Chief of Staff (CoS) – Retail, Agri & Consumer Goods

The Roland Berger Amsterdam DNA

Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm that assists clients to grow and adapt to the challenges of today. Founded in 1967 in Munich, we are one of the leading representatives of our industry, with more than 50 offices and 3,500 dedicated colleagues around the world.

Our young, dynamic and fast-growing office in Netherlands employs 130 consultants and supporting colleagues. We are proud of the family culture within our Amsterdam office. We are creative, dedicated, ambitious, entrepreneurial and passionate - and at the same time social, energetic, open-minded and respectful. We help each other to bring out the best in each other and the best for our clients. Besides our client work, we foster our office culture through many social activities together, from sports and drinks to office trips and celebrations of holidays.

Chief of Staff Introduction

Roland Berger is looking for a Chief of Staff to strengthen our Consumer platform, supporting both the platform head in running its operations.

This internal, non-client-facing role makes you the strategic, financial and operational, right hand of the platform’s leadership, with a strong focus on analytical work and decision-support. You will drive operations, strategic initiatives, and internal collaboration. You will connect the platform team, corporate functions and other practices to foster alignment, collaboration and the exchange of best practices. The role offers a high level of responsibility and entrepreneurial freedom, analytical thinking and proactive ownership.

What we offer

We offer plenty of opportunities for development, (inter)national training courses and a mentor to support your development. In addition, we offer excellent benefits, including 30 days of vacation, transportation benefits, a non-contributory pension and a contribution to your health insurance.

Key responsibilities

• Preparing business review on a quarterly basis for the global Roland Berger leadership
• Preparing bi-weekly pipeline reviews for the platform leadership
• Preparing leadership meetings to define strategy
• Conduct in-depth analyses to support strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution, including product and business development, analytical support and budgeting
• Track and follow-up on actions, ensuring timelines, deliverables and high-quality outcomes
• Advise and support leadership in defining, prioritising and executing business strategies
• Prepare and coordinate meetings, quarterly reviews and communications
• Driving the marketing strategy and initiatives for the platform
• Ensure cross-functional collaboration and sharing of best practices
• Act as a trusted advisor on strategic and operational matters

Qualifications and skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in Dutch and English
• Strong project management, organizational and analytical skills with a big-picture view and commercial insight
• Proactive, solutions-oriented with a can-do mindset and customer focus
• Quick learner, adaptable to a fast-paced, international environment
• Academic university degree (WO) with excellent results
• At least 4 years of experience in project management, corporate or business development; consulting or leadership experience in a start-up is a plus
• Skilled in creating management presentations, financial modeling (Excel) and visual storytelling (PowerPoint)
• Technical affinity and ability to translate analysis into actionable insights

Who we seek

The values of “empathy”, “entrepreneurship” and “excellence” are the foundation of our work and our culture. We are looking for people who recognize themselves in these values, who can think big, dare to dream, see connections and make connections, are self-starters and can enrich our team.

Keen to apply?

Upload a motivation letter with your resume and grade lists. 

The application process consists of a review of your documents, followed by a number of interviews to further explore your interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving skills and overall fit. Do you have questions? Then get in touch with Florentine Bouma at [email protected]. 

 We look forward to receiving your application!