Managing Consultant, Metals

Company Description

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**Job Description**:
We are seeking an individual with commercial, mineral marketing, strategy, operations or management consulting experience and an entrepreneurial spirit to help grow our Metals and Mining consulting practice. The Managing Consultant will be a key member of the Metals and Mining consulting team covering the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, responsible for delivering an expanding range of consulting services. You will play an important role in our project teams delivering a wide variety of consulting projects to clients.

**Main Responsibilities**

**Project Management**:

- Project planning - define course of action to accomplish goal of assignment
- Maintain close communication with clients to keep them informed of progress an ensure projects bring impactful insights that add strategic value.
- Organise proper resources for projects, manage project implementation, and ensure high-quality delivery within the budget.
- Oversee the work of other members of the team.
- Identify follow-up and resale opportunities.
- Follow consulting procedures and methodologies.

**Business development**
- Develop relationships with consulting clients to foster repeat business.
- Discuss consulting needs with clients, prepare and present proposals to clients.
- Collaborate with the team to scope opportunities and to estimate fees for quotation.
- Participate in industry events to network with potential clients, where appropriate.

**Practice Development**
- Coach and mentor other consultants, taking personal responsibility for their development.
- Support the regional VP of Metals & Mining Consulting in expanding the consulting practice.
- Assist with the development of new consulting offerings, to provide better insights and solutions to our clients.
- Lead project reviews to foster continuous improvement (team, team members, etc.).

**Analysis and Commercial/Strategic Intelligence**:

- Identify, obtain, sort and organise sources of information, both from the public domain and internal databases.
- Validate, analyse and critically assess sources of information.
- Select an appropriate analytical tool(s) for each assignment.
- Utilise Wood Mackenzie products to extract information and data useful for the consulting engagement, when applicable.
- Take ownership of and responsibility for analysis undertaken.

**Communication and approach**:

- Keep abreast of developments across the metals and mining space, to identify business development opportunities and to provide insightful results to clients
- Collaborate closely with project team members, consultants from other projects / regions / sectors, research and sales teams, etc.
- Offer solutions to problems and challenges the status quo.

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**Qualifications**:

- Degree qualified in Economics, Business and / or Science / Engineering / Geoscience fields.

**Key Competencies**
- Demonstrated passion for the Metals and Mining Sector.
- Results orientation.
- Personal time management skills and self-direction.
- Teamwork and collaboration.
- Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
- Track record of ensuring high quality work standards are met and appropriate audit trails are maintained.
- Creativity and adaptability.
- Determination and resilience.
- Organisation and logical thinking.
- Issue identification, problem solving and analysis.
- Strong analytical and presentation skills.
- Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills.
- Strong analytical capability and understanding of data visualisation tools (such as PowerBI).

Additional Information

Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in data, analysis and consulting across the energy, chemicals, metals, mining, power and renewables sectors.

Founded in 1973, our success has always been underpinned by the simple principle of providing trusted research and advice that makes a difference to our customers. Today we have over 2,000 customers ranging from the largest global energy companies and financial institutions to governments as well as smaller market specialists.

Our teams are located around the world. This enables us to stay closely connected with customers and the markets and sectors we cover. Collectively this allows us to offer a compelling combination of global commodity analysis with detailed local market knowledge.

We are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment that encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging. We are committed to creating a workplace that works for you and encourage everyone to get involved in our Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Engagement initiatives. We actively support flexible working and are ha