(Senior) Manager Advanced Manufacturing Services

ABOUT BAIN'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & SERVICES (AMS) PRACTICE:

Bain's Advanced Manufacturing & Services (AMS) Practice covers a broad range of industries and capabilities, including:

• Aerospace, Defense and Government Services
• Airlines, Logistics and Transport
• Automotive and Mobility
• Construction, Real Estate and B2B Services
• Machinery, Paper, Packaging and Metals
• Performance Improvement

As a Manager or Senior Manager in AMS, you can work broadly across these industries and capabilities or develop deeper specialization in one or two areas over time, depending on your interests and career aspirations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

As a Manager or Senior Manager in Bain's AMS Practice, you'll quickly join and lead case teams serving clients across one or several of the industries and capabilities above. You will gain exposure to a spectrum of assignments that are complex in scale and scope, intellectually demanding, and highly deadline driven. You will be in the thick of action as you work side-by-side with some of the best in the business, partnering with our clients to action and impact.

As a Manager or Senior Manager in Bain's AMS Practice, you'll quickly join and lead case teams serving clients across one or several of the industries and capabilities above. You will gain exposure to a spectrum of assignments that are complex in scale and scope, intellectually demanding, and highly deadline driven. You will be in the thick of action as you work side-by-side with some of the best in the business, partnering with our clients to action and impact.

Every day is different, but a sample of responsibilities you can expect to accomplish include:

• Be intimately involved in each client's organization and industry, working on complex business problems
• Identify value creation opportunities in each client situation
• Drive analysis, design, and implementation of solutions; develop tailor-made solutions and work closely with clients
• Provide intellectual and thought leadership to the team to ensure the highest quality of analytical and conceptual output
• Gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop recommendations for presentation to client management, and work with clients to implement change to achieve desired outcomes
• Build and maintain consensus with clients on case goals, critical issues, workplan, implications, recommendations, and implementation plan. Develop and secure client commitment to recommendations and implementation plans
• Cultivate talented groups of people and collaborate with multiple teams. You will manage and mentor teams
• Effectively manage the formal and informal professional development of case team members by supporting appropriate skills development plans, providing coaching and regular performance feedback
• Organize the work of the team by allocating clear responsibilities among case team members while balancing the delivery of case team goals with the professional development and satisfaction of individual case team members
• Contribute to the key firm-building initiatives of the AMS Practice (Practice/Capability area knowledge building and IP generation, Training, Recruiting, Mentorship, office initiatives, etc.)

ABOUT YOU:

Managers and Senior Managers are instrumental to our clients' and teams' success, as well as to our success as a firm. Qualified candidates must meet a set of criteria we deem essential for those interested in a Manager or Senior Manager role within the AMS Practice:

• For Senior Managers: typically a minimum of seven years of work experience including demonstrated career progression to a Senior Manager-equivalent level at another consulting firm, or equivalent industry experience
• For Managers: typically a minimum of four to five years of relevant consulting or industry experience, with demonstrated career progression and readiness to lead workstreams or full case teams
• Rigorous analytical skills, ability to excel at solving problems that require sound logical reasoning, creative thinking, fluency with numbers, and ability to untangle complex issues
• Highly motivated, energetic, enthusiastic, committed, and inclusive team player. Authentic in a case team setting
• Ability to exercise business judgement, communicate persuasively, and generate insights to build trusting client relationships
• Ability to project poise, confidence, and professional maturity in both internal and external situations; engaging and concise with good interpersonal "presence," comfortable both in the C-suite and team room settings
• Demonstrated outstanding team management skills while working on a complex assignment
• Flexibility and ability to serve and address a wide range of client assignments, whether working broadly across the AMS Practice or with a focus on one or two specific industries or capabilities; ability to meet tight deadlines
• Articulate and compelling verbal, written, and presentation skills are vital
• Entrepreneurial, proactive, pragmatic, someone who "rolls up the sleeves" and gets things done
• Insightful and creative individual with an affinity for data-driven insights to decision making and a passion for a track record of demonstrable results
• Great colleague, teammate, and mentor; passionate about the task at hand and fun to be around
• Undergraduate/Masters/MBA/PhD from a top program with strong academic results
• Please note that language requirements vary. Fluency in English is required for all offices. Please review the office information for requirements for your office of interest.

Please note: For Manager candidates, please also apply on the Senior Manager position under the URL.