy
• Excellent leadership capabilities and experience managing teams of 3+
• Experience within Consumer Goods and/or closely related sectors (e.g. Retail, eCommerce, FMCG, Brand-led businesses)
• Structured, hypothesis-driven problem solver with strong analytical rigour and a track record delivering commercial due diligence, transaction support, and Consumer Goods strategy projects
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused communicator with high professional integrity, strong organisational skills, and the credibility to influence senior clients and colleagues in a collaborative, inclusive manner
• Strong academics and an outstanding track record of achieving and exceeding objectives At OC&C we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture in which people of all backgrounds can thrive. We encourage applications from all, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgender status, disability, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, and socioeconomic background. We also have a number of staff network groups which actively support the inclusion of all of our colleagues in the firm.