🚀 Head of Data Management

Data-Focused Consultant – Global Consumer Business - £1200 per day - 6 month Contract

Our client, a leading global consumer business, is seeking a data-focused consultant to partner with business units and senior leadership teams. The successful candidate will identify, shape, and deliver measurable operational and commercial improvements through data-driven initiatives. This role is ideal for a commercially minded data expert who can translate analytical insights into tangible business value on a global scale.

Candidate Profile

Industry Expertise

• Proven experience within large-scale global consumer or enterprise organisations, ideally across multiple regions and business lines (e.g., retail, FMCG, eCommerce, or consumer services).
• Strong track record of delivering impactful data products, analytics platforms, or insight-driven transformations that improve performance and profitability.
• Demonstrable evidence of generating multimillion-pound (or equivalent) value through cost optimisation, efficiency gains, or revenue growth.
• Deep understanding of how consumer trends, operational complexity, and market dynamics vary across international markets.

Business Engagement

• Confident engaging and influencing C-suite executives, functional heads, and operational teams across different geographies and cultures.
• Ability to translate complex business challenges—from supply chain inefficiencies to customer behaviour insights—into actionable data strategies.
• Skilled at developing clear, evidence-based recommendations that directly inform business decisions and measurable outcomes.
• Adept at navigating ambiguity and constructively challenging assumptions while maintaining trust and credibility with stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with competing global priorities.

Stakeholder Management

• Experienced in managing diverse, and occasionally resistant, stakeholders across both technical and commercial functions.
• Demonstrated ability to align senior leaders around data-driven priorities, securing sponsorship and resources for initiatives.
• Proven track record of building consensus across cross-functional teams in different time zones and business cultures.

Value Delivery

• A consistent record of delivering quantifiable business impact through analytics and data-enabled decision making.
• Proven success in achieving efficiency gains, cost reductions, and revenue growth through insight-led initiatives.
• Strong capability to measure, articulate, and present value in financial and operational terms to senior leadership and boards.
• Commitment to embedding data literacy and data-driven thinking within business teams to ensure sustainable change.