Call it what you want
I think Paul Taylor was a Football Consultant in the later days of his times here
The big clubs don’t just have Directors of Football they have teams of staff dedicated to researching transfer targets with all sorts of playing info and personal info to see if there’s a good fit
Having someone in place at your club to have options A, B,C, D and beyond lined up is essential
Can a manager do this— Smith could and did (but he was and now is one of the best managers in this country) every manager since couldn’t
Pomlett & Co as we have seen are absolutely dangerous left in charge of this
Call it what you want, mould the role in to what you want. The sphere of influence needs to be away from managers and directors