PwC’s International Growth Practice supports organisations address their internationalisation ambitions, whilst achieving rebalanced resilient growth. This involves navigating the impacts of fundamental economic, geopolitical, technological and demographic shifts in a continuously disruptive global environment.
Whether the goal is to expand into a new market, identify a regional hub or manufacturing location, evaluate new suppliers and global talent pools, or analyse intra-regional trade flows, our team has global expertise across several sectors to ensure an organisation’s international growth ambitions are achieved.
We do this by combining our team’s internationalisation strategy and industry expertise with the broad capabilities of PwC’s global network, specifically our International Tax and Incentives teams and PwC's Internationalisation Framework.
Sector expertise: Healthcare and Pharmaceutical, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer, Technology and Telecommunications, Financial Services, Government and Global Institutions. Visit www.pwc.com/internationalgrowth for more information.
Job Description
- Be a high impact team member supporting our portfolio of client projects which are focused on driving expansion strategies in the Consumer Goods and Industrial Products sectors for clients who are either:
(a) seeking international expansion into a new market or region or;
(b) exploring realignment of their existing supply chain and production footprints t0 being more rebalanced and resilient. - Typical engagements will focus on developing in depth analysis and insights for:
- 1. Market expansion strategies (Where to play) – market, consumer and competitor assessments as well as product and services analysis
- 2. Market entry scenarios (How to win) – Channel strategies, operating model design, partner evaluation and selection.
- 3. Global and regional site selection for new HQs, R&D sites, manufacturing / production plants
- 4. Global talent assessments, to assess the availability of talent for growth strategies
- 5. Supplier portfolio realignment, identifying and assessing suppliers to meet the needs of realigned supply chains and manufacturing.
- 6. Strategic points of view focused on international growth
- In addition, support client discussions and workshops with senior executives of corporate organisations and governments.
- Engage in business development and client pursuit efforts with potential clients from across the world.
- Work closely with PwC’s global network of teams and connect relevant expertise in PwC to address clients’ unique business challenges
- Establish strong international network of external stakeholders including clients and industry associations and participate in regional and international conferences and client events
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience working in either the consumer goods or industrials sector in either a management consulting setting or within industry in strategy or general management role
- International experience working in growth markets around the world (E.g. Southeast Asia, China, India, Middle East, Latin America, Africa and CEE)
- Experience delivering client consulting projects with multiple stakeholders and teams in different countries
- Experienced in managing data collection and analysis and resourceful with excellent research and analytical skills; can transform quantitative and qualitative data into insights relating to country, sector and consumer trends, competitive intelligence
- Possesses ability to develop insightful presentations to support proposals, client discussions and business development pursuits
- Thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
- Possesses strong communication and presentation skills
- Team player comfortable with working in a multi-cultural and diverse global team
- Strong ability to communicate in English - Japanese or Chinese (Mandarin) would also be deemed desirable but not mandatory
