Dear all,
I would like to upgrade my career direction and am looking for some advice.
Some background:
- I have been in Management Consulting for last 3+ years, having just been told that I am getting promoted in a month or so to a senior consultant level (equivalent) - due to excellent performance.
- I am at a tech aligned firm in the UK - think ACN/Cap Invent/Deloitte. My current focus is cost optimisation in operations (manufacturing, supply chain, retail). However, thanks to my company's flexibility, I have also been on a range of more strategic roles - e.g. assessing the future viability of firms, modelling company demand for resources & investments. Additionally I have a background in Finance, and am currently studying CIMA - not to become an accountant, but to have the skills that it provides. That is to say, I have a breath of skills and experience.
- I do discovery projects, but sometimes also assist in overseeing the delivery of the implementation work.
I would like to move to a firm where I can do more strategic work - where I am not in the weeds doing so much cost optimisation itself. But instead making recommendations to companies on their opportunities - whether in growing their top line (or even reducing their costs). I don't have much preference on sector currently - and have experience in a variety (retail, public, consumer products, defence, automotive).
(Longer term - but not now - I would like to try my hand at VC, helping and investing in smaller companies - and think that some more strategic work would help me identify an industry that I could aim for, and empower me with the skills to look at top line rev and bottom line solutions).
Does anyone have any advice on what strategic firms offer that align, or given what I have stated - any suggestions into areas that would suit my skills?
Thanks