Senior Knowledge Analyst - Industrial Goods (Greentech, Machinery & Automation)

Boston Consulting Group • Full-time • Illinois, United States • $90k - $140k / year • 4d ago

Locations: Chicago Boston

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders-empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Knowledge Analyst (SKA) within BCG's Industrial Goods Practice Area - focusing on Greentech, Machinery & Automation (GMA) - you will collaborate and partner in a growing global team, providing industry expertise and knowledge assets to colleagues and clients. You'll serve as a thought partner by helping our consultants and case teams ramp up with sector specific knowledge, and structure and organize case research needs. You will provide customized knowledge for client work, prepare accurate, well-developed documents and charts, and perform original analysis. You will play an active role in shaping the intellectual property, market perspectives and commercial strategy of the respective team's agenda. You will be the go-to person for identifying and addressing critical knowledge needs, and an active contributor to key BCG knowledge products, incl. publishing key materials for both internal, and, at times, external audiences. We are seeking for candidates with expertise in one, or a mix of several, of these fields: general machinery, green technologies in industrial processes, industrial distribution, building technology or/and industrial automation. As Senior Knowledge Analyst in the GMA sector, you'll have the exciting chance to explore diverse sub-segments, from robotics across heat pumps to hydrogen infrastructure, and expand your expertise

Providing customized knowledge, preparing accurate, well-developed documents and charts, partnering with case teams and clients
Delivering original analysis, insights and thought partnership to case teams and clients
Leveraging your internal/external industry expert network and information resources to bring the right expertise to the client(s) and project teams respectively
Liaising with our data and research specialists' team to ensure that knowledge requests are addressed, and appropriate research is delivered
Together with consultants and our advanced analytics team you will be collecting, synthesizing, analysing case team learnings & inputs into new knowledge assets (e.g. models and tools, vignettes, case experience). You will be applying them to the context of the client and training teams on how to utilize these tools
Collaborating on intellectual capital development such as internal investment projects
Contributing to content development for internal meetings, industry conferences & trainings

What You'll Bring

2+ years of consulting experience in Greentech, Machinery, Building Technology, Industrial Distribution and/or Industrial Automation required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years minimum industry experience required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
Fluency in English; German and/or Spanish a plus
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environment
Deep knowledge of and passion for the topics you are going to specialize on
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders while working in an international collaborative team setting
Ability of working creatively, flexibly, and analytically in a fast-paced, demanding, ambiguous environment
Attention to detail, persistence, proactivity, and analytical skills
Familiarity with data analytics (e.g., R, Python, Alteryx) and/or visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power Bi) as well as VBA is not required but a plus
Ability to tell structured, clear, and visually engaging stories
Curious and creative mindset, with a 'drive' for innovative ideas

Who You'll Work With

As a Senior Knowledge Analyst you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative knowledge careers.

Additional info

The Knowledge Team (KT) is a group of functional and/or industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. KT members are affiliated to BCG Practice Areas, plugged into the strategic agenda and building and deploying leading edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insight.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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