Oliver Wyman – Associate – Operations – Milan
Job Description
Who We Are:
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 60 cities across 29 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]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.
We're committed to growth that provides our people the most exciting and fulfilling opportunities and we are looking for more people to join us.
No two Oliver Wyman projects are the same: You'll be working with hugely varied and diverse teams to deliver unique and unprecedented products for our clients from Operations Team.
Practice Overview
Oliver Wyman's Operations Team helps organizations turn their operations into a decisive competitive advantage and achieve breakthrough results.
We work with clients across industries to help them manage and optimize their operations through improving delivery and cost efficiency to become market leaders in their industry.
We help them find strategic solutions to address the challenges they face, optimize their operating model to deliver the best service and increase the operational performance while controlling operating cost.
We focus on developing solutions which can be immediately implemented in collaboration with clients teams and can rapidly bring visible and sustainable results.
You will be part of an international team, developing world-class intellectual capital throughout the Operations space, such as Supply Chain Operations, Service Operations, Digital/Operations Strategy, Manufacturing & Process Operations, Innovation & Product Development and Procurement.
The Practice offers excellent opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with significant prior experience. We welcome applicants with a proven track record of excellence.
As an Associate, you 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.
Clients hire Oliver Wyman for specialized expertise, so your industry experience is of enormous value to us. The ideal candidate will have most of the following:
Just as every client project is different, so we recognize and value the diversity of backgrounds and skill sets for successful candidates. We are seeking high-caliber individuals who want to join our winning team. Preference will be given to candidates with:
- 4-7 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizations)
- Proven track record and excellent knowledge within the Operations space, eg Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Operations and delivering against tight deadlines in fast-paced, demanding environments
- Strong record of leadership, preferably gained in a project manager role in a top-tier strategy consulting firm, Operations-focused consultancy or Industry
- Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in an international team environment
- Advanced graduate degree and excellent academic record
- Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer international assignments
- Fluency in Italian & English is mandatory, additional European languages a plus
OUR VALUES & CULTURE
We're serious about making OW a rewarding, progressive, enjoyable and balanced place to work.
Self starters and free thinkers who work well in a team. We are individuals who are self starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do.
Common aspiration, collective endeavour, shared success. We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us.
Straightforward, open, respectful interaction. We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion.
Opportunity without artificial barriers, anti-Kudzu. We value merit and believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity.
Balanced lives. We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm. We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other's time, and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people's personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.
Job Details
Employment Types:
Full time
Industry:
Banking / Accounting / Financial Services
Function:
IT
Roles:
Software Engineer / Programmer
Skills:
Verbal Communication Skills process operations strategy consulting operations strategy intellectual capital procurement Supply Chain Operations insight Italian strategic problem solving Supply Chain Leadership Focused Analytical Skills Problem Solving Manufacturing Operations Enthusiasm Product Development english is