Senior Implementation Consultant

Manufacturing Implementation Facilitator
Hiring Locations Bengaluru (India), Chennai (India), Gurugram (India), Kolkata (India)

Your impact within our firm

• 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.

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 our Firm. 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.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's or master's degree in industrial or mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry, manufacturing or operations management (supplemented by technical training), with a strong quantitative underpinning and an outstanding academic record
• 2+ years of relevant experience in a manufacturing/analytics firm solving manufacturing/production/shop floor related planning and operational problems
• Coding skills in Excel VBA/Excel Macros/R/Python/other open-source language is a must
• Exposure to manufacturing and production planning modules of MES or ERP solutions like SAP, Oracle, etc. is good to have
• Experience in energy consumption, yield improvements, quality improvements, asset and labor productivity is desirable
• Exposure to industries like CPG, automotive, electronics, life sciences, metals and mining etc. is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization and to collaborate within a team
• Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively