Manager – Strategy and Growth

Company Name Seafood People
Application DeadlineNovember 8, 2020
Location Bergen, Norway
Date Posted October 14, 2020
Job Type Full-Time
Category Management

Job description

Seafood People is a management consulting and executive search firm for the global seafood industry.

We empower growth. By utilizing our deep industry understanding and our unique experiences, we provide our clients with great talent, industry insights, and inspiration. We leverage our vast international network to create successful partnerships worldwide.

With a focus on growth strategies, innovative concepts, and precise execution, we’ve embarked on the journey to be the one-stop-shop for the critical competencies needed by the seafood industry. We're redefining the consulting approach and looking for great talent to join us on this adventure.

The position’s key responsibilities:

  • Serve as trusted advisor to our clients, working with them to make clear data-driven choices about where to play and how to win, in order to drive growth and enterprise value
  • Assist Seafood Peoples clients in identifying strategies for growth and value creation
  • Help clients develop the appropriate business models, operating models, and capabilities to support their strategic vision
  • Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project team to outline a work plan
  • Ensure end results are of the highest caliber with a quantifiable business benefit
  • Facilitating problem-solving support, decision-making and consensus-building in different teams in different organizations 
  • Proactively pursue sources of data and insight needed to complete analysis and ensure pace of progress of projects
  • Give and receive regular developmental feedback and contribute actively to creating a positive, focused and effective team environment

You really enjoy working with concepts, models and strategies, you like and seek intellectual challenges. You quickly grasp complex issues and problems, identify the core of a problem and evaluate information thoroughly. In order to succeed in this position, we believe it is essential that you enjoy selling and negotiating, find it easy to persuade and influence others and win their support. You act on own initiative, follow own direction, express own views and opinions freely.

You are interested in others' behavior, observe and analyze others' motives and reactions. You see jobs through to the end and pay close attention to quality issues. You set self ambitious and demanding targets, enjoy difficult challenges and want to get ahead and succeed. Closely manage progress against objectives, highlighting roadblocks as soon as they arise and taking full personal ownership for high-quality timely delivery

Requirements for this position:

  • Completed Master’s degree or equivalent, with demonstrated high performance
  • 4+ years of experience with a management consulting firm, in-house strategy team or equivalent
  • Proven team leadership experience
  • Exceptional analytical skills
  • A strong focus on personal growth and development
  • Ability to respond proactively and positively to ambiguity
  • A natural talent for evidence-based problem-solving, and a willingness to develop problem-solving skills
  • Capability to manage and make progress against multiple simultaneous demands in short time frames, and to adapt to new challenges in a dynamic context with shifting priorities
  • Experience interacting and communicating effectively with teams in different organizations
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Understanding at least one Scandinavian language will count as an advantage
  • Excellent English written and spoken language skills
  • You have to be able to identify yourself with our customers in the Seafood Industry, and the greater goal of feeding the world healthy seafood

The work atmosphere in Seafood People is energetic and influenced by the company’s global profile. We work across all time zones and need to plan our workload accordingly.

Seafood People value honesty, transparency and are committed to doing whats right. We strive to be keen observers, empathic listener and problem solvers. We want to inspire and to be inspired. Seafood People continues to influence the global seafood industry and you can now be a part of this great journey!

The right candidate will be offered a competitive salary package and the opportunity to join one of the Seafood Industries most influential  companies.

Should you have any questions about this opportunity please do not hesitate to give us a call.