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Pubblicato il 22/01/2019

Tipo di Laurea: Ingegneria

McKinsey & Company:

We are a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions. We help our clients make significant and lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals. With nearly a century of experience, we’ve built a firm uniquely equipped to this task.

Cost Engineering Analyst – Product Development (Italian fluency)

Position description:

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will be part of our Product Development and Procurement team. Your base location will be in Wroclaw and you will work with our clients in Italy.

This group strives to improve productivity and effectiveness of our clients by working to develop products and services that fit market needs, are produced with attractive margins, provide platforms for add-on offerings, and enhance the reputation of the brand for future business growth.

The team serves clients in different industry sectors with a concentration in Automotive & Assembly, Aerospace, Heavy Industries, High-Tech, Telecom, Consumer Goods, Pharma, and Medical Products.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

You will act as a knowledge consultant in Product Development related projects.

In this role, you will develop concrete product improvements within our value engineering approach and target costing projects and you’ll contribute to creating innovative product ideas.

You will work jointly with our clients on putting these changes into practice. You’ll also work in our Design-to-Value laboratories by physically disassembling and redesigning products. Along with working on client projects, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our way of working, our knowledge and skills and thus continually expand your expertise. This work includes conducting consumer insight analysis to better understand product improvement aspects as well as enhancing product design effectiveness and quality attributes. Additionally, you will analyze the cost modeling of products, conduct competitive analysis with competitors’ products and build sustainable capabilities for R&D.

At McKinsey, you will have the opportunity to work in an intellectually-challenging business environment, build strong problem-solving skills and develop team and client leadership capabilities. You will also work with McKinsey’s network of industry and functional practices on developing cutting-edge knowledge related to the product development domain, leading various initiatives, and building the firm’s proprietary knowledge on product development related topics.

You’ll gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm.  As an analyst, you will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring.  This support includes a senior member from the practice to guide your career. You’ll receive guidance and support from your local office in the selection of client projects, helping you to further develop your skills and build your network.

We are recruiting both junior and senior profiles, so the role will be calibrated during the recruiting process based on candidate’s experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree of Engineering
• Experience in product development, including product cost optimization, product design, value engineering, DFMA, R&D prototyping, supplier management, negotiation, target cost setting
• Demonstrated analytic and quantitative skills with the ability to structure and solve problems
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English and Italian
• Willingness to travel and work in two locations: Wroclaw and on the client’s side in Italy

Type of contract: Permanent

Place of work: Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland

E-mail address for applications: Aleksandra_Konopacka@external.mckinsey.com

Pubblicato il 22/01/2019

Tipo di Laurea: Economia,Ingegneria Edile-Architettura, Ingegneria Civile

McKinsey & Company:

We are a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions. We help our clients make significant and lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals. With nearly a century of experience, we’ve built a firm uniquely equipped to this task.

Junior Research Analyst – Capital Projects & Infrastructure

Position description:

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You’ll work in our McKinsey Knowledge Centre in Wroclaw as part of our Capital Projects & Infrastructure (CP&I) practice.

Capital Projects and Infrastructure is a fast-growing practice, advising stakeholders in the public and private sectors on plan, finance, deliver and operate major capital projects. CP&I is a global practice with deep expertise, proprietary tools, and distinctive practitioners.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

You’ll assist our consulting teams in sourcing, analyzing and synthesizing information to address specific issues faced by our clients. With your research colleagues from around the world, you will conduct end-to-end research in response to specific questions. You’ll source information from internal and secondary data sources to create well-organized, concise end products. You will develop expertise in capital projects and by gaining experience, you’ll contribute to the development of our team by coaching and training less experienced colleagues.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree, preferably in Architecture, Construction, Civil Engineering, economics, finance, business
• Good understanding of economic, financial, and general business concepts and terminology
• Proactive, high-energy and entrepreneurial person
• Passionate about research work
• Strong interest and ability in collection, analysis, synthesis and development of knowledge
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Professional attitude and service orientation; superb team player
• Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Excellent written and verbal command of English

Type of contract: Permanent

Place of work: Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland

E-mail address for applications: Aleksandra_Konopacka@external.mckinsey.com

Pubblicato il 22/01/2019

Tipo di Laurea: Ingegneria

McKinsey & Company:

We are a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions. We help our clients make significant and lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals. With nearly a century of experience, we’ve built a firm uniquely equipped to this task.

Research Analyst – Cost Engineering

Position description:

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will be based in our Wroclaw office and will be part of our Cost Engineering / Product Development practice.

This group strives to improve productivity and effectiveness of our clients by working to develop products and services that fit market needs, are produced with attractive margins, provide platforms for add-on offerings, and enhance the reputation of the brand for future business growth.

The team serves clients in different industry sectors with a concentration in Automotive & Assembly, Aerospace, Heavy Industries, High-Tech, Telecom, Consumer Goods, Pharma, and Medical Products.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

You will be responsible for developing and applying advanced analytics and innovative machine-learning algorithms across large and complex product portfolios to identify technical standardization, opportunities, and commercial saving potentials.

As an Analytics Analyst, you will be using X-Ray – a proprietary tool – that generates insights from bills of materials or spend data through advanced analytics and machine-learning algorithms.

You will work jointly with McKinsey clients on adapting their product portfolios or category purchasing strategy in practice, as well as with our Analytics teams and Design-to-Value laboratories to turn data into insights, and insights into action. You will be working on client projects, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our way of working, our knowledge and skills and thus continually expand your expertise.

At McKinsey, you will have the opportunity to work in an intellectually-challenging business environment, build strong problem-solving skills and develop team and client leadership capabilities. You will also work with McKinsey’s network of industry and functional practices on developing cutting-edge knowledge related to the product development domain, leading various initiatives, and building the firm’s proprietary knowledge on product development related topics.

You’ll gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. As an analyst, you will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring. This support includes a senior member from the practice to guide your career. You’ll receive guidance and support from your local office in the selection of client projects, helping you to further develop your skills and build your network.

We are recruiting both junior and senior profiles, so the role will be calibrated during the recruiting process based on candidate’s experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree, ideally in product development or other Engineering field
• Minimum 1-5 years of professional experience as cost engineer, category manager or in business intelligence
• Outstanding analytical skills and demonstrated ability to create insights from large data sets; experience with statistics and/ or regression analytics
• Interest in product designs, technical solutions, efficient supplier management, and problem solving in a wide array of industries
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English
• Willingness to travel

Type of contract: Permanent

Place of work: Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland

E-mail address for applications: Aleksandra_Konopacka@external.mckinsey.com