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Knowledge Analyst - Operations

Job ID: 89806
  • Osaka
  • Tokyo
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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 work with colleagues and clients to build sustainable value through delivering distinctive operations expertise. 
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, you are joining a firm whose culture is distinctive and inclusive. We will accelerate your development as a leader to create positive, enduring change in the world.
You will be based in our Osaka or Tokyo office as part of McKinsey’s Operations practice in Japan. 

Your impact within our firm

In this role, you will make an important contribution to the analysis, design and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing recommendations for presentation to client management. From there, you will implement those recommendations with client team members.
Furthermore, you will work on client engagements by driving a workstream for specific categories with other content experts. You will provide support to consulting teams delivering key insights on content focused questions (spend analysis, TCO/clean sheet costing, contract analysis, supplier identification, saving idea/lever identification, sourcing strategy, development, RFQ management and analysis, negotiation strategy development and tracking mechanism development). 
You will support client proposals and other client development activities and bring relevant knowledge and capabilities to client. You will also support the development and maintenance of procurement capabilities (including assets, knowledge, tools, fact packs, case studies, primers) and serve as a full-time member of a knowledge building team.
Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams.
There is flexibility to hire at Knowledge Analyst, Senior Knowledge Analyst or Knowledge Specialist level, depending on your overall experience. 

Your qualifications and skills

  • Undergraduate or master’s degree - specialization in operations will be an added advantage
  • 2 - 3 years of professional experience & strong understanding in one of the key operations areas
    • Manufacturing
    • Procurement 
    • Supply Chain Management 
    • Product Development 

  • Solid problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions
  • Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand the relevant analysis required to prove a hypothesis and ability to gather information around it and make informed/logical assumptions where required
  • Basic understanding of research techniques, information sources, and statistical analysis/analytic techniques relevant to purchasing and operations
  • Good business knowledge and understanding of economic, financial, and general business concepts and terminology
  • Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and relevant analytics/statistical packages
  • Knowledge / experience on e-tools (spend analysis tools, RFQ tools, should costing, etc.) will be added advantage
  • Willingness to travel (approximately 70% of the time post-pandemic)
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment 
  • Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
  • Business-level English (TOEIC 850 or above) 
  • For non-Japanese, advanced-level Japanese (Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 level)
Please review the additional requirements regarding essential job functions of McKinsey colleagues.
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