Principal Consultant

Company Description

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve - providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

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**Job Description**:
We are seeking an individual with LNG/gas commercial and/or energy-related management consulting experience in addition to an entrepreneurial spirit to help grow our Gas & LNG consulting practice. The Principal Consultant will be a senior member of the APAC Gas & LNG consulting team based in the region reporting to the head of Gas & LNG consulting team, responsible for delivering an expanding range of consulting services. You will take a leading role in our project teams delivering a wide variety of consulting projects to clients.

**Main Responsibilities**

**Project Management**:

- Project planning - define course of action to accomplish goal of assignment
- Maintain close communication with clients to keep them informed of progress an ensure projects bring impactful insights that add strategic value.
- Organise proper resources for projects, manage project implementation, and ensure high-quality delivery within the budget.
- Oversee the work of other members of the team.
- Identify follow-up and resale opportunities.
- Follow consulting procedures and methodologies

**Business development**
- Develop relationships with consulting clients to foster repeat business.
- Discuss consulting needs with clients, prepare and present proposals to clients.
- Collaborate with the team to scope opportunities and to estimate fees for quotation.
- Participate in industry events to network with potential clients, where appropriate.

**Practice Development**
- Coach and mentor other consultants, taking personal responsibility for their development.
- Support the regional VP of Gas & LNG Consulting in expanding the consulting practice.
- Assist with the development of new consulting offerings, to provide better insights and solutions to our clients.
- Lead project reviews to foster continuous improvement (team, team members, etc.).

**Analysis and Commercial/Strategic Intelligence**:

- Identify, obtain, sort and organise sources of information, both from the public domain and internal databases.
- Validate, analyse and critically assess sources of information.
- Select an appropriate analytical tool(s) for each assignment.
- Utilise Wood Mackenzie products to extract information and data useful for the consulting engagement, when applicable.
- Take ownership of and responsibility for analysis undertaken

**Teamwork**:

- Works in an open and trusting way ensuring team spirit is maintained
- Ensures high quality work standards are met
- Shows empathy towards others
- Adopts flexible approach towards work
- Works with colleagues in our other sector consulting teams - Upstream, Downstream and Metals & Mining - to ensure good coordination across the value chain for our clients

**Communication and approach**:

- Keep abreast of developments across the Gas & LNG space, to identify business development opportunities and to provide insightful results to clients
- Collaborate closely with project team members, consultants from other projects / regions / sectors, research and sales teams, etc.
- Offer solutions to problems and challenges the status quo.

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**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of Bachelor degree in relevant field
- At least 10 years experience within the natural gas/LNG sector with a strong understanding of the trends and drivers that are shaping the industry or equivalent experience in management consulting (energy-related management consulting preferred)
- Knowledge of Mandarin and/or other East Asian languages is advantageous but not a mandatory requirement

**Key Competencies**
- Demonstrated passion for the Gas & LNG Sector
- Ability to travel as required (assuming lifting of travel restrictions)
- High levels of self-motivation and drive
- Results orientation.
- Personal time management skills and self-direction.
- Teamwork and collaboration.
- Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
- Track record of ensuring high quality work standards are met and appropriate audit trails are maintained.
- Creativity and adapt