Retail Operations and Performance Improvement Consultants – London and UK

Overview

In this role you will drive retail transformation by combining deep operational credibility with delivery leadership. You will work within a leading retail-focused consultancy, primarily serving London and the South East, bridging merchandising, planning, forecasting, and technology. You will shape programs that improve forecasting, planning and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This is an opportunity to influence how retailers optimise operations and data-driven decision making at scale, across multiple client engagements.

Responsibilities

• Bridge retail operations with transformation initiatives and technology implementations
• Lead or contribute to retail transformation programs across merchandising, planning and forecasting functions
• Engage with cross-functional stakeholders to drive data-driven decisions
• Support client delivery in London and the South East on permanent engagements
• Provide strategic and operational guidance to improve forecasting, planning and inventory processes
• Assist in shaping and leading development of client solutions and platforms

Key requirements

• Strong retail operational grounding with experience in merchandising, planning, forecasting or adjacent head office functions
• Proven ability to bridge operations, technology and data-driven decision making
• Experience across transformation, systems delivery or consulting
• Based in or willing to work in London or the South East
• Progression through retail operational roles toward transformation and consulting

• cross-functional collaboration
• stakeholder management
• problem solving
• Forecasting transformation
• data-driven merchandising
• inventory optimisation

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