QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of experience in manufacturing in industries like automotive, semi-conductors, consumer electronics, life sciences, and metals & mining
- Experience in industrial engineering, low cost automation, digital performance management, OT/IT integration and energy (renewable power & alternate fuel) projects in a manufacturing setup is good to have
- A master’s degree (MBA/M.Tech/ME) is required
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering is preferred
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong desire to learn and develop within a dynamic, self-led organization
- Strong people skills - ability to engage all levels of the organization and work collaboratively in a team environment
- Open to extensive travel to client sites
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You will be based in one of our India offices - Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Kolkata or Mumbai - as a part of McKinsey Implementation in the Operations practice.
McKinsey Implementation is a rapidly growing capability for our firm. It provides continuous, distinctive support to our clients to ensure they achieve and sustain the full benefits of McKinsey’s recommended changes. Our implementation consultants are involved from strategy to execution with a disciplined eye on impact and sustainability at every stage of a project life cycle.
Our Operations practice sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth. It assists our clients in solving complex operational challenges.
Our Manufacturing and Supply Chain (MSC) service line (which comes under our Operations practice) is committed to helping clients through the design and implementation of operational strategies that will stand the test of time, while creating agility and a product portfolio that is commercially and operationally optimized.
You will work with some of the leading senior advisors and experts in the industry to solve our client`s most important and complex problems.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will spend about 80% of your time working at client location as part of consulting teams helping solve complex client problems in manufacturing and supply chain domains. This work includes but is not limited to: shop floor transformations, yield and throughput enhancements; unlocking workforce productivity; unlocking capacity in manufacturing plants; reducing cost and defects from poor quality production; ensuring reliable, flexible and safe production, as well as maximizing asset returns in production, developing optimal network configuration models for global supply chains of clients, simulating inventory levels with the objective of creating a sound inventory policy etc.
About 20% of your time will be spent on developing cutting edge knowledge related to the Manufacturing and Supply Chain (MSA) domain and in delivering specialized remote services to clients. You will also support the development and maintenance of various practice knowledge initiatives by way of building McKinsey's knowledge on MSC related topics.
You will build your expertise in MSC across industries including but not limited to automotive, consumer electronics, electric vehicles & batteries or oil & gas, and so on. You will be mentored by our implementation experts who bring decades of industry experience and a track record driving change in complex organizations. You will also be supported with a world-class implementation toolkit, Impact Essentials (ten elements we have found to be essential to sustaining impact in transformation work) and the best of McKinsey’s tools and assets for implementation.
