Senior Consulting Manager, Japan

At dss+, we are not just your average operations consulting firm; we are implementers and change makers. Our passion lies in engaging organisations to craft resilient and sustainable business, guiding them through transformational changes in safety, risk and resilience and through their energy transition. We take the complex world of risk and sustainability and translate it into actionable roadmaps that work with our clients business. We implement, working side-by-side with our clients to deliver real, tangible results.

dss+ services fall into three core areas—operational risk management, operational excellence and sustainability—each bolstered by learning, development and culture change solutions and digital technologies. Teams around the globe work with clients in metals and mining, chemicals, oil and gas, power and utilities, agriculture, food and beverage, industrial and manufacturing, and private equity.

We pride ourselves in combining industry experts and on the ground experience with strong people-centric change management capabilities. This creates the perfect blend to support our clients from intent to impact, enabling them to protect what they care for, transform their organisation, and sustain the changes required to make their vision a reality, in a practical actionable way.

We have a strong growth trajectory, which means unprecedented opportunity for the people on our teams. Join forces with technical operations executives, experienced line managers and qualified coaches who all share a problem-solving mindset and a passion for what they do.

Because we're 100% mission driven—dedicated to protecting, transforming and sustaining positive change—this role, and the resources you'll have, offers you the ideal platform to make a difference. And, because we don't just advise on, but also implement best practices, the latest thinking and our own proven methodologies, you will be able to see the positive impact of your efforts.

As the Senior Manager, you will lead and deliver complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement effective solutions to produce a lasting impact for clients. You will be expected to drive the direction of the engagement and effectively manage the team and long-term relationship with clients to deliver high performance or to deliver the scope of work.

Beyond client project work, the Senior Manager will contribute to the development of new clients and markets and provide regional and global thought leadership to innovate offerings and approaches. We are seeking a self-starter, who is able to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment and must be driven to produce improvement initiatives both internally and with clients. The Senior Manager must have excellent communication and client management skills to maintain positive client relations and high  client satisfaction levels in a particular domain, for example, in:

• An industry, e.g. Mining, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Food & Beverage

• A functional area, e.g. Operational Risk Management, Operational Excellence

• Focus on supporting the core Japan Industry Teams: Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Mining & Metals, Consumer Products, Power & Utilities and Private Equity;

• Collaborate closely with the ORM practice contributing to thought leadership, offerings and methodologies bringing global best practices into the Japan market and clients;

• Be a trusted advisor with senior client executives and maintain relationships in alignment with the account team to deepen and expand relationships;

• Participate and contribute to internal and external functional and/or industry networks with the aim of developing new business working with the global Marketing and the Industry Teams;

• You will have a client delivery chargeability target and a business development target.

• Building effective working relationships regionally and participating in global technical communities to ensure a strong network of resources, alongside possessing a network of regional contacts.

• Contributing to the development and/or enhancement of existing dss+ IP and engaging with functional/ industry peers to support continued methodology development.

• Participating and contributing to functional and/or industry networks with the aim of developing and sharing best practices, developing and enhancing dss+ intellectual property and sharing thought leadership.

• Collaborating with peers to identify and progress opportunities with new and existing clients.