Business Transformation Consultant

Job Title: Business Transformation Consultant

Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (NE11 / Hybrid)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £60,000 – £64,000 per year + Performance Bonus & Benefits

Schedule: Monday to Friday

About the Role

We are seeking a driven and analytical Business Transformation Consultant to join our growing business consulting practice in Gateshead. In this client-facing advisory role, you will partner with corporate clients, mid-market businesses, and public sector organizations across the North East to design and deliver large-scale organizational and operational change initiatives.

You will lead client diagnostics, re-engineer core operating models, optimize service delivery workflows, and guide senior leadership teams through strategic transformation journeys from concept through execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Transformation Strategy & Operating Models: Conduct comprehensive operational assessments, value-stream mapping, and target operating model (TOM) design to streamline business functions.
• Process Re-engineering & Continuous Improvement: Identify operational inefficiencies, design Lean/Agile workflow enhancements, and lead cross-functional process redesign projects.
• Change Management Delivery: Develop and execute structured change management, communication, and stakeholder engagement plans to drive business adoption and sustainable organizational culture shift.
• Project & Engagement Leadership: Manage transformation project workstreams, tracking milestones, managing project risk logs, and delivering high-quality consulting outputs within scope and budget.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Analyze complex operational, quantitative, and workforce data to build actionable business cases, financial models, and ROI benchmarks for executive decision-makers.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate alignment workshops, executive briefings, and change readiness sessions with C-suite leaders and key functional department heads.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 3–5 years of professional experience in management consulting, business advisory, or internal corporate transformation teams.
• Methodologies & Tools: Strong practical knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma, Agile delivery, Prosci Change Management, or target operating model (TOM) frameworks.
• Consulting & Problem Solving: Proven track record of translating complex operational challenges into structured solution roadmaps and clear client deliverables.
• Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills with demonstrated success influencing senior executive stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• Location & Mobility: Must be able to reliably commute to our Gateshead facility (NE11 postcode area) for team days and local client engagements across Tyne & Wear and the North East.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary (depending on experience)
• Discretionary annual performance bonus
• Flexible hybrid working model (2–3 days in office / home working)
• 25 days annual leave + public holidays + option to buy/sell leave
• Enhanced company pension contribution scheme
• Private health cover and dental benefits option
• Dedicated annual budget for professional development and certifications (Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, Agile/SAFe)
• On-site parking and cycle-to-work scheme

Work Location & Setup

This position operates on a hybrid basis out of our commercial hub in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (NE11 postcode area), conveniently situated near the Team Valley Trading Estate with direct transport links via the A1(M) corridor and central Newcastle.

Pay: £60,000.00-£64,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person