Senior Manager – Products Client Group – Consumer Goods & Services

Join Accenture’s Products Client Group – Consumer Goods & Services

Are you inspired by the rapidly changing environment in which today’s consumer goods and services companies operate? Are you excited to help our clients with digital transformation and rethinking of their business models? Do you get energy from building trusted client relationships? This opportunity in our Products Client Group could be what you are looking for!

As Senior Manager, you will be part of the Products Consumer Goods Client Group team. This team leads all the work Accenture does for clients in the Consumer Goods Industry, including the segments food & beverage, home & personal care, and agribusiness.

We are industry experts and have the insights and capabilities to transform leading organizations and help them navigate in the ever-changing landscape they operate in.

In your role as Senior Manager – Products Client Group, you will be accountable for managing a client or a client portfolio as account lead, including both the sales and the delivery of the engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for driving and closing new business opportunities, focusing on developing long-term, trust-based relationships with clients.
• To meet our clients' needs and challenges, you will take a coordinating role in mobilizing the best of Accenture’s knowledge, capabilities, and experts from our market leading Service Groups.
• You will take the lead in developing client-specific value propositions and formulating proposals to help our clients succeed.
• You will be responsible for leading all activities in the sales cycle – from supporting, coordinating, and developing the first proposal, keeping the whole team motivated, to negotiating and closing the final deal.
• You will also be responsible for the delivery of the work at the client.
• You will get hands-on guidance, coaching, and career mentoring from experienced Client Account Leads.

This role provides you with a central ‘spider in the web’ role, working directly with senior clients and with senior Accenture leaders, across the full spectrum of Accenture offerings and areas of expertise.

With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning, and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

The Products Client Group is responsible for all work we do at consumer goods, retail, travel, industrial, and life sciences industries companies. The Sales and Delivery for all services provided by Accenture is orchestrated through us.

We build and manage the relationships with our clients and build long-term, trust-based relationships. We identify opportunities and oversee that we deliver value to the client.

The Products Client Group in the Netherlands consists of approximately 25 people. This is a senior team of Account Leads and Sales, covering the 5 sub-industries within Products.

We are on a very successful track of expanding our client footprint and further strengthening our positions at existing clients. We are very ambitious to expand our Consumer Goods & Services portfolio even further. To realize our ambitions, we are looking to expand our team with high potential talents.

Qualifications

Here’s what you’ll need

• University Master’s degree
• Minimum 6 - 8 years of relevant experience, with several years in consulting (sales and delivery)
• In-depth understanding of the Consumer Goods industry; a relevant network is desirable
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills: proven ability to build effective teams and foster a team-oriented and inclusive environment, and proven ability to build strong client relationships
• Strong business acumen and demonstrated excellent project management skills
• Fluent in English (both spoken and written); fluent in Dutch is desirable

Bonus points if you have

• Are driven and entrepreneurial: you enjoy a challenge, you are determined, optimistic and you have a proven ability to adapt and remove obstacles to achieve results
• Are not afraid to take on end-to-end responsibility during a sales and delivery cycle.

What we offer

• Work with flexibility, in a culture based on trust
• Embrace a sustainable growth mindset
• Live a human-led culture of Inclusion & Diversity by caring deeply for all our people
• Lead and transform our clients with technology
• Connect with our global network of 700,000 colleagues

These promises are reflected through our excellent employee benefits, including:

• A flexible day you can take off to celebrate what matters to you
• 26 vacation days per year
• Paid transport (budget for electric bicycle or car, NS-Business card)
• Pension scheme
• Collective health insurance scheme

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