Consulting - CIPSEUM - TDI - Industrial - Manager

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
Transportation and Logistics

Specialism
Operations Strategy

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary

In Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the best across industry and professional functional advisory services. We focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational deep industry expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with companies and organizations, always ensuring that we are able to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever critical issues they may face. Our Consulting practice currently focuses on several core sectors including Consumer and Industrial Products & Services, Energy, Utilities & Mining, Financial Services, Government, Health Industries, Finance Function, People and Organisations and Technology.

Responsibilities
• Lead teams to deliver aviation projects across the GCC, working with airlines, airports and aviation regulators etc. often managing multiple projects in parallel
• Manage mid - senior client stakeholders
• Work with the team to generate new business, through pro-actively generating opportunities in addition to responding to requests from clients
• Leverage the wider PwC regional and global network to support internal and external activities
• Support and develop the aviation business and the transportation practice across the CIPSEUM team, through refining our propositions, developing team capability and supporting to develop and deliver the annual business plan
• The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in aviation experience across consulting and the aviation industry.
• The candidate must be very familiar with the aviation industry in the Middle East, including key organisations, key stakeholders, current trends and challenges.
• Prior consulting experience in airlines, airports and related aviation sectors would be preferred.

Requirements

The candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong knowledge of the regions aviation ecosystem
• A deep understanding of airlines, airports, aviation regulators with preferred experience of working with major aviation companies
• International exposure, including experience of working with major aviation companies
• A deep understanding of all areas across the aviation industry demonstrated through thought leadership / publications
• An understanding of typical projects conducted with aviation clients in the region

Preferred skills
• Successfully plan, manage and deliver multiple client engagements across aviation sector
• Identify and generate new business opportunities and client leads across the aviation sector in the region
• Identify a list of potential aviation clients in the Middle East
• Focus on creating a few key platform aviation accounts
• Support the effort to manage and motivate the wider Transport & Logistics team
• Support ongoing efforts to articulate consulting offerings to take to market
• Assist in gathering market intelligence for the aviation sector
• The candidate will be achievement oriented with the ability to be flexible and adaptive on a daily basis. They will be able to work independently and as part of a team with a fast pace and a high energy that will translate into a high quality output.
• The candidate will be a strong leader, who demonstrates business acumen, can confidently manage PwC consultants, and can engage articulately and effectively with clients.
• Education: Master's degree preferred in the Aviation industry or a related field, or an MBA or equivalent post-graduate degree from a top-school
•Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Fluent in English but multilingual Arabic speaker preferable.
• The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project dictates.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.