Praxis Global Alliance - Senior Consultant - Food & Agriculture

Praxis Global Alliance - Senior Consultant - Food & Agriculture

4+ Years

Full-Time

About Praxis Global Alliance: Praxis Global Alliance is the next-gen management consulting firm revolutionizing how consulting projects are delivered. It delivers practical solutions to the toughest business problems by uniquely combining practitioner partner expertise, AI led research approaches, and digital technologies. The company focused on four types of engagements:

1. GrowRevenue: We support organizations in unlocking growth through micro market expansion, product channel growth, brand transformation and go to market

2. GrowPerformance: We help organizations become more productive, lean and efficient

3. GrowValue: We support financial sponsors, strategic acquirers and businesses in creating value. We do strategy for organic growth and also offer pre deal support, commercial due diligence, operational due diligence, post acquisition value creation for inorganic expansion

4. GrowSustainably: We enable organizations to grow sustainably by uniquely weaving business objectives with the sustainability goals. We have comprehensive assessment frameworks and toolkits that support organizations from start to finish in helping them meet their ESG objectives

We differentiate through practitioner led business advisory and consulting, and leverage PraxDigital that delivers data engineering and analytics, AI, OpenData and visualization solutions to clients across practices. Our Digital and Data teams provide unique solutions to clients in integrity due diligence, ESG assessments, impact assessments, among other things.

Our business growth happens by Practices (industry verticals) and Partners build the business in their respective verticals.

With a presence across 5 locations in India and UAE/Saudi Arabia, Praxis Global Alliance has successfully served over 40 countries with a dedicated team of 100 consultants and data scientists. Team Praxis works with entrepreneurs/founders and C suite to the front line executives across business streams, helping them with end to end business enablement, organizational transformation, and revenue maximization support in an agile environment.

About the role

This role is in the Food & Agriculture practice of Praxis Global Alliance, where engagements will involve strategy (GTM, revenue acceleration, cost reduction, sourcing strategies, etc.) & due diligence (CDD, ODD, VDD) projects

Senior consultants / team leaders run multiple workstreams in projects along with their associates end to end, have full ownership of the deliverables and assume leadership roles on their team- as such, your team's successes also enhance your own personal results story

Senior consultants engage in complex client interactions and shape senior level thinking. You provide answers, explain strategic implications, and foster a culture of giving back by inspiring colleagues and the firm to contribute their talents

Key Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility of the project delivery, client impact, project success, project management, team development and training
• Ownership of analysis on Excel and be comfortable with handling data to derive meaningful insights
• Conceptualize and structure key initiatives for clients based on their priorities
• Work collaboratively with Praxis Principals, Managers, Associate Consultants, and cross functional data science and technology teams
• Be extremely focused on outcomes; Be flexible to deal with ambiguous and dynamic environment, morph as required

Desired Competencies

• Minimum 4-5 years of management consulting experience or equivalent at a reputed consulting firm
• Minimum 2 years of experience in the food and agriculture sector, with involvement in strategy or due diligence projects across downstream and upstream companies
• Deep expertise across the agricultural value chain, with experience in specialized sectors such as agri inputs, animal health, crop protection, import export, sustainable farming practices, precision agriculture, farm equipment and mechanization, food processing, cold chain logistics, retail & distribution and agri tech
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams alongside associates under them, showcasing strong multitasking skills and handling up to two projects simultaneously
• Strong levels of ownership and should demonstrate pride in output
• Analytical, ability to derive patterns from data/push for insights
• Resourcefulness and tactfulness in getting market inputs and client requirements
• Ability to work and influence in client settings and work collaboratively with counterparts in business partner teams to drive impact together at clients
• High focus on outcomes and must enjoy driving clients to action
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is a must
• Must be a value driven individual with high degree of integrity

Educational and other requirements

• Experience in food & agriculture companies & in line functions will be considered a plus
• Graduate degree with strong academic performance, preferably with a strong analytical background
• MBA from a top tier institute preferred-such as Ivy League B schools in the US, FABM IIM A, ABM from IIML, or PGP from IIMs (A, B, C, L or I), ISB, XLRI, FMS and SP Jain
• Consistent track record of academic excellence
• Demonstrated leadership in both educational and professional settings with high drive and energy