Principal Consultant

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Wood Mackenzie Full time

Company Description

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve - providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

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**Job Description**:
We are seeking an individual with gas/LNG commercial experience, and management consulting skills, to help grow our Gas & LNG consulting practice in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Region. The Principal Consultant will be a senior member of the EMEA Gas & LNG consulting team based in London or Edinburgh, responsible for delivering an expanding range of gas/LNG commercial consulting assignments. As a Principal Consultant, you will take a leading role in our project team delivering a wide variety of consulting projects to clients.

**Main Responsibilities**

Project Management
- Project planning - define course of action to accomplish goal of assignment
- Maintain close communication with clients to keep them informed of progress and ensure projects bring impactful insights that add strategic value
- Organise proper resources for projects, manage project implementation, structure deliverables and ensure high-quality delivery within the budget and timeline
- Oversee the work of other members of the team including Associates
- Identify follow-up and resale opportunities
- Follow company consulting procedures and methodologies

Business Development
- Develop relationships with consulting clients to foster repeat business
- Discuss consulting needs with clients, prepare and present proposals to clients
- Collaborate with the team to scope opportunities and to estimate fees for quotation
- Participate in industry events to network with potential clients, where appropriate

Practice Development
- Coach and mentor more junior consultants, taking personal responsibility for their development and tracking of their progress
- Support the regional VP of Gas & LNG Consulting in expanding the consulting practice
- Assist with the development of new consulting offerings, to provide better insights and solutions to our clients
- Work with colleagues in other sector consulting teams - Upstream, Downstream, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Hydrogen, Emissions and Carbon Management - to ensure good coordination across the value chain for our clients
- Lead project reviews to foster continuous improvement

Analysis and Commercial/Strategic Intelligence
- Identify, obtain, sort and organise sources of information, both from the public domain, industry network and internal databases.
- Validate, analyse and critically assess sources of information
- Select an appropriate analytical tool(s) for each assignment, with the ability to also build simple excel models where required
- Utilise Wood Mackenzie products to extract information and data useful for the consulting engagement, when applicable
- Take ownership of and responsibility for analysis undertaken

Teamwork
- Work in an open and trusting way ensuring team spirit is maintained
- Ensure high quality work standards are met
- Show empathy towards others
- Adopt flexible approach towards work

Communication and approach
- Keep abreast of developments across the Gas & LNG space, to identify business development opportunities and to provide insightful discussions and results to clients
- Collaborate closely with project team members, consultants from other projects / regions / sectors, research and sales teams, etc.
- Offer solutions to problems and challenge the status quo

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**Qualifications**:
**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of Bachelor degree in relevant field
- At least 6years experience within the natural gas/LNG sector with a strong understanding of the trends and drivers that are shaping the industry or equivalent experience in management consulting (energy-related management consulting preferred)
- Knowledge of other European languages (e.g. French) is advantageous but not a mandatory requirement

Key Competencies
- Demonstrated passion for the Gas & LNG Sector
- Ability to travel as required
- High levels of self-motivation and drive
- Results-oriented
- Personal time management skills and self-direction
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Excellent communication, influencing, negotia



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