Knowledge Analyst - Manufacturing
McKinsey & Company · Shanghai, China · 3d ago
Mid levelOn-siteData & Analytics
Who you'll work with
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will demonstrate expert client service in commodity procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, process improvement, technical and quality, technical sales, or cost management.
You will be running operational excellence diagnostics in basic materials, mining, energy, and other sectors to determine potential opportunities for transformation.
You will also work with clients on data processing, quantitative analysis, problem solving, and change management both remotely and on site. You will contribute to client capability training, performance management design and continuous improvement initiatives. Your work will lead to a wholistic digital transformation project in which you will participate in client digital journey design.
In addition, you will participate in product design and development, market and services strategy for new generation products.
You will be based in Shanghai as part of our Optimix team. Optimix is a cloud-based quantitative decision system for agile commodity procurement optimization by data integration and advanced analytics to achieve cost reduction and profit improvement. It has been successfully implemented across energy and basic material sectors.
Your background
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Analytics, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred
- 1+ years of relevant experience in basic materials (e.g., steel, copper, aluminum, paper), mining, energy, or related industries
- Strong expertise in manufacturing related areas, e.g, digital manufacturing, lean manufacturing etc.
- Experience managing teams or workstreams in a client-facing environment is a plus
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented, team-based environment
- Fluency level language skills in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills