Marsh & McLennan Companies

Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

Associate/Engagement Manager – Automotive and Manufacturing Industries

Who we are

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 5,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. Twitter @OliverWyman.

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What makes us a great place to work

As part of our global, entrepreneurial team, you’ll do meaningful work from day one. We’re looking for individuals who challenge the norm, and constantly strive to build something new for the firm and the world around us. With our careers, there's no "one size fits all." We hire exceptional people and help them thrive through a built-in support network, flexible career paths, extensive training curriculums, and no artificial barriers to advancement. We invite you to bring your full, authentic self to work. Enjoy working alongside diverse and down-to-earth colleagues who do serious work, but don’t take themselves too seriously.

Practice Overview - AMI

Oliver Wyman helps automotive and manufacturing companies stay ahead of markets and competitors through creative growth strategies and aggressive cost reduction programs. Our clients include many of the world's largest manufacturing companies on six continents. We also assist multi-site services and custom manufacturing companies to improve businesses which are difficult to run. We draw on unrivaled customer and strategic insight, state-of-the-art analytical techniques, and our unique commercial decision-support software platforms to help our clients get this right. We understand what it takes: an obsession with attracting, serving and growing customers, constant dedication to operational excellence, and a relentless drive to improve capabilities. It’s not enough to be good at something; you have to be good at everything, and excellent at the most important things.

We are searching for highly qualified Associate and Manager candidates, for strategy consulting roles working across AMI practices for our business and are looking for candidates with relevant work experience preferably in AMI practices and/or Management consulting. Experience could be from working at related institutions or supporting them in consulting capacity. 

What you will do:

Associates break down complex problems into discrete tasks, identifying the key aspects of a problem and directing the focus of junior consultants to those elements. You will effectively plan and execute analysis as well as identify the core issues in complex analyses in order to be able to craft suitable recommendations. You’ll work side by side with clients and your project team members to move projects forward and manage small teams to get the work done. Clients and colleagues look to Associates for unique insight into the subject area which they have chosen.

• Managing the execution of individual project modules. This typically includes developing hypotheses, managing data collection, model creation and analyses, conducting primary and secondary research, creatively tackling information limitations, and surfacing insights.
• Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high quality case execution
• Owning and developing executive client relationships, presenting to a wide range of audiences, and working day-to-day with clients and other stakeholders.
• Reporting to Engagement Managers and Principals, effectively seeking guidance on technical and senior-level steer to projects
• Coaching consultants and helping them develop their skill sets

What you will bring:

The Associate position offers excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with significant prior experience.

• A minimum of 4-6 years, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm or project-based, team-oriented environments.
• Track record of leading and managing teams or work streams and delivering against tight deadlines in fast paced and demanding environments
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
• AMI industry knowledge, breadth across or depth within AMI areas is preferred.
• Ability to apply content knowledge for thought leadership in project execution, develop new intellectual capital to support business development activities, and for Manager and Principal hires to lead these activities
• Outstanding communication skills; confidence in presenting to senior executives
• Undergraduate and/or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Willingness to travel

Equal Opportunity

Marsh and McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.