Management Consultant - Associate

QR's reputation for product data management and consultancy has put us at the vanguard of transforming the automotive, aerospace and robotics industries across the globe, as they seek to build better products and a more sustainable future. As a team, we are particularly excited to be supporting the development of some truly planet-changing products, including connected, electric and solar vehicles and an increasingly diverse range of new technologies.

With more new and exciting projects in development, we are currently seeking to strengthen our consultancy project delivery team. If you're looking for the next step in your career in consultancy or project management, we can offer you interesting, exciting and impactful projects, a genuinely positive and caring company culture, great learning and progression, and products that are both ground-breaking and good for the planet.

Quick Release Consultants deliver varied and complex engagements for companies who are looking to get their new technology to market fast and more efficiently.

Every project is different, and our consultants are empowered to leverage their judgment and expertise to solve a broad range of clients’ challenges.

Usually starting with a diagnostic, these projects very often rapidly scale-up into much larger hands-on, cross-functional deployments, blending analytics and reporting with project management and software implementation.

Why QR_ Consulting?

• Influence a wide range of clients in the automotive industry and others all over the world
• Work with C-suite stakeholders and senior consultants from day one
• Be part of a close-knit, supportive team in a wellbeing-focused company, where you're measured on your impact, not your timesheet

What You'll Do

• Work with clients to develop a deep insight into people, process, system and data, to complete diagnostics and reporting.
• Develop strong relationships and become a trusted and knowledgeable advisor to clients.
• Shape solutions, propose project plans and support cross-functional and cross-business resources to deliver desired outcomes.
• Support deployments and development and of our technical/software tools and solutions.
• Own your own workstream and motivate a talented team of analysts and consultants to deliver transformative results.
• Attend and contribute to regular washups and knowledge shares with other consultants.
• Support the wide range of (QR internal) business improvement projects and initiatives (e.g. team building, events, CSR, diversity, pride, mental health, innovation labs, sports and music)
• Time spent on-site with clients has huge value, so travel is an important part of the role. We try to keep it local, but if further afield, you’ll always be home for Friday evenings.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work for QR Consulting and maybe even get a few pointers towards a successful application, check out this LinkedIn post from one of our Lead Consultants!

Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree, masters’ degree or PhD in any discipline (it doesn’t need to be STEM)

• Strong project and people management skills, inspiring trust and confidence from clients and teammates alike
• Exceptional professional written and verbal communication skills; you can walk and talk with manufacturing, technical and business contacts
• Strong data skills - able to demonstrate the ability to present data-driven stories and solutions that stakeholders will buy into
• A commitment to personal improvement and continuous professional development
• The confidence and resilience to learn from mistakes- to get back up and try again or keep pushing forwards when things aren't going to plan
• Optional: 2-3 years of management consulting expertise including delivery client-facing projects or equivalent experience

Benefits

• 24 vacation days plus federal holidays
• 12 paid sick days
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• 3% NESH 401(k) contribution
• Extensive ongoing learning and development
• Career progression based on merit, plus a range of progression pathways (i.e. no glass-ceilings or pigeon-holing)
• The knowledge, skills and experience to ensure you’ll always be in demand, wherever your career may take yo

QR_Values

Being the best at what we do is important to us (we’ve just been named amongst the FT's leading management consultancies for the third year running) but Quick Release has always been about more than project delivery. We can only be the best by looking after our team and we are very much a "people-first" business. We offer an environment of support, inclusion and encouragement, where our people can be authentic, be heard, enjoy their work and thrive. Team-building, learning, development and career progression are at the core of what we do, and we take great pride in our positive company culture.

We also take pride in our diversity and we respect and value multiple approaches and points of view. We challenge inequality in all its forms, in others, and especially in ourselves. We’re not perfect, but we want to be better and do better, and we are fully committed to this in our actions as well as words.

As an equal opportunities employer, Quick Release will never discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background, marital status, or disability status.

If at any point throughout the recruitment process you require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please do let us know and we will be happy to help.

We're inviting candidates with 2-3 years of relevant experience to apply for this role. Please see our other openings for roles requiring 0-2 years and 5+ years experience.

Connect With Quick Release Online_

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quick-release

Glassdoor: https://bit.ly/GlassdoorQR