Business Consultant (Retail & FMCG)

Business Consultant (Retail & FMCG)

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary: £40-65k, depending on experience, plus bonuses.

About Aria

Aria Intelligent Solutions partners with the world’s leading retailers and FMCG brands to deliver measurable commercial impact. We combine deep industry expertise with advanced AI and analytics to help clients transform how they plan, trade, and grow.

Our consultants lead transformation across merchandising, demand forecasting, and supply chain, by shaping strategy, operating models, and AI-driven solutions that help FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 businesses grow.

The Role

We’re looking for a Business Consultant who blends commercial understanding with structured problem-solving.

You’ll work with senior stakeholders at major Retail and FMCG clients to define strategies, design operating models, and identify how AI can unlock new sources of value to deliver measurable change.

Whether you’re from industry or consulting, this role suits someone who enjoys tackling big operational challenges, shaping ideas with data, and turning strategy into action.

What You’ll Do

• Lead workstreams within transformation programmes, managing scope, timelines, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Facilitate business workshops to capture requirements, assess current ways of working, and define target-state solutions.
• Design operating models, process improvements, and change strategies that drive efficiency and growth.
• Develop and prioritise AI and automation use cases that align with client objectives and deliver measurable results.
• Translate analysis and data insight into clear, actionable recommendations and implementation plans.
• Present findings, strategies, and business cases confidently to executive and leadership teams.
• Collaborate with technical delivery teams to ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and adopted.
• Contribute to Aria’s internal IP development by shaping AI use cases, proposals, and new service offerings.

About You

• 3–8 years of experience in Retail or FMCG head-office functions, such as merchandising, demand forecasting, category management, supply chain, or technology-enabled transformation.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills with the ability to simplify complexity and focus on outcomes.
• Confident in leading workshops, managing stakeholders, and capturing detailed business requirements.
• Awareness of how to develop strategic recommendations into real business change.
• Interested in how AI and emerging technologies can improve industry performance and decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills with credibility at senior stakeholder level.
• Proven record of ownership and delivering results end to end.

What We Offer

• Competitive package: Base salary of £40–65k depending on experience, plus bonuses linked to chargeability, performance, project ownership, and IP development.
• Private medical cover: Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family.
• Time to recharge: 25 days’ holiday plus loyalty days that increase with service.
• Purpose with impact: A paid charity day each year to support a cause you care about, with matched donations from Aria.
• Growth and development: Access to leadership programmes, mentoring, and professional learning.
• A culture built for performance: Flexible working, clear expectations, and a team that values pace, accountability, and ambition.

Join Us

At Aria, you’ll work with global brands, define the next generation of AI-driven solutions, and see the results of your ideas come to life.

If you’re motivated by challenge, impact, and performance, this is where you’ll thrive.