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Junior Specialist - Operations Excellence Program

Job ID: 20732
  • Amsterdam
  • Budapest
  • Gothenburg
  • Hamburg
  • Madrid
  • Milan
  • Munich
  • Paris
  • Prague
  • Stockholm
  • Warsaw
  • Zurich


Do you want to do work that matters, alongside supportive leaders who will help you grow faster than you ever thought possible? Are you a creative problem-solver who is energized by challenges? You’ve come to the right place.

Who You'll Work With

You will be based in one of our European offices as part of our Operations Practice. 
Our Operations Practice assists our clients in solving complex operational challenges. Blending strategic thinking with hands-on practicality, our teams of consultants and experts work to develop and implement operational strategies that solve our clients’ most critical problems.
When you join McKinsey as a Junior Consultant, you join a firm that will challenge you and invest heavily in your professional development. You will have the opportunity to work in teams and help the best organizations in the world solve some of their most difficult problems.

Your impact within our firm

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations. 
As part of our two-year Operations Excellence Program (OEP), you will work on client engagements in the same way as any other McKinsey consultant. You will gain leading edge operations and consultancy skills, primarily through on-the-job coaching, which will be complemented by the OEP’s structured capability-building program.
We view the OEP position as the start of a rewarding, challenging and highly flexible career with McKinsey and the Operations practice. During your first few years with the firm, you will serve as a junior practice specialist on multiple client engagements and work with a number of colleagues and clients in a range of industry and operations service lines. You will acquire the necessary knowledge and expertise to help companies achieve excellence in their operations. 
Along with other members of the OEP community, you will dedicate many days to functional training and knowledge development under the leadership of our operations experts. You will follow a curriculum based on operations excellence themes and will receive advanced training in one of six specific areas of operations: manufacturing, product development, purchasing, service operations, supply chain management, or capital excellence. 
Upon completion of the program, successful consultants will join our global group of leading experts in operational excellence. We already have OEP graduates working at all levels of the firm from associate to partner.
Your application should be in English and include your CV and your transcripts (high school, university, etc.), indicating all relevant grades.
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Your qualifications and skills

  • Master’s degree and exceptional academics required
  • Initial experience in an operational topic (e.g., lean manufacturing or lean services, Six Sigma, Industry 4.0, process optimization, product development or purchasing)
  • Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
  • Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on European assignments during the work week
  • Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and local office language

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Job Skill Group - CSS Pre-Associate
Job Skill Code - JRPS - Junior Specialist Pre-Associate Equivalent
Function - Operations
Industry - Aerospace & Defense;Automotive & Assembly;Capital Projects & Infrastructure;Chemicals;Consumer Packaged Goods;Electric Power & Natural Gas;Industrials & Electronics;Life Sciences;Media & Entertainment;Oil & Gas;Public Sector;Retail;Semiconductors;Social Sector;Telecommunications;Travel, Transport & Logistics
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Mon May 31 00:00:00 GMT 2021
LinkedIn Posting City - Madrid
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Spain
LinkedIn Job Title - Junior Specialist - Operations Excellence Program
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Engineering;Project Management
LinkedIn Industry - Civil Engineering;Mechanical or Industrial Engineering;Oil & Energy
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level