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Consumer Practice, Business Analyst

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We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive Business Analyst to join our Research team in the US . In this fast-paced role, the Business Analyst will be responsible for working with internal client teams of consultants and other Researchers in the execution of Executive Search, Board, and Advisory projects for multiple clients within an industry or function. Primary responsibilities include project planning, market and candidate research, the production of high-quality client deliverables, business development, and knowledge management.

The Business Analyst provides specialized market insight, strategic guidance, and client engagement support as a crucial member of the client engagement team. In conjunction with internal consultant stakeholders, you will operate as part of a team that delivers powerful, effective human capital solutions to our clients. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to balance multiple projects at the same time.

 

Consumer Practice

The candidate should have relevant experience in or a high desire to learn about the Consumer Practice and the breadth of industries that fall under the consumer label. This includes but is not limited to Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Apparel and Luxury, Media, and Entertainment and Sports.

Consumer is one of the largest practices at Egon Zehnder with great opportunity for growth. At a time of great disruption, consumer companies need transformational leadership. Our expertise lies in accessing and identifying top external talent as well as in supporting and developing leaders inside an organization. We are seeking a Researcher who is eager to learn about and has a passion for the landscape of the Consumer umbrella to support this mission.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

 

Research & Project Planning

  • Serve as a member of the Research team for multiple simultaneous client projects in collaboration with Consultants and other Researchers
  • Act as a thought partner to the team on all aspects of projects by identifying and developing a rigorous approach and strategy (e.g., priority targets through market research, utilizing data tools, and scoping out parameters to deliver client solutions at scale and scope)
  • Work closely with the project team throughout the search processes to drive strategy, candidate solutions and supporting client materials with a consistent focus on quality and speed
  • Identify, calibrate and prioritize potential candidates through a thorough research process, the internal Firm network and external resources
  • Work broadly across different Firm offerings to continue developing a well-rounded understanding of our solutions to identify the best solutions for individual client needs
  • Create high-quality client documentation (e.g., candidate profiles, role specifications, search strategies, assessment and client progress reports, etc.

Business Development

  • Partner with client teams to develop pitch presentations and business development materials, adapting deliverables and solutions to address specific client needs
  • Proactively take leadership and drive effective business development activities and other business-related projects, including monitoring relevant market shifts in a segment or function, company updates, and people moves
  • Act as a partner with consultants and senior Researchers to build targeted event lists for business development-related dinners, conferences, and other points of connection

Knowledge Management

  • Contribute to the Firm’s knowledge management activities by looking for opportunities to share expertise and best practices, developing a network of people within an industry or functional area and recording pertinent information
  • Develop an area of subject matter expertise, providing strategic guidance and high-quality insights on important trends and topics to support client teams 
  • Manage document sharing - including case studies, written content and business development materials, among others

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 0-2 years of professional work experience (post-undergrad)
  • Demonstrated or high interest in functional experience of a similar nature (e.g., market research, qualitative or legal research, professional services/consulting, project planning)
  • Previous project-based experience working effectively on multiple mandates simultaneously is highly desirable, but not necessary
  • Ability to effectively operate in a fast-paced, client-driven environment
  • Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication ability
  • Demonstrates very strong attention to detail
  • Eagerness to learn and be part of a collaborative team

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Exposure to the consumer industry (e.g., a consumer products company, a professional services firm servicing consumer companies, etc.) is preferred but not required
  • Affinity and interest in the executive search industry
  • Superior engagement management abilities and initiative to lead projects with minimal guidance or supervision
  • Demonstrated ability to push back constructively and offer solutions
  • Forward-thinking, structured, and process-oriented thinker
  • Self-starter mentality with good business judgement

About Egon Zehnder

Egon Zehnder is the world’s preeminent leadership advisory firm, inspiring leaders to navigate complex questions with human answers. We help organizations get to the heart of their leadership challenges and offer honest feedback and insights to help leaders realize their true being and purpose.

We are built on a foundation that supports partnership in the truest sense of the word and aligns our interests with the interests of our clients. Our 560 consultants across 64 offices and 36 countries are former industry and functional leaders who collaborate seamlessly across geographies, industries and functions to deliver the full power of the Firm to every client, every time.

We partner closely with public and private corporations, family-owned enterprises, and non-profit and government agencies to provide executive search, leadership solutions, CEO search and succession, and board advisory.

 We believe that together we can transform people, organizations and the world through leadership.

 

Due to high volume, we will only be contacting applicants who meet all of the minimum requirements listed in the job description. Only those applicants who align most closely with our minimum and preferred qualifications will be contacted for an interview. The Recruiting team at Egon Zehnder will retain your application materials and may contact you regarding future opportunities.

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Analyste d’entreprise

Sommaire du poste

Nous sommes à la recherche d’une personne motivée et proactive qui se joindra, à titre

d’analyste d’entreprise principal, à notre équipe d’experts de l’Amérique du Nord dans

nos bureaux de Montréal. Dans le cadre de ses fonctions dynamiques, l’analyste

d’entreprise principal sera responsable de guider des équipes clients internes, composées

de consultants et d’autres experts, dans l’exécution de projets de recrutement de cadres,

d’administrateurs et de services-conseils pour plusieurs clients d’une industrie ou d’une

fonction donnée. Ses principales responsabilités comprennent la planification de projets,

les études de marché, le recrutement de candidats, la production de livrables de grande

qualité pour les clients, la prospection de clientèle et la gestion des connaissances.

 

L’analyste d’entreprise principal fournit des renseignements spécialisés sur le marché, une

orientation stratégique et un soutien à l’équipe client en tant que membre essentiel de

cette équipe. De concert avec les consultants internes, vous travaillerez au sein d’une

équipe qui offre des solutions solides et efficaces de gestion du capital humain à nos

clients. Le candidat idéal possède de solides compétences en résolution de problèmes,

d’excellentes aptitudes en communication et en relations interpersonnelles, ainsi que la

capacité de concilier plusieurs projets en même temps.

 

Connaissance de l’industrie ou exposition à celle-ci

Le candidat doit avoir une expérience pertinente ou une forte envie d'en savoir plus sur la pratique de la consommation et l'étendue des industries qui relèvent de l'étiquette de consommation. Cela comprend, sans s'y limiter, les biens de consommation emballés, la vente au détail, l'habillement et le luxe, les médias, le divertissement et les sports.

La pratique de la consommation est l'une des plus importantes chez Egon Zehnder avec de grandes opportunités de croissance. À une époque de grandes perturbations, les entreprises de consommation ont besoin d'un leadership transformationnel. Notre expertise réside dans l'accès et l'identification des meilleurs talents externes ainsi que dans le soutien et le développement des dirigeants au sein d'une organisation. Nous recherchons un chercheur désireux d'en savoir plus et passionné par le paysage de la consommation pour soutenir cette mission.

 

Tâches et responsabilités essentielles

Planification de recherche et de projet

  • Agir à titre d’expert principal pour de multiples projets clients simultanés en collaboration avec les consultants et d’autres experts.
  • Agir à titre de partenaire de réflexion auprès de l’équipe dans tous les aspects des projets en déterminant et en élaborant des approches et des stratégies rigoureuses (p. ex., déterminer des cibles prioritaires au moyen d’études de marché, utiliser des
  • outils de données et établir des paramètres pour offrir des solutions aux clients selon
  • l’échelle et la portée).
  • Guider l’équipe de projet tout au long des processus de recherche afin d’orienter les
  • stratégies, la sélection des candidats et les documents à l’appui des clients en mettant
  • constamment l’accent sur la qualité et l’efficacité.
  • Déterminer, évaluer et classer les candidats potentiels au moyen d’un processus de recherche approfondi, du réseau interne du cabinet et des ressources externes.
  • Saisir les différentes occasions offertes par le cabinet pour continuer à acquérir une compréhension profonde de nos solutions afin d’en élaborer des nouvelles qui répondront aux besoins individuels des clients.
  • Créer des documents de grande qualité pour les clients (p. ex., profils des candidats, listes des caractéristiques des rôles, stratégies de recherche, rapports d’évaluation et d’avancement à l’intention des clients, etc.)

 

Prospection de clientèle

  • Collaborer avec les équipes clients pour élaborer des présentations et des documents de prospection de clientèle, et adapter les livrables et les solutions pour répondre aux besoins particuliers des clients.
  • Amorcer, façonner et diriger de façon proactive des activités de prospection de clientèle et d’autres projets liés aux affaires, y compris surveiller les changements pertinents du marché dans un segment ou une fonction, les nouvelles des entreprises et les changements de personnel.
  • En collaboration avec les consultants, établir des listes de soupers, de conférences et autres événements ciblés se prêtant à la prospection de clientèle.

Gestion des connaissances

  • Contribuer aux activités de gestion des connaissances du cabinet en cherchant des occasions de mettre en commun l’expertise et les pratiques exemplaires, en créant un réseau de personnes au sein d’un secteur d’activité ou d’un secteur fonctionnel et en consignant l’information pertinente.
  • Approfondir un domaine d’expertise afin de fournir aux équipes clients des conseils stratégiques et des renseignements de grande qualité sur les tendances et les sujets importants.

Qualifications minimales

  • Baccalauréat requis.
  • Minimum de trois années d’expérience professionnelle (après les études de premier cycle).
  • Expérience fonctionnelle avérée dans un domaine similaire (p. ex., étude de marché, recherche qualitative ou juridique, services-conseils professionnels, planification de projets).
  • Expérience antérieure de projets demandant de travailler efficacement sur plusieurs mandats simultanément.
  • Capacité à travailler efficacement dans un environnement dynamique et axé sur les clients.
  • Esprit critique et esprit d’analyse exceptionnels.
  • Excellentes aptitudes en communication orale et écrite.
  • Très grand souci du détail.

 

Qualifications privilégiées

  • Exposition à l’industrie de la consommation (p. ex., expérience au sein d’une entreprise de produits de consommation, d’une firme offrant des services professionnels à des fabricants de produits de consommation, etc.)
  • Affinité et intérêt pour le secteur du recrutement de cadres.
  • Excellentes compétences en gestion des mandats et capacité à diriger des projets avec un minimum d’orientation ou de supervision.
  • Capacité éprouvée à présenter des contre-arguments constructifs et à proposer des solutions.
  • Pensée avant-gardiste, structurée et axée sur les processus.
  • Sens de l’initiative et bon jugement professionnel.

 

 

À propos d’Egon Zehnder

 

Egon Zehnder est le plus important cabinet-conseil en leadership au monde, inspirant les

dirigeants d’entreprise à résoudre des questions complexes avec des réponses humaines.

Nous aidons les organisations à prendre le dessus sur leurs défis de leadership et leur

offrons des commentaires et des idées honnêtes pour amener les dirigeants à réaliser leur

plein potentiel tout en ciblant leurs objectifs.

 

Nous nous appuyons sur une base qui soutient le partenariat au sens le plus pur et qui

harmonise nos intérêts avec ceux de nos clients. Nos 560 consultants répartis dans

64 bureaux et 36 pays sont d’anciens dirigeants fonctionnels et sectoriels qui collaborent

de façon transparente dans une multitude de régions, de secteurs d’activité et de

fonctions afin de toujours offrir la pleine valeur de l’entreprise à chaque client.

Nous collaborons étroitement avec des sociétés publiques et privées, des entreprises

familiales et des organismes sans but lucratif et gouvernementaux pour offrir des

solutions de direction ainsi que des services de recrutement de cadres, de recrutement et

de relève de chefs de la direction, de consultation, et pour les conseils d’administration.

 

Nous croyons qu’ensemble, nous pouvons façonner un leadership qui transformera les

gens, les entreprises et le monde.

 

En raison du volume élevé de candidatures, nous communiquerons uniquement avec les

candidats qui satisfont à toutes les exigences minimales énumérées dans la description de

poste. Seuls les candidats qui correspondent le plus aux qualifications minimales et

privilégiées seront convoqués pour une entrevue. L’équipe de recrutement d’Egon Zehnder

conservera vos documents de candidature et pourrait communiquer avec vous au sujet de

possibilités futures.

 

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What You Should Know About Consumer Practice, Business Analyst, Egon Zehnder

Egon Zehnder is looking for a driven and enthusiastic Business Analyst to join our dynamic Research team! If you're passionate about diving into analytical challenges and offering innovative solutions, then this is the perfect opportunity for you. As a Business Analyst at Egon Zehnder, you'll collaborate with consultants and fellow researchers on Executive Search, Board, and Advisory projects for various clients, specializing in a wide array of industries under the Consumer umbrella, including Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Media, and more. Your responsibilities will involve conducting thorough project planning and market research, crafting high-quality client materials, and providing strategic insights to boost client engagement. You don't have to be a seasoned expert; just bring your eagerness to learn and excellent communication skills to help support our clients in navigating the complexities of leadership. We appreciate individuals who can juggle multiple tasks while maintaining keen attention to detail. The Consumer Practice at Egon Zehnder is one of our largest sectors, and we're excited about the growth potential for our team members. If you're ready to take on this exciting role, work mutually with internal stakeholders, and contribute to the transformational change in the consumer industry, we’d love to hear from you!

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Since 1964, Egon Zehnder has been at the forefront of defining great leadership in the face of changing economic conditions, emerging opportunities and evolving business goals. With more than 400 consultants in 69 offices and 41 countries around t...

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