Principal Management Consultant

We're Celonis, the global leader in Process Mining technology and one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock productivity by placing data and intelligence at the core of business processes - and for that, we need you to join us.

The Team:

The position of Principal Value Engineer (Management Consultant) is a trusted advisor helping customers achieve their strategic goals and realize significant value using the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform. A Value Engineer has full responsibility for the end-to-end value journey of our customers – landing, expanding, adopting, and renewing. Responsibilities include translating customers’ objectives into value assessments or proof-of-value projects, building specific Celonis business cases and demos, running value workshops, and engaging with multiple senior stakeholders to deliver value-driven results and secure long-term partnership agreements.

The Role:

As a Principal Value Engineer (Management Consultant), you are spearheading our mission of data-driven business transformation with our customers. You will work in partnership with the Celonis Sales Team and have full responsibility for the end-to-end value journey of our customers. You are our customers' trusted advisor and help them achieve their strategic goals and realize significant value using the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform. In collaboration with our partners and Celonis Services, you will drive measurable business impact across various processes and industries and accelerate the adoption of our platform. You will blend deep process and industry expertise with a proven consulting skill set and strong analytical skills at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing tech companies worldwide.

The work you’ll do:

Identify & Frame Value

1. Discover and translate customers’ strategic priorities into high-impact Celonis use cases.
2. Build demos and business cases, leveraging industry benchmarks and best practices in order to win new customers.
3. Undertake Value Assessments or Proof-of-Value Projects and communicate the value opportunity and strategic roadmap to C-Level executives.

Realize Value

1. Facilitate business value workshops and use Celonis to identify and qualify opportunities for process enhancement.
2. Derive improvement measures in core business functions and initiate improvement actions and enterprise-wide change initiatives.
3. Present results and realized value to senior management and C-level executives.

Scale Value

1. Responsible for the end-to-end customer value journey, landing, expanding, adoption, and renewing.
2. Build a strategic expansion roadmap for customers embedding Celonis Process Intelligence as a strategic business transformation platform in their organization and therefore drive adoption and expansion.
3. Provide feedback to our product development teams to enhance the Celonis platform and Apps based on new use cases.

The qualifications you need:

Experience: Minimum 12 years of relevant pre-sales, customer success, strategy consulting, or related experience in industry required.

Live for Customer Value: Experience in an analytical role with the objective to demonstrate or secure value through business data analysis, business process improvement, and respective Software deployment. Ideally in a customer-facing role in Solution Consulting, Sales Engineering, or IT/Management Consulting with a Business Software / SaaS Provider or a Consultancy. Alternatively in an In-house role (e.g. Center of Excellence for Data Mining / Analytics / Intelligence) within an Enterprise.

Data, Analytics, Applications & IT: Good knowledge of Business Software / SaaS applications (e.g. SAP), experience with implementing RPA and/or BI Tools and/or building Dashboards, Apps, and Action Flows. Knowledge of Python and/or SQL. Experience in collaborating with IT teams.

Process Improvement & Value Realization: Experience in identifying use cases for business process improvement and deploying improvement measures, being a change agent and training users/process owners to realize value.

Project Management: Experience in planning and managing project scopes, expectations, and timelines. You will manage multiple projects across your aligned accounts that will be at different parts of the value journey. Also, you will leverage partners from the Celonis Ecosystem wherever possible.

Executive Stakeholder Management: Experience in preparing and communicating (value) roadmaps and results to stakeholders and management, both internally and externally. Excellent communication and presentation skills in French and English and sovereign appearance.

Business Domain Expertise: Understanding of the Finance and/or Supply Chain domain as well as strategic transformation initiatives (e.g. Shared Services Transformation or System Transformation).

Industry Expertise: Ideally expertise in one or more industries (e.g. Manufacturing, Automotive, Consumer, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals) and the ability to develop a deep understanding of industry trends and strategic opportunities.

Degree: In Technology & Management, Industrial/Business Engineering, Business Informatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, or a comparable degree program.

What Celonis Can Offer You:

• The unique opportunity to work with industry-leading process mining technology.
• Investment in your personal growth and skill development (clear career paths, internal mobility opportunities, L&D platform, mentorships, and more).
• Great compensation and benefits packages (equity (restricted stock units), life insurance, time off, generous leave for new parents from day one, and more).
• Physical and mental well-being support (subsidized gym membership, access to counseling, virtual events on well-being topics, and more).
• A global and growing team of Celonauts from diverse backgrounds to learn from and work with.
• An open-minded culture with innovative, autonomous teams.
• Business Resource Groups to help you feel connected, valued, and seen.
• A clear set of company values that guide everything we do: Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future.

About Us:

Celonis helps some of the world’s largest and most esteemed brands make processes work for people, companies, and the planet. With over 5,000 enterprise customer deployments across nearly every industry, the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform uses process mining and AI to give you a living digital twin of your business operation. It’s system-agnostic and without bias, and empowers companies to reduce waste, create value, and benefit people across the top, bottom, and green lines. Since 2011, the Celonis platform has enabled its customers to identify more than $18 billion in value. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.

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Equal Opportunity at Celonis:

Celonis is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment and equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. We will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination or harassment of any kind.

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