Business Unit: Arola
About the Position:
We are an established and growing digital solutions consultancy seeking to add an experienced member to our team in a growth position. We help our clients translate insights into transformational actions and achieve their mission-critical priorities, and accomplish ground-breaking results for our clients. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference in shaping, managing and delivering real value assisting our clients in various solutions.
Responsibilities:
1. Create and translate the strategy for the deal at hand into high quality, powerful proposals, aiming to attain or exceed a 70% proposal success rate.
2. Analyze, own, and execute existing and future opportunities to implement both process improvements and innovative solutions that enhance productivity, efficiency, and quality by 20%, aligning with Arola's Strategy.
3. Define problem statements, conduct root-cause analysis, research to gain insights into issues, and drive actionable resolution strategy and plans, ensuring projects are successfully completed and meet expectations regarding time, budget, quality, and other agreed-upon criteria.
4. Manage and execute a high volume of projects simultaneously.
5. Manage and communicate a clear project vision, motivating executive and/or board-level stakeholders to achieve Goals.
6. Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Consultants team, RD team, Design teams etc. to problem-solve, and support issue resolution.
Required Skills/Abilities:
1. Excellent communication, storytelling, client-facing, and consulting skills.
2. Essential skills include expertise in expectation management, project management, stakeholder management, teamwork capacity, a robust work ethic, and readiness for an international work environment.
3. Proven ability to solve problems and bring timely resolution to on-going issues.
4. Natural aptitude for critical and analytical thinking, with a capacity for out-of-the-box solutions.
5. Required proficient in the knowledge, methodologies and/or tools including MS Office products, Marketing frameworks (e.g., SWOT, STP, Ansoff Matrix etc.).
6. Familiar with digital/ web based products, E-commence service and knowledge, such as Information Architecture, User Flow, Wireframe, UI, UX, Test Case, A/B test, etc.
7. Experience and proficiency in utilizing business methodologies such as Agile, Design Thinking, Service Blueprinting, Business Model Canvas, and similar approaches is a plus.
8. Familiarity with CSS3, HTML, SEO, API, CDN, system integration and related technologies is a plus.
Education and Experience:
1. A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, design, computer science, or equivalent is required.
2. A minimum of 3 years of experience or knowledge in branding, design, digital transformation, CMS, or website/system-related areas is required.
3. A minimum of 3 years of experience in project management and consulting in a similar role within a professional services firm or industry is required.
4. Managerial-level experience in project management is preferred.