Consulting Partner

Retail Consulting Partner - Store Operations

Retail Transformation Partner | Retail Transformation & Growth | North America

A Career-Defining Opportunity to Transform the Future of Retail

Are you a transformational retail leader who knows how to turn operational complexity into competitive advantage?

This is your opportunity to shape the future of retail for some of North America's most recognized brands, leading large-scale store operations transformation programs that deliver measurable business impact, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

Join a high-performing consulting practice where your expertise, influence, and leadership will directly shape client strategy, drive innovation, and create lasting results across enterprise retail organizations.

¦ KEY OVERVIEW | Lead the Next Generation of Retail Performance

This is a rare opportunity for an accomplished retail operations executive to become a trusted advisor to C-suite retail leaders while building and growing a market-leading consulting practice.

You will help retailers unlock performance through workforce optimization, operational transformation, AI-enabled productivity, omnichannel excellence, and next-generation store operating models.

This is more than a consulting role. It is a platform to influence industry transformation, create measurable value, and leave a lasting legacy across the retail sector.

¦ THE OPPORTUNITY | Lead. Transform. Grow.

As a Retail Consulting Partner, you will:

• Lead high-profile retail transformation engagements across North America.
• Advise Chief Operating Officers, Chief Stores Officers, and senior retail executives.
• Design and implement future-ready store operating models.
• Drive labor productivity, workforce effectiveness, and store execution excellence.
• Shape innovative solutions leveraging AI, automation, predictive analytics, and digital transformation.
• Improve sales per labor hour, reduce cost-to-serve, and enhance customer experience.
• Build strategic client relationships that generate long-term business growth.
• Develop new consulting propositions and thought leadership that position the practice at the forefront of retail innovation.
• Play a key leadership role in expanding a high-growth consulting business and influencing its future direction.

¦ EXPERIENCE & KEY CAPABILITY | Executive-Level Expertise That Creates Value

We're seeking a proven retail leader with:

• 15+ years of retail leadership experience within major U.S. retail organizations.
• Deep expertise in store operations, field leadership, workforce management, and operational transformation.
• Strong experience within grocery retail, with additional exposure to specialty or department store environments highly valued.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale change, productivity improvement, and business transformation programs.
• Proven ability to improve labor efficiency, simplify operational processes, and optimize frontline execution.
• Expertise in workforce planning, labor modeling, task management, store technologies, and omnichannel fulfillment.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience driving revenue growth and business development.
• Consulting experience or extensive executive-level stakeholder engagement experience.
• Knowledge of AI-enabled retail operations, digital transformation, automation, and emerging retail technologies.

¦ THE IDEAL PERSON | An Industry Leader Who Creates Impact

You are:

• A respected retail operations expert with credibility at executive level.
• A strategic thinker who can translate vision into measurable results.
• An influential relationship builder who earns trust and drives action.
• Commercially minded, growth-focused, and passionate about creating value.
• An inspirational leader who elevates teams and develops future talent.
• Driven by challenge, innovation, and transformational outcomes.
• Passionate about helping retailers navigate disruption and outperform competitors.

Most importantly, you're someone who wants your next role to be bigger than business-as-usual. You want to shape strategy, influence industry leaders, and deliver transformational outcomes that matter.

Exceptional opportunities like this rarely enter the market. If you're ready to elevate your impact, expand your influence, and help redefine the future of retail operations, we'd like to hear from you.

Location: Chicago, IL

Work Authorization: US Citizens or Green Card Holders Only (No Visas)

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