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Consultant / Managing Consultant – Retail & FMCG
Location: UK, Hybrid (London preferred — Aldwych office; candidates outside London also considered, see note below)
Salary: £40,000–£100,000+ depending on level and experience, plus bonus schemes
We're hiring across two levels — Consultant and Managing Consultant — and welcome applications from candidates at either stage of their career.
Eligibility & Application
- Candidates must already have the right to work in the UK. We are not offering visa sponsorship for this role.
- London-based candidates with UK work authorisation are strongly preferred, as this is a hybrid role with the expectation of attending our Aldwych office and travelling to London as required.
- Please do not apply if you do not have relevant experience in retail merchandising, business transformation, or consulting. We are specifically looking for candidates with a genuine background in at least one or, ideally, a combination of these areas.
- Candidates based outside London may be considered if they are already UK-based, have the right to work in the UK, and are willing and able to travel to London when required.
- Applicants based outside the UK or requiring visa sponsorship or relocation support are kindly requested not to apply.
If you're interested and meet the above criteria, please share your profile along with all relevant details to yesu.antony@benchtalentcloud.com.
About the Roles
As a Consultant, you'll work with senior stakeholders at major Retail and FMCG clients to define strategies, design operating models, and identify how AI can unlock new sources of value.
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As a Managing Consultant, you'll lead complex client engagements and set the strategic direction for delivery — operating as a senior trusted advisor, shaping transformation roadmaps, influencing executive stakeholders, and ensuring our AI and consulting capabilities translate into measurable business value. You'll also be accountable for delivery quality, team leadership, and commercial performance across your portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Create innovative, actionable solutions to retail challenges across Planning, Pricing, Analytics, and Digital Transformation
- Lead or contribute to business requirements workshops, evaluating as-is and to-be states
- Design operating models and transformation roadmaps that embed AI and automation
- Prepare and present reports, insights, and recommendations to clients and senior stakeholders
- Lead or support end-to-end system implementations and digital transformation projects
- Build strong, trusted relationships with client executive leadership and business teams
- Conduct industry, competitor, and financial analysis for market benchmarking
- Support pre-sales work and proposal development for prospective clients
- Managing Consultant: Own delivery quality, commercial performance, and account growth across a portfolio of engagements
- Managing Consultant: Line manage and develop Senior Consultants and Consultants
- Contribute to Aria's internal roadmap, culture, and consulting capability
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Skills & Experience
- 5+ years' experience in retail merchandising, business transformation, analytics, or consulting (Managing Consultant: typically 8+ years, including senior client or programme leadership)
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with large data sets
- Strong understanding of retail systems landscape and merchandising, pricing, or supply chain operations
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills; confident presenting complex ideas to senior stakeholders
- Highly confident in MS Excel and PowerPoint
- A successful retail or consulting career, with experience in merchandise planning, buying, supply chain, or IT
- Experience with a major software implementation
- Managing Consultant: Proven leadership of complex, multi-workstream transformation programmes and senior stakeholder influence
Benefits & Perks
- Comprehensive private medical coverage with Vitality healthcare
- Active Rewards — cinema tickets, free coffees, gym discounts, and more
- 25 days annual leave, plus additional loyalty days over time
- Personal charity day, with donation matching
- Champion Health Wellbeing App
- Professional and wellness seminars
- Wellbeing days
Location & Travel
London (Aldwych office) is our preferred base, but we welcome applications from candidates based elsewhere in the UK. You'll need to be willing and able to travel to London as required — not every week, but potentially more than once a month for internal events, socials, or client meetings.
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