Consultant/Project Leader - Product Content & eCommerce

Consultant/Project Leader - Product Content & eCommerce

An international market leader in the Product Content solutions and eCommerce Consulting space is looking for a client facing Consultant to join its growing UK operations based in the Midlands.

The main remit of the Consultant role will be to serve as a client-facing project leader for the client's complex product content and eCommerce consulting projects. You will be a key liaison between the client leadership teams and the organisation's project teams.

In addition, the Consultant will take overall accountability for key deliveries and the day-to-day management of the project. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and agile person, experienced at interacting with Executive level staff and willing to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Establish meaningful working relationships with clients
• Identify, define and resolve issues from both internal teams and client-side teams
• Understand all aspects of the client's needs as well as the organizational and political landscape
• Consistent and regular communication with clients in an ever-changing and fast paced environment
• Research and assist with Analyst-level execution when necessary for timely project execution
• Define and record project requirements
• Work with relevant Project Managers and Principal Consultants to deliver project plans and strategic engagement plans
• Accountable for understanding all project execution requirements and communicating to Managers of relevant functional groups
• Author and Maintain Project Execution Specifications for all projects prior to execution and throughout the life of the project.
• Consistent and timely communication of requirement changes over the life of the project
• Regular meeting with and rapid response to Clients

Required Skills

• Experience of delivering projects in the E-commerce, product content/data or business strategy fields within a Marketing, Retail or Distribution context
• Excellent client-facing skills including: instilling trust, running productive meetings and distilling information quickly
• Excellent problem-solving and quantitative skills
• Experience involving techniques in handling large, complex data
• Exceptional team player with the confidence and integrity to earn client and internal team support quickly
• Keen editorial skills and attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Advanced Excel skills
• Exceptional presentation skills, including PowerPoint skills
• Experience with Taxonomy principles
• Basic SQL skills a plus
• Experience with PIM (Product Information Management) tools, Ecommerce Platforms (Hybris, Site Core, Magento), Enterprise Search (Endeca, Solr) and data quality a plus
• Experience with business requirements gathering and technology implementations a plus
• Solid work ethic, self-driven with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Client management skills are top-notch
• Resource and budget management

This is an excellent opportunity within a growing organization that is at the forefront of innovation within its field so please send your CV to Michael Moretti for immediate consideration.