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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 help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage on our Client Focus path within BCG's Industrial Goods Practice Area, you will work in a global team, delivering value to clients via individual expertise and/or institutionalized BCG Vantage assets (products, tools, data, workshops, frameworks, surveys, domain-specific data and related expertise, etc.). You will contribute on cases and proposals by contributing relevant analysis and insights and help case teams create strong impact for the client. While contributing to client cases, workshops and proposals, occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected to understand client requirements, and design / develop solutions.
You will support commercialization efforts for the topic/sector working, in conjunction with business leaders, through contributing analysis and insights to proposals, client workshops and marketing materials. Additionally, as a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage, you will contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business and assist in onboarding and training junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise
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BCG’s Industrial Goods practice serves three major sectors: Automotive & Mobility, Materials & Process Industries, and Engineered Products & Industrial Technologies. We help companies in these sectors think beyond the limits of their traditional business models, analyze where and how to add value, improve performance and position to defend themselves against new threats and exploit new opportunities. Within the Automotive Aftermarket, Retail and Dealer subsector, we are serving, amongst others, aftermarket manufacturing, independent distributors, retail & service, dealers, collision repair, procurement platforms, financing/leasing/insurance and aftersales technologies.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
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Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches for our clients in the Automotive Retail, Aftermarket, Dealer segment
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Communicating with case teams and clients team members, in a credible and confident way
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Working collaboratively and effectively within (virtual) teams, proficient in agile ways of working
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Being flexible and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas
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Navigating complexity and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
What You'll Bring
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2+ years of consulting experience in Automotive & Mobility sector with topic experience in the Automotive Aftermarket and Vehicle Retail/Distribution required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred
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In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years minimum industry experience required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
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Bachelor's Degree required; advanced degree preferred
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Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus
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Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities
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Proficient in building dynamic (Excel) models and using Generative AI tools for industry research and analytics
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Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external senior stakeholders in a credible and confident way
Who You'll Work With
As a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage on our Client Focus path, you will work face to face with clients and with BCG Project Leaders, Associates and Consultants. In the period between cases, 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 a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.
Additional info
BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.
With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise. BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.
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Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)
Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets
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Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)
Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients
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Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)
Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project’s needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.
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In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 24% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
Paid sick time on an as needed basis
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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