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Are you ready to make an impact? West Monroe is seeking a  Senior Consultant  to join the  Retail team within our Consumer & Industrials Value Creation group in the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice .   Our Consumer & Industrials Value Creation team helps corporate and private equity clients identify, quantify, and realize value creation opportunities before, during, and after transactions. We work alongside management teams and investors to improve operating performance, accelerate transformation, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Our retail-focused professionals bring deep industry expertise and practical execution experience to help clients improve profitability, productivity, customer experience, and operational effectiveness.   We are seeking candidates who bring experience improving business performance in a retail or retail-adjacent environment, with demonstrated ability to identify, quantify, and implement value creation opportunities across people, process, and technology. Successful candidates will combine retail operating knowledge, process improvement methodologies, analytical modeling capabilities, and consulting delivery skills to drive measurable EBITDA improvement, margin expansion, labor productivity gains, inventory optimization, and service-level improvements.   Senior Consultants are expected to own analyses and workstreams, lead teams of consultants, facilitate client working sessions, and develop actionable recommendations that create measurable value for clients. They serve as day-to-day leaders on engagements and are responsible for translating complex business challenges into structured analyses and executable solutions.   Responsibilities   Own analyses and client deliverables, ensuring high-quality outputs that support executive decision-making   Lead teams of 2–5 consultants, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, quality review, and project execution support   Identify, quantify, and prioritize value creation opportunities across retail operations, labor productivity, inventory management, merchandising, supply chain, customer experience, and supporting corporate functions   Develop and oversee Excel-based models, business cases, and financial analyses to evaluate operational opportunities and expected EBITDA impact   Translate complex operational and financial data into actionable recommendations and implementation plans   Facilitate client workshops, working sessions, interviews, and stakeholder meetings to gather insights, align priorities, and drive decision-making   Conduct operational assessments, process mapping, workflow analysis, and KPI evaluations to identify performance improvement opportunities   Develop value creation roadmaps and implementation plans aligned to client strategic objectives and investment theses   Collaborate with client executives and functional leaders to implement process, organizational, and technology-enabled improvements   Support project planning, staffing, workplan development, risk management, and engagement execution   Contribute to business development activities including proposals, client presentations, solution development, and thought leadership   Actively participate in recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and development of junior consultants   Build and maintain professional networks within the retail, consumer, and private equity communities   Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.    Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery