At a Glance
- Tasks: Join client teams to deliver impactful commercial and sourcing initiatives.
- Company: Proxima, a bold and collaborative consulting firm.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, generous PTO, flexible working, and continuous training.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with growth opportunities in a global environment.
- Why this job: Make real change with clients while building your consulting career.
- Qualifications: Experience in consulting or analytics, strong data skills, and stakeholder engagement.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 70000 £ per year.
The opportunity
As a Consultant at Proxima, you will be part of client-facing teams delivering high-impact commercial, sourcing, and supplier initiatives. You will support the development of insights, contribute to solution design, and play an active role in delivering outcomes, not just recommendations. This is not a passive learning role. At Proxima, we are practitioner-consultants. You will build experience quickly, take responsibility early, and work alongside clients to deliver real, measurable change.
What you’ll do
- Support delivery across client engagements
- Contribute to category management and sourcing activities, supporting strategy development and execution.
- Assist with opportunity identification, supplier research, and commercial analysis.
- Build structured fact bases that turn data into clear insights.
- Analyze data to inform decisions
- Use Excel and data analysis techniques to identify value, risk, and performance improvement opportunities.
- Support benefits tracking and progress against delivery milestones.
- Ensure analyses are accurate, structured, and decision-oriented.
- Engage and collaborate with stakeholders
- Work with client stakeholders to gather requirements and align objectives.
- Communicate findings clearly and professionally with team members and clients.
- Support workshops, working sessions, and day-to-day client interactions.
- Work in a global, flexible model
- Operate in a hybrid environment, balancing client, home, and office-based work.
- Travel as required to support client delivery and team collaboration.
What you bring
- Experience and skills
- Experience in consulting, procurement, supply chain, or a related analytical role.
- Experience supporting project delivery and managing stakeholder engagement across workstreams.
- Strong analytical capability and confidence working with data.
- Consulting mindset
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- A proactive, ownership-oriented approach to your work.
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.
- Flexibility and growth orientation
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Curiosity, adaptability, and a strong desire to learn and develop.
- Motivation to build a long-term consulting career in a growing global firm.
Why Join Proxima
- A bold, collaborative culture
- Our culture is one of our greatest strengths. We are inclusive, supportive, and ambitious, with a flat structure that encourages collaboration and early responsibility. You will join a friendly, open, and high-performing team.
- A responsible business
- We are committed to being a responsible business, with a strong focus on wellbeing, sustainability, and social responsibility. Our people are at the heart of our success, and we invest in their growth and development.
- Growth, learning, and opportunity
- You will benefit from continuous training and development, clear career progression, and exposure to a wide range of clients and industries. As a fast-expanding global company, Proxima offers meaningful opportunities to shape both your career and the future of the firm.
What we offer
- Continuous training and development
- Clear career progression
- Competitive compensation and generous PTO
- Flexible hybrid working
- Exposure to a wide variety of clients and industries
- Global opportunities and great office locations
- A strong, people-centred company culture
Consultant - Generalist employer: Proxima
Proxima, a leading management consulting firm and part of Bain & Company, offers an exceptional work environment in Cardiff, where collaboration and innovation thrive. With a strong commitment to employee growth, continuous training, and a flat organisational structure, Proxima empowers its team to take on early responsibilities while fostering a culture of inclusivity and support. Employees enjoy competitive compensation, generous PTO, and the opportunity to work with diverse clients globally, making it a truly rewarding place to advance your career in AI transformation.
