Senior Manager/Director - Operational Transformation - Energy Industry
Baringa
Melbourne, VIC
Permanent
Full-time
2 months ago
About BaringaWe set out to build the world's most trusted consulting firm - creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.You'll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick - slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.As a Certified B Corporation®, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia, and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.Find out more at or on and .Our Operational Transformation practice is looking for an experienced a Senior Manager/Director to join the team.Our Operational Transformation roles are about partnering with our energy and utility clients to solve their most complex problems. Our energy market is in transition, with the changes being driven by decarbonisation and distributed energy combined with increased digitisation and ever-changing customer expectations. Our approach to help our clients grow and succeed in this environment is to combine our deep expertise in leadership, organisational design, operating model definition with service design and technology change We pride ourselves on being a bit more geek than generalist and live by the mantra: Be kind, be curious, be great at work.What you will be doing· Leading teams to design and deliver business solutions to clients across the energy landscape, with a focus on Energy Retail and Energy Networks· Supporting our clients to translate strategic intent into operating model capabilities, redesigning their operating model so that the organisation is structured to deliver end to end value for the customer.· Helping our clients set their vision for transformation, detailing their expected outcomes, and defining their organisational wide problem statements to help set the strategic direction.· Designing and delivering complex transformations, aimed at helping our clients become more agile and adaptable, both in the technology-focused areas and in the wider business.· Taking the lead to develop organisational strategy, supporting our clients to succeed as the energy market transitions.· Re-engineering customer experiences and improving efficiencies to deliver sustainable and customer-centred outcomes.· Working alongside our client leaders to help them embed new cultures and ways of working across their organisations, both among the leadership and their people.· Working with senior stakeholders at the forefront of the energy industry alongside market specialists with deep industry knowledge where you will be able to broaden your skill set and expertise.Your skills and experienceWe recruit individuals at all levels based on merit. Some of the key sills we are looking for are:Experience· You have experience in taking a lead role in delivering business transformation projects, in the regulated Energy / Utilities / Water sectors.· You have demonstrable consulting experience working in the design and implementation of Target Operating Model and/ or broader Transformation & Change delivery, either in an internal consulting capacity or in a management consulting company.· You have worked in organisational agility transformations and large program definition and delivery.· You have designed and delivered customer strategies that support businesses to respond to changing customer needs.· You have experience in designing and delivering end-to-end business process improvement strategies - to respond to various drivers such as operational cost/efficiency, customer needs, technology enablers, data insights and regulatory/market changes.Skills· You are able to conceptualize changing market dynamics and support clients in defining new business models, business cases for change, and future roadmaps/recommendations.· You can lead project teams, working collaboratively across consulting staff and client employees to deliver actionable advice and support implementation of real change.· You take ownership and deliver results in challenging, client-facing environments.· You are an excellent communicator, able to present and convey your message to various stakeholders within clients.· You are capable of translating top level decision making into detailed organisation design, including job descriptions, role impacts, consultation preparation and HR support.What a career at Baringa will give youPutting People First· We give you every opportunity to progress by having four promotional reviews a year. No one develops at the same pace. That's why we have quarterly rather than annual promotion reviews. We don't have any quotas: if you're ready and delivering at the right level, you'll get that promotion.· We're proud to put people first with wellbeing at the forefront of our culture, one example of this is that every employee receives $550 a year to put towards their wellbeing! In 2023 this was recognised in our #3 ranking in the Australia's Great Place To Work survey.· We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year.· All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company's success.· We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and have a 3-4-5 policy. You'll likely travel to be on-site with your clients. Our policy guarantees you'll spend no more than 3 nights away from home, 4 days on-site with a client, with the 5th day working from home or back at Baringa HQ. We know that the 'ideal' balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives for that reason we have implemented a hybrid working policy.· Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 days every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.· We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break - As such we have introduced the 'Re-charge' benefit meaning Baringa will offer all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.Diversity and InclusionAll applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team if you feel you want to discuss this with us one-on-one ahead of applying.An award-winning workplaceWe're excited that our clients and peers recognise Baringa's distinctiveness, and the impact of our work. Once again, in 2022, they've voted for us in the FT's UK annual leading management consultants ranking, and we've been awarded a gold medal for our work in the Energy, Utilities and Environment sector, as well as - for the first time - a second gold medal in oil and gas. And we've won a further 15 medals, three more than last year. It's fantastic to see two new silver medals for sustainability, and operations and supply chain. To top it off we won four new bronze medals for public and social sector; internet, media, and entertainment; IT strategy; and people and performance.In 2023, Baringa has again been recognised as one of the leading UK management consultants by the FT's survey of clients and peers. We were recognized in Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals; Data Analytics & Big Data; Energy, Utilities & Environment; Financial Institutions & Services; Finance, Risk & Compliance; IT-Strategy; IT, Technology & Telecommunications; Oil & Gas; Operations & Supply Chain; People & Performance; Public & Social Sector; Strategy; and Sustainability.Using business as a force for goodB Corp™ certification shows that we've met and hold ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. We've written it into our articles of association, so the way we run our business will continue to make life better for our clients, our people, our communities, and our planet.We are committed to being a sustainable business which drives us to continually rethink and reengineer how we make a positive impact on the world. From working with our clients to build wind farms, setting up smart hospital wards, and designing a vaccine supply chain, to aligning our business to net zero by 2030 and working in communities where we believe we can make a difference - we want our actions to tell the story of our lasting impact.Join UsOur award-winning people-first philosophy has always made us distinctive - At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society - first. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work. We explore kindness in our first ever brand campaign -We're a bunch of proudly geeky experts who come from industries around the world. We're a kind and curious team who are building a culture where people can achieve their best, celebrate our differences, and create impact that lasts.If you have the required skills and experience for this role, apply today.
