Position summary

KPMG is hiring a Senior Consultant, Strategy & Operations - Circular Economy to help organisations translate circularity into strategic choices and concrete change. Based in Amstelveen, the role advises clients on reducing raw material use, retaining value and developing circular business models, performing qualitative and quantitative analyses and taking responsibility for independent workstreams across a range of engagements.

Why this role matters

The role helps clients navigate the complex, fast-changing sustainability landscape, working on circular questions around raw material use, (critical) materials, product lifespan, reuse, repair, high-grade recycling, regeneration and circular business models, and connecting these to climate, pollution, water, biodiversity and the due diligence needed for (renewable) raw materials such as batteries and renewable energy. It helps clients use evolving EU regulation as a starting point for strategic choices rather than compliance alone.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on circular strategy by guiding clients on circular questions, strategies and transition plans and translating them into concrete objectives, policy and implementation.
• Analyse material flows by mapping material streams and raw-material dependencies and identifying and prioritising circular opportunities and risks across the organisation and value chain.
• Advise on circular business models and quantify the circular business case, executing and visualising material flow analyses (e.g. structured Excel models and material flow diagrams).
• Advise on EU regulation relevant to the circular economy (such as ESPR, PPWR and the EU Battery Regulation), translating it into consequences for products, processes, data and operations.
• Lead workstreams independently, safeguarding quality, progress and planning, and preparing and facilitating interviews, workshops, client meetings and steering groups.
• Produce deliverables and mentor by writing clear analyses, advice, reports and presentations, guiding junior consultants, and contributing to propositions, client relationships and commercial opportunities within the sustainability team.

Team and stakeholders

The role sits within KPMG’s sustainability/Advisory team in the Netherlands, working with clients and stakeholders and mentoring junior consultant colleagues.

Key details

• Young professional / Advisory role based in Amstelveen; hybrid working (home, client site and office).
• Benefits include 30 holidays (full-time), variable performance pay, a lease car with NS Business Card or mobility allowance, and training and development.

Requirements

Essential

• A completed university (WO) master’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least three years of relevant experience in consultancy, business, the public sector or a knowledge institution.
• Demonstrable expertise in circular economy, with an eye for its connection to broader sustainability questions.
• Knowledge of relevant EU sustainability regulation (e.g. ESPR, PPWR, EU Battery Regulation and other product-, resource- or waste-related regulation).
• Experience with client contact and independently organising, executing and steering project workstreams.
• Strong conceptual, problem-solving and analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative), and the ability to guide junior colleagues and take responsibility for their work quality.
• Excellent English; Dutch is important for the role (already proficient or willing to learn it to work with clients in Dutch over time).

Preferred

• Experience applying circularity frameworks such as the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) and analysis methods such as life-cycle assessment (LCA).