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Senior Consultant – Specialty Chemicals

  • Consulting Team
  • United States – Chicago
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The opportunity

As a Senior Consultant at Proxima, you will lead complex workstreams within our Specialty Chemicals practice and manage senior stakeholders while delivering innovative solutions and mentoring junior consultants. You will be part of client-facing teams delivering high-impact commercial, sourcing, and supplier initiatives, supporting the development of insights, contributing to solution design, and playing an active role in delivering outcomes, not just recommendations.

This is not a passive learning role. At Proxima, we are practitioner-consultants. You will build experience quickly, take responsibility early, and work alongside clients to deliver real, measurable change.

What you'll do

Support delivery across client engagements

  • Experience leading teams and workstreams or projects across complex engagements

  • Assist with opportunity identification, supplier research, and commercial analysis.

  • Identify opportunities supporting client value and revenue growth.

Management and career development

  • Coach and develop junior consultants.

  • Contribute to Proxima category thought leadership and IP.

  • Commercial acumen and comfort with ambiguity.

Engage and collaborate with stakeholders

  • Work directly with senior client stakeholders to gather requirements and align objectives.

  • Communicate findings clearly and professionally with team members and senior client stakeholders.

  • Lead workshops, working sessions, and day-to-day client interactions.

Work in a global, flexible model

  • Operate in a hybrid environment, balancing client, home, and office-based work.

  • Travel as required to support client delivery and team collaboration.

What you'll bring

Experience and skills

  • Strong experience in consulting, procurement, supply chain, or a related analytical role.

  • Experience in industrial and manufacturing settings, with an understanding of chemical supplier markets, offerings, and operations; including expertise with specialty chemicals (i.e. adhesives, coatings, catalysts, petrochemical additives, process chemicals, industrial gasses)

  • Experience supporting project delivery and managing stakeholder engagement across workstreams.

  • Strong analytical capability and confidence working with data.

Consulting mindset

  • Strong senior stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

  • A proactive, ownership-oriented approach to your work.

  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.

Flexibility and growth orientation

  • Willingness to travel as required.

  • Curiosity, adaptability, and a strong desire to learn and develop.

  • Motivation to build a long-term consulting career in a growing global firm.

WHY JOIN PROXIMA?

A bold, collaborative culture

Our culture is one of our greatest strengths. We are inclusive, supportive, and ambitious, with a flat structure that encourages collaboration and early responsibility. You will join a friendly, open, and high-performing team.

A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

We are committed to being a responsible business, with a strong focus on wellbeing, sustainability, and social responsibility. Our people are at the heart of our success, and we invest in their growth and development.

Growth, learning & opportunity

You will benefit from continuous training and development, clear career progression, and exposure to a wide range of clients and industries. As a fast-expanding global company, Proxima offers meaningful opportunities to shape both your career and the future of the firm.

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