Overview
In this Manager role, you drive end-to-end consulting engagements for chemical and materials clients, guiding growth, pricing, and commercial transformations. You collaborate with senior executives to translate insights into actionable strategies and implementation plans, delivering measurable revenue and profit impact. You work at the intersection of strategy, pricing, sales, and operating models, shaping differentiated approaches for commodity and specialty businesses. The role offers international exposure, strong mentorship, and a culture of entrepreneurial spirit and impact.
Leistungen / Benefits
- hybrid working
- daycare allowance
- corporate discounts
- wellbeing support (Headspace)
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Lead end-to-end consulting engagements from hypothesis to implementation
- Translate market, customer, and competitor insights into growth priorities and robust strategies
- Challenge growth strategies using sources of growth, right-to-win, and value-capture logic
- Develop differentiated commercial approaches for commodity, moderately differentiated, specialty and solution businesses
- Design and implement commercial strategies, route-to-market models, and operating models
- Accelerate commercialization and convert innovations into customer adoption and profitable growth
- Improve commercial performance through pricing, portfolio steering, and key account management
- Adapt to industry changes (value chains, regionalization, circularity, sustainability) and provide guidance to executives
- Manage and develop project teams, ensuring high-quality delivery and stakeholder alignment
- Contribute to business development by shaping project approaches and client relationships
- Advance Chemicals expertise through new perspectives and thought leadership
Zentrale Anforderungen
- University degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Chemistry, Natural Sciences or related field
- at least four years of relevant experience in strategy consulting, specialized consultancy, in-house consulting, or a commercial role in chemicals/materials/B2B
- strong interest in chemical/materials value creation and ability to learn complex industries quickly
- ability to structure ambiguous problems and translate insights into management recommendations
- understanding that commercial models differ across commodity, specialty, and solution businesses
- experience leading workstreams or projects and managing multiple stakeholders
- comfort addressing strategic and execution questions and communicating clearly with senior executives
- entrepreneurial, client-focused mindset and ability to contribute to practice development
- fluency in German and English with excellent communication skills
- leadership
- communication
- stakeholder management
- pricing strategy
- market and competitor analysis
- route-to-market design
Manager - Chemicals (m/f/d) in Köln Arbeitgeber: Simon Kucher & Partners
Simon-Kucher ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern in Deutschland die Möglichkeit bietet, in einem dynamischen und unterstützenden Umfeld zu arbeiten. Mit einer offenen Unternehmenskultur, umfangreichen Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten und der Flexibilität, von verschiedenen Standorten aus zu arbeiten, fördert das Unternehmen nicht nur die berufliche Entwicklung, sondern auch das persönliche Wohlbefinden seiner Mitarbeiter. Die zahlreichen Benefits, wie hybride Arbeitsmodelle und regelmäßige Teamevents, machen Simon-Kucher zu einem attraktiven Arbeitsplatz für alle, die eine sinnvolle und erfüllende Karriere anstreben.
