
Senior Managing Consultant – Retail Performance Improvement
Berkeley Research Group (BRG)
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Boston • California • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $215,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Collaborate with RPI team members and client stakeholders to deliver engagement objectives across multiple workstreams.
- Apply strong business, strategic, and analytical skills to execute and guide work such as financial modeling and analysis; operational and service strategy development; revenue growth initiatives; operational process and technology optimization; store labor planning and analysis; organizational design support; and assortment/inventory performance analysis.
- Manage, coach, and quality-check the work of junior team members (Associates, Senior Associates, and Consultants) across engagements, ensuring clarity, structure, and timely execution.
- Develop content and contribute to the preparation of high-quality client deliverables, including reports, written analyses, operational insights, and executive-ready presentations.
- Demonstrate the highest level of professionalism, ethics, quality, and integrity in all interactions.
- Support the evolution of RPI methodologies, templates, and processes; contribute insights that strengthen existing service offerings.
- Bring a pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem-solving to ensure recommendations are grounded in operational reality and drive measurable impact.
- Embrace BRG’s Core Values: Honesty, Integrity, Independence, Precision, Respect, Collaboration, Flexibility, and Responsiveness to Clients.
Requirements
- Experience in retail, direct-to-consumer, or consumer goods environments and/or consulting engagements with similar client types.
- Expertise in one or more retail functional areas such as direct sourcing, product-to-market, consumer analytics, digital experience, marketing, personalization, digital commerce, back-office operations, distribution and transportation, store and omni-channel operations, or indirect procurement.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct, interpret, and oversee financial and operational analyses, including supporting the implementation of performance improvement initiatives.
- Experience improving working capital and financial performance through systems, tools, and bridge solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, Management, Engineering, Economics, Retail Management, Supply Chain, or related field.
- MBA or master’s degree a plus.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with junior and senior teammates, client management, and other stakeholders.
- High proficiency in financial modeling and analysis (particularly in Excel).
- Ability to synthesize both qualitative and quantitative inputs into structured insights and recommendations.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills with experience navigating complex issues.
- Ability to manage and analyze large volumes of operational and financial data.
- Intellectual curiosity, self-starter mentality, and capacity to learn quickly in dynamic environments.
- High proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
- Experience with Access, Alteryx, Tableau, SQL, or Python is a plus.
- Ability to travel to client sites as needed.
- Typically 6–9 years of consulting experience with a retail focus, or 8–10+ years of combined consulting and retail industry experience, including experience leading workstreams and developing junior consultants.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with Roth option, PTO, parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial modelingoperational analysisperformance improvementdata analysisconsumer analyticsdigital commerceback-office operationssupply chain managementExcelSQL
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillscoachingcollaborationprofessionalismintegrityorganizational skillsadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBAMaster's degree