Leverage your understanding of market trends to adapt strategies and stay ahead in a competitive landscape! Start as a Wholesale Strategy Consultant within Rabobank’s Clients and Portfolio Management Department!
You and your job
Rabobank is an international corporate bank, serving clients across global Food & Agriculture value chains, the Energy Transition, and other sectors. In a world shaped by rapid technological innovation, the rise of AI, shifting geopolitical dynamics, evolving food systems, and the growing impact of climate change, businesses face increasing complexity and uncertainty. Navigating these developments thoughtfully is essential to continue supporting our clients' long-term success.
Within Clients & Portfolio Management (CPM), we are seeking a Wholesale Strategy Consultant to join the Wholesale Segment Strategy (WSS) team. The team drives growth and helps shape the strategic direction of Rabobank’s International Wholesale & Rural (W&R) business. You will support the Strategy Project Owners/Leads in identifying opportunities within existing and adjacent businesses, contributing to our ambitious growth agenda. In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our wholesale strategy while collaborating with a diverse and international team of experts and bankers.
CPM is a global department that sets direction and steers the business in making the right fact-based trade-offs. It is organized to empower regions and global business lines to live the strategy and execute on the growth agenda. Within CPM, the WSS team is a team of strategy consultants with the objective to define the overarching growth strategy and specifically W&R’s positioning on F&A, Energy, and potential other activities. Moreover, it refines the transition approach of W&R by addressing the required target states and transition perspective towards those targets, optimizing for opportunities, sustainability impacts, and risks, and realizing an improved CROIC.
Most important responsibilities
- Support strategic decision-making by providing clear perspectives on growth, sustainability, and risk appetite.
- Work with the Strategy Project Owners/Leads to continuously shape and refine the W&R strategy through the rolling strategy process.
- Contribute to translating our strategy to clear direction on several themes or initiatives, and independently drive these projects to a successful end.
- Serve as a sparring partner for the Strategy Project Owners/Leads and other internal and senior stakeholders.
You and your talent
You are a strategy professional with a passion for shaping strategic direction and translating insights into actionable strategies and business cases. Your experience in strategy consulting and (international) banking make you a valuable asset. It’s important that you recognize yourself in the below profile:
- Holding a master's degree, ready to drive impactful change.
- At least 4 to 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, preferably gained at a leading consulting firm advising financial services and/or banking organisations.
- Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to connect individual topics and projects to the broader business context and long-term strategic direction of W&R.
- Excellent structuring and communication skills, able to distil complex topics into clear and compelling recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- You have previous experience collaborating on clear, high-quality business cases and strategy presentations in PowerPoint.
- Your analytical skills translate complex, fact-based data into strategic, actionable insights.
- Understanding of market trends and the ability to adapt strategies accordingly.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders in complex organizational environments.
- You have a natural curiosity and a high focus/ability to deliver quality on time.
- You have the ability to connect with your peers in the various domains of the bank to manage stakeholders relevant for successful strategy development and approval.
- Fluency in both Dutch and English, spoken and written, is required for this role.
- Applicants must already be living in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands.
You and the job application process
If you are ready to take on this rewarding role, apply now and help us drive our wholesale business towards sustainable and optimal performance.
We are very curious to learn more about you and what you can bring to the team of Wholesale Segment Strategy within Clients and Portfolio Management.
Therefore we ask you to send us both your CV and a motivation letter with the latter addressing these points:
- An elaboration on what unique personality, skills and experience you bring to the team and organization.
- An example of a complex strategic project where your analytical skills translated data into actionable insights, leading to business improvements.
- An example of a situation where your stakeholder management skills helped build strong, trust-based relationships that drove successful project outcomes.
Good to know
Interested? Please apply before 15 august 2026.
- Any questions about the job content? Contact Wouter Kool, senior Strategy Lead Wholesale Segment Strategy via Wouter.kool@rabobank.com or Shelley Oor, senior Wholesale Strategy Consultant via Shelley.Oor@Rabobank.com.
- The hiring manager is Aafke Keizer, Global Head CPM.
- We will hold the interviews through a video call or in person.
- A security check is part of the process.
- We respect your privacy.