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Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Your Impact

You will work directly with client leaders and front-line operators on topics where implementation issues are important and where driving change is critical to the successful realization of organizational goals.

You will spend about 80% of your time working at the client location as part of consulting teams, helping to solve complex problems in the domains of product development and procurement.

This work includes, but is not limited to, end-to-end margin transformation, product- and organization-level EBITDA improvement, rationalizing product design based on competitive teardown analysis and customer insights, and building and implementing sourcing strategies.

You will also help client teams estimate product should-costs using clean-sheet costing, enabling the design of low-cost products.

Your work may extend to new product development, where you will focus on reducing development time, cost, and improving quality attributes. You may also conduct surveys to identify improvement areas within organizations to support effective and efficient product development, ultimately helping clients build sustainable R&D capabilities.

Other focus areas may include design-to-cost, design-to-value, global sourcing, commodity strategy, cost structure optimization, clean-sheet costing, supplier development, negotiation, strategic sourcing, cost-saving idea identification and leverage, cost reduction, spend analysis, and procurement transformation.

You will spend about 20% of your time developing cutting-edge knowledge related to the Product Development and Procurement (PDP) domain and delivering specialized remote services to clients. You will also contribute to building and maintaining McKinsey’s knowledge base on PDP-related topics.

You will build your expertise in PDP across advanced industries, including but not limited to automotive, consumer electronics, electric vehicles and batteries, semiconductors, and oil and gas.

You will be mentored by implementation experts with decades of industry experience and a strong track record of driving change in complex organizations.

You will also be supported by McKinsey’s world-class implementation toolkit, Impact Essentials—the ten elements essential to sustaining transformation impact—and a broad range of tools and assets designed to support successful implementation.

You will be based in one of our India offices - Bengaluru, Gurugram, or Mumbai - as a part of McKinsey Implementation in the Operations practice.

McKinsey Implementation provides continuous and distinctive support to our clients to ensure they achieve and sustain the full benefits of our recommended changes. Our implementation consultants are involved from strategy through execution with a disciplined eye on impact and sustainability at every stage of the 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 Product Development and Procurement service line (which comes under our Operations practice) is committed to helping clients develop EBITDA improvement strategy, products that fit market needs, produce attractive margins, provide platforms for add-on offerings, advice on strategic and operational questions such as global sourcing, e-procurement, supplier development and the formation of purchasing organizations. 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 Growth

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• 4+ years of experience in product development and design or product cost optimization or strategic sourcing/purchasing or supplier development or spend analysis or commodity strategy, or cost reduction, negotiations, etc.; preferred industries: automotive, semi-conductors, and consumer electronics
• A bachelor’s degree is required, with preference in engineering domain
• Master’s degree (MBA/M.Tech/ME/MS) is preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to independently structure and design the solution
• 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

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