Associate Consultant, Value Engineering

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

Would you like to be on the frontline in helping some of the world’s strongest brands make customer-centric marketing, loyalty, and CRM strategies more measurable? With a large and growing portfolio of clients, we are looking for a proactive and business-savvy Associate Consultant within Value Engineering who is eager to make their mark within data-driven value articulation, value cases, and measurement frameworks! If you're a self-starter with a passion for data and a desire to learn and grow, this is the role for you!

What will your day look like?

As our new Associate Consultant within the Value Engineering team, you will work alongside our Strategy Consulting team of 15+ people in helping clients understand the potential and how to realize the ROI of their investments in digital marketing, loyalty and CRM. Your work will create recommendations for executive management and support large-scale transformation within some of the biggest companies in the world. You will be working with different clients and projects simultaneously while collaborating with the broader VML MAP organization.

More specifically, your tasks will include:

• Assisting in the development of value cases, measurement frameworks, benchmarks, and KPI reports.

• Contributing to the creation of fresh and enhanced assets, tools, and materials, supporting the advancement of the field.

• Supporting the crafting and delivery of compelling presentations, roadmaps, and guidance tailored for executive-level business audiences.

• Assisting in facilitating workshops focused on discovering business value and strategic insights in collaboration with client stakeholders.

• Supporting the promotion of a value engineering approach both within the organization and externally, among clients and potential prospects.

• Supporting our client and growth team with account growth and new business development.

Who are you going to work with?

At the VML MAP headquarters in Copenhagen, you will become part of a dynamic and international environment where you will get plenty of opportunity to develop your personal and professional skills.

Your work will depend on collaboration with the wider VML MAP teams, which means you will get to collaborate closely with experts from our technology, data, creative, and client teams from our offices globally.

In addition, you will be working with our clients, both management and specialists, across many of their functions including marketing, sales, digital and technology. Our global clients span across multiple industries including FMCG, retailers, fashion, automotive, and financial services.

What do you bring to the table?

As a person, you are an outgoing, sociable team player with strong interpersonal skills and a self-starter, can-do mentality. You find energy in solving complex challenges in a structured manner with a strong grasp of detail. You possess a strong ability to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data, drawing sound insights and recommendations supported by a clear and concise storyline.

In addition, you have:

• 1+ years of experience in a relevant field such as consulting, business analysis, marketing analytics, finance, or a strong internship background.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• A relevant bachelor's or master's degree; preferably in business administration, strategy, marketing, finance, or similar.

• A prominent level of proficiency in the use of PowerPoint and Excel, with a strong ability to craft compelling narratives through presentations.

• Familiarity with business case modelling or financial analysis is a strong plus.

• An eagerness to learn and adapt to complex environments with many stakeholders on a global level.

• An interest in understanding both the big picture and underlying details.

• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.

• Excellent communication skills, including strong writing and presentation abilities.

Many of our clients and colleagues are in other time zones, so it is important for us that you are willing to travel and have a flexible mindset.

A leader in personalized customer experiences

VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM. With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric. Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities.

A global network

We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.

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We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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