Engagement Manager | Commercial Excellence & Performance Improvement

Cape Town, South Africa (Hybrid) | Periodic travel to the UK and internationally as required

Highly Competitive Package on Offer!

Our Client, a leading international strategic management consulting firm is seeking an experienced Engagement Manager to join its Commercial Excellence & Performance Improvement practice.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced consultant who enjoys solving complex commercial challenges through structured problem solving, commercial diagnostics, financial modelling and data-driven analysis. Working alongside Principals and Consulting Managers, you will lead key workstreams across high-impact strategy, commercial excellence and transformation engagements, partnering with senior client stakeholders to deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams across complex commercial excellence, strategy and performance improvement engagements.
• Structure business problems, develop hypotheses and design analytical approaches to solve complex client challenges.
• Lead commercial diagnostics across pricing, sales effectiveness, contracting, margin optimisation and commercial processes.
• Build and oversee commercial and financial models to support strategic decision-making and value creation initiatives.
• Design practical commercial improvement tools, frameworks and templates to support implementation and long-term capability building.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, business cases and insight-driven recommendations for senior client stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, validate findings and engage confidently with executives, client teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Mentor Consultants and Analysts, providing coaching, quality assurance and day-to-day guidance.
• Support project planning, governance, risk management and delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Contribute to thought leadership, capability development and business development initiatives within the consulting practice.

Requirements:

• Postgraduate qualification in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or another relevant discipline (MBA, CFA or similar advantageous).
• 4–7 Years' experience within management consulting, commercial excellence, strategy & operations, commercial analytics, business performance improvement or a similar consulting environment.
• Proven experience leading analytical workstreams or modules on complex, client-facing consulting engagements.
• Strong commercial diagnostics capability, including pricing, margin analysis, sales effectiveness, commercial process assessment and financial modelling.
• Experience translating complex analysis into practical recommendations, business cases and executive-level presentations.
• Exposure to implementing commercial or operational improvements, including supporting rollout, adoption, training and capability building.
• Strong analytical, structured problem-solving and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Experience mentoring or coaching junior consultants or analysts and maintaining a high standard of analytical quality.

You will be well suited to this opportunity if you have worked on projects involving:

• Commercial Excellence
• Performance Improvement
• Commercial Diagnostics
• Pricing Strategy
• Sales Effectiveness
• Commercial & Financial Modelling
• Revenue Growth & Margin Optimisation
• Cost Optimisation & EBITDA Improvement
• Business Case Development
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Operating Model Design
• Business Transformation
• Executive Stakeholder Management

If you are looking to join a high-performing consulting team where you will tackle complex commercial challenges, work with senior executives across diverse industries and play a key role in delivering measurable business impact, we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please forward your detailed CV to:  Nicole Spamers: nspamers@elev8recruitment.co.za">nspamers@elev8recruitment.co.za