Manager and consultant job description
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Manager and consultant requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in manager and consultant job postings.
Sample manager and consultant requirements
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- Proven experience in management or consulting
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and advanced computer skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
Sample required manager and consultant soft skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Leadership and mentoring skills
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and think creatively
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
Manager and consultant job description example 1
Inspira Health Network manager and consultant job description
OUR MISSION:
To provide a safe and compassionate experience that improves the health and well-being of our community by placing the safety of our patients and support of our employees at the center of all we do.
MAJOR FUNCTION : As the Manager of Operations Consulting Group, you will be joining a team of high-performing internal consultants who act as strategic advisors and partners to Inspira Health's leadership team in support of operational excellence and continuous improvement. Reporting to the Director of Operations Consulting Group, the Manager of Operations Consulting Group will drive strategic process innovation and continuous performance improvement initiatives across the organization. This position is responsible for implementing change, serving as a coach and mentor, and being the subject matter expert for performance improvement methodologies. This position will have a lead role in strategic design with Executive Leadership to provide insights and recommendations to improve operational efficiencies across the health system. The Manager of Operations Consulting Group will actively facilitate meetings and work sessions with executives, develop data-driven recommendations, apply change management skills to instill ownership, and establish sustainment plans to ensure permanent adoption and success of improvement initiatives. In addition, this role will be responsible for leading and collaborating with Senior, Managing, and Associate Operations Consultants within the department, as well as staff across all levels of the organization, to proliferate LEAN Six Sigma and change management practices.
QUALIFICATIONS:
A. Education: Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred. Major in Healthcare, Business, Industrial/Systems Engineering, or related field preferred.
B. Experience: Minimum 6 years of relevant experience preferred. Managerial or other leadership positions preferred. Expert knowledge and experience with continuous performance and process improvement initiatives, including project and change management, required. Must possess advanced knowledge utilizing Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word. Extensive experience interpreting data trends, patterns, and gaps to inform performance improvement priorities. Experience with data visualization and translating data to be understood across all levels of the organization required
Essential to possess self-starting qualities with the ability to work independently while providing guidance to others. Must have prior experience planning and managing performance improvement projects, as a leader or supporting team member. Expert written and verbal communication skills, including presentations, required. The Manager, Operations Consulting must have an expert ability to work with and influence staff across all levels of the organization to supporting lasting improvements.
C. Certification/Licensure: Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Preferred
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Preferred
To provide a safe and compassionate experience that improves the health and well-being of our community by placing the safety of our patients and support of our employees at the center of all we do.
MAJOR FUNCTION : As the Manager of Operations Consulting Group, you will be joining a team of high-performing internal consultants who act as strategic advisors and partners to Inspira Health's leadership team in support of operational excellence and continuous improvement. Reporting to the Director of Operations Consulting Group, the Manager of Operations Consulting Group will drive strategic process innovation and continuous performance improvement initiatives across the organization. This position is responsible for implementing change, serving as a coach and mentor, and being the subject matter expert for performance improvement methodologies. This position will have a lead role in strategic design with Executive Leadership to provide insights and recommendations to improve operational efficiencies across the health system. The Manager of Operations Consulting Group will actively facilitate meetings and work sessions with executives, develop data-driven recommendations, apply change management skills to instill ownership, and establish sustainment plans to ensure permanent adoption and success of improvement initiatives. In addition, this role will be responsible for leading and collaborating with Senior, Managing, and Associate Operations Consultants within the department, as well as staff across all levels of the organization, to proliferate LEAN Six Sigma and change management practices.
QUALIFICATIONS:
A. Education: Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred. Major in Healthcare, Business, Industrial/Systems Engineering, or related field preferred.
B. Experience: Minimum 6 years of relevant experience preferred. Managerial or other leadership positions preferred. Expert knowledge and experience with continuous performance and process improvement initiatives, including project and change management, required. Must possess advanced knowledge utilizing Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word. Extensive experience interpreting data trends, patterns, and gaps to inform performance improvement priorities. Experience with data visualization and translating data to be understood across all levels of the organization required
Essential to possess self-starting qualities with the ability to work independently while providing guidance to others. Must have prior experience planning and managing performance improvement projects, as a leader or supporting team member. Expert written and verbal communication skills, including presentations, required. The Manager, Operations Consulting must have an expert ability to work with and influence staff across all levels of the organization to supporting lasting improvements.
C. Certification/Licensure: Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Preferred
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Preferred
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Manager and consultant job description example 2
Workday manager and consultant job description
Do what you love. Love what you do.
At Workday, we help the world's largest organizations adapt to what's next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.
About the Team
As a Presales manager, you will lead and develop a team of talented and ambitious Solution Consultants to prepare and deliver demonstrations of critical business solutions that empower our sales teams to succeed. Your team will look to you for support and guidance through every step of the sales process. As a key member of the Presale team, you will be responsible for supporting a winning strategy to best position Workday in competitive and add on sales cycles. You will be responsible for hiring the best and brightest and helping them achieve success in their role and career. Ongoing coaching will be key to success of the individual and team. This is a first-line people leader role with opportunity for career growth and personal development of leadership skills.
About the Role
You will lead a world-class team focused on delivering unique, differentiated demos. Partner with Sales to help your team evaluate and develop sales strategy for each new opportunity that meet and exceed prospect and customer expectations and requirements.
Hire and retain top performers. Build development plans for team members to ensure successful onboarding and continuing education of the team. Coach the team to elevate individual and team performance.
Work with extended team members to ensure opportunity alignment. Balance the workload of the Solution Consultant team while aligning to needs of Sales.
Keep up with industry trends and best practices including new technologies at Workday. Provide strategic feedback to stakeholders and extended team about Workday emerging technologies.
Establishing a strong collaborative partnership between the Italian Presales team and the Sales organization as well as other local and EMEA teams
About You
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 8+ years of experience is relevant industries/roles
Minimum 2+ years of direct people management experience is recommended.
Minimum 3-5 years of direct presales experience or comparable experience working with sales and extended teams and leading teams aligned to a sales opportunity.
Experience in the software as a service and enterprise technology sales space and selling to experience influencing decisions within the office of the CIO, CFO and CHRO
Experience working in a multinational organization or working with an Italian enterprise/SaaS technology provider.
Excellent communication skills. Business level English with experience communicating with global teams in English. Business level Italian working with Italian employees and customers/prospective customers is required.
Other Qualifications:
Experience demonstrating product capabilities and value to key stakeholders to influence buying decisions or Experience influencing key stakeholders and executives on leading large scale change at an organization
Preferred experience in enterprise-wide platform SaaS (Software as a Service) technologies
Value Management, Business Development ,Product Strategy experience working directly with customers/prospective customers would be considered as comparable to Presale's experience working with Sales.
Creative, problem solver, team player mindset Innovative thinker, self-starter, fast-learner
Demonstrable results in leading teams within team-based sales environments
High level of accountability in a high growth environment
Italian enterprise technology and sales market space knowledge and ability to speak Italian a plus
Our Offer
Competitive remuneration, restricted stock units & an employee stock purchase prog Pension scheme, life insurance, personal disability insurance, accident insurance Flexible working hours and work from home options Amazing colleagues in a collaborative, dynamic and fast growing environment with flat hierarchiesA powerful product, named as a leader by Gartner for Cloud HCM Suites, Cloud Core Financial Management Suites and Cloud Financial Planning and AnalysisStructured employee onboarding & Workday sales academy to ensure a quick and successful ramp up Team events, fitness program, employee assistance program, perks/discounts offerings, free fresh fruit & snacks in our office locations and more You have the opportunity to work with the best and brightest people in the industry at Workday, where the emphasis on our employees is the cornerstone of our culture. Workday also highly values our customers, providing one of the highest rates of customer satisfaction in the industry. At Workday, you will be in great company with our employees and our customers!#LI-AC2
Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we help the world's largest organizations adapt to what's next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.
About the Team
As a Presales manager, you will lead and develop a team of talented and ambitious Solution Consultants to prepare and deliver demonstrations of critical business solutions that empower our sales teams to succeed. Your team will look to you for support and guidance through every step of the sales process. As a key member of the Presale team, you will be responsible for supporting a winning strategy to best position Workday in competitive and add on sales cycles. You will be responsible for hiring the best and brightest and helping them achieve success in their role and career. Ongoing coaching will be key to success of the individual and team. This is a first-line people leader role with opportunity for career growth and personal development of leadership skills.
About the Role
You will lead a world-class team focused on delivering unique, differentiated demos. Partner with Sales to help your team evaluate and develop sales strategy for each new opportunity that meet and exceed prospect and customer expectations and requirements.
Hire and retain top performers. Build development plans for team members to ensure successful onboarding and continuing education of the team. Coach the team to elevate individual and team performance.
Work with extended team members to ensure opportunity alignment. Balance the workload of the Solution Consultant team while aligning to needs of Sales.
Keep up with industry trends and best practices including new technologies at Workday. Provide strategic feedback to stakeholders and extended team about Workday emerging technologies.
Establishing a strong collaborative partnership between the Italian Presales team and the Sales organization as well as other local and EMEA teams
About You
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 8+ years of experience is relevant industries/roles
Minimum 2+ years of direct people management experience is recommended.
Minimum 3-5 years of direct presales experience or comparable experience working with sales and extended teams and leading teams aligned to a sales opportunity.
Experience in the software as a service and enterprise technology sales space and selling to experience influencing decisions within the office of the CIO, CFO and CHRO
Experience working in a multinational organization or working with an Italian enterprise/SaaS technology provider.
Excellent communication skills. Business level English with experience communicating with global teams in English. Business level Italian working with Italian employees and customers/prospective customers is required.
Other Qualifications:
Experience demonstrating product capabilities and value to key stakeholders to influence buying decisions or Experience influencing key stakeholders and executives on leading large scale change at an organization
Preferred experience in enterprise-wide platform SaaS (Software as a Service) technologies
Value Management, Business Development ,Product Strategy experience working directly with customers/prospective customers would be considered as comparable to Presale's experience working with Sales.
Creative, problem solver, team player mindset Innovative thinker, self-starter, fast-learner
Demonstrable results in leading teams within team-based sales environments
High level of accountability in a high growth environment
Italian enterprise technology and sales market space knowledge and ability to speak Italian a plus
Our Offer
Competitive remuneration, restricted stock units & an employee stock purchase prog Pension scheme, life insurance, personal disability insurance, accident insurance Flexible working hours and work from home options Amazing colleagues in a collaborative, dynamic and fast growing environment with flat hierarchiesA powerful product, named as a leader by Gartner for Cloud HCM Suites, Cloud Core Financial Management Suites and Cloud Financial Planning and AnalysisStructured employee onboarding & Workday sales academy to ensure a quick and successful ramp up Team events, fitness program, employee assistance program, perks/discounts offerings, free fresh fruit & snacks in our office locations and more You have the opportunity to work with the best and brightest people in the industry at Workday, where the emphasis on our employees is the cornerstone of our culture. Workday also highly values our customers, providing one of the highest rates of customer satisfaction in the industry. At Workday, you will be in great company with our employees and our customers!#LI-AC2
Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
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Manager and consultant job description example 3
Huron Consulting Group manager and consultant job description
**The Opportunity**
**At Huron, we're redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client's challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work...together.**
**_Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron._**
Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.
Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.
**Position Summary**
The multi-faceted role you've been looking for... Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing partnerships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team-where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement.
Our environment inspires and rewards growth... As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your "career vision". Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth-but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization-and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you: It's intense... it's analytically rigorous... it's practical... it's entrepreneurial... it's intellectually stimulating-and most definitely-it's career-defining... It's the Huron Way.
Let's get to work - together.
**Qualifications**
- U.S. work authorization required
- End to end project leadership experience with the Oracle Cloud Financials suite of modules
- Implementation experience with at least two of the following Oracle Cloud modules: General Ledger (GL), Receivables (AR), Payables (AP), Order to Cash (OTC), Chart of Accounts (CoA), Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Supply Chain, Grants, Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Preferred certifications include the following: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, etc
- Experience with institutional strategic planning, project financial management, project Management
- Successful track record of C-suite client relationship management and cradle to grave ERP implementation experience
- Post-pandemic willingness to travel up to 50%
**Posting Category**
**Opportunity Type**
Regular
**Country**
United States of America
**At Huron, we're redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client's challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work...together.**
**_Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron._**
Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.
Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.
**Position Summary**
The multi-faceted role you've been looking for... Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing partnerships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team-where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement.
Our environment inspires and rewards growth... As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your "career vision". Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth-but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization-and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you: It's intense... it's analytically rigorous... it's practical... it's entrepreneurial... it's intellectually stimulating-and most definitely-it's career-defining... It's the Huron Way.
Let's get to work - together.
**Qualifications**
- U.S. work authorization required
- End to end project leadership experience with the Oracle Cloud Financials suite of modules
- Implementation experience with at least two of the following Oracle Cloud modules: General Ledger (GL), Receivables (AR), Payables (AP), Order to Cash (OTC), Chart of Accounts (CoA), Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Supply Chain, Grants, Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Preferred certifications include the following: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, etc
- Experience with institutional strategic planning, project financial management, project Management
- Successful track record of C-suite client relationship management and cradle to grave ERP implementation experience
- Post-pandemic willingness to travel up to 50%
**Posting Category**
**Opportunity Type**
Regular
**Country**
United States of America
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024