Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DEKRA North America is a global provider of comprehensive services and solutions that help customers improve safety, security, and sustainability outcomes. The Executive Consultant leads complex client engagements, coaches executives, manages project teams, delivers safety and performance solutions, and expands long-term client relationships.
Responsibilities
- Coach client Executives and become their trusted advisor
- Fluency delivering DEKRA’s Executive Leading with Safety® program as well as other solutions
- Track progress in meeting client objectives and adjust when necessary
- Guide and facilitate governance
- Communicate routinely and effectively to the client leadership team
- Tell the truth to the client, even when it’s hard to do so
- Understand the client’s objectives and needs to then adapt the centerline model for the client engagement that will give greatest probability of achieving success
- Enable and manage the success of the project team
- Assure solutions are integrated and aligned toward meeting client objectives
- Communicate routinely and effectively to delivery team, and the overall project team
- Assure the project team delivers to the client’s adaptation of the centerline, across all parts of the client organization
- Deliver performance-related feedback to individual consultants, including areas for improvement, and recognition for positive contributions
- Collaborate with the managers of project team members on growth and development and work/personal life balance
- Contribute to a safe and healthy work environment by actively participating, taking responsibility, and following established procedures and policies
- Maintain a complete and accurate project plan for the life of the project
- Manage the project toward the stated realization rate, ensuring effective utilization of consultants
- Achieve monthly forecast accuracy
- Expand the scope of client relationships and maintain long term engagements by identifying additional areas of opportunity and surface to DEKRA
Skills
- 15+ years of experience in leadership roles including executive experience with safety responsibility
- Presence in front of C-suite Leaders
- Demonstrated cognitive flexibility
- Ability to function with ambiguity
- Deep knowledge of DEKRA solutions
- Ability to interpret the impact of non-safety processes on safety and culture
- Ability to develop a strategic plan which supports the scope of work and overall safety excellence
- Ability to manage client excellence and DEKRA business
- Ability to create a project team culture that supports and aligns with OSR values
- Fluency with various Governance structures and how they “fit” and function in various situations
- Fluency with Metrics and the ability to proposes specific metrics for the client
- Fluency in applying effective change management
- Fluency in SMS best practices and ability to propose enhancements to close gaps
- Ability to lead a matrixed team
- Ability to develop others
- Must be able to work in a variety of client locations, environments, and conditions. This may include climbing stairs, walking long distances, walking on rough and uneven terrain, walking through client work facilities, working in heat/cold conditions, indoors and outdoors
- Must be able to accommodate working various shifts as client activities are scheduled
- Must be able to withstand the rigors of extensive travel
- May require difficult travel and long periods of driving
- Ability to move and conduct work with full range of motion
- Ability to lift 25-50lbs (luggage)
- Extended periods of computer-based work
- Extended periods of standing
- Domestic and/or international travel required, estimated up to 50%
- Advanced degree or Certification preferred
Benefits
- Remote work model
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