Manager (Energy) - BCG Vantage
Boston Consulting Group · Tokyo, Japan · 20d ago
Who We Are
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What You'll Do
You will support commercialization efforts for energy 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 expertise.
BCG's Energy Practice Area helps companies navigate an increasingly complex business climate. Our focus areas are 'Integrated Energy Transformation' and 'Low Carbon Energy and Infrastructure', including all "green energy" sectors. We work with the full range of players in the industry: integrated international oil companies (IOCs), national oil companies (NOCs), upstream players, oilfield service companies, refiners, petrochemical producers, and oil trading firms, integrated power and gas utilities, international power producers, renewable specialists, energy wholesalers and retailers, commodity traders, and infrastructure and industry service providers, water utilities and waste-management firms, governments, regulators, industry associations, NGOs, technology companies, OEMs and suppliers to the energy and environment industry, energy-intense heavy industry players.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
- Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches in power generation, with particular focus on topics related to large-scale renewable energy (incl., onshore and offshore wind as well as solar PV) and storage solutions
- Developing solutions and driving new ideas, with limited guidance and often incomplete information
- Communicating with case teams and stakeholders, in a credible and confident way
- Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working
- Being flexible and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas
- Navigating complexity and ambiguity
What You'll Bring
- 2+ years of consulting experience in power generation and particularly large-scale renewable energy required; candidates with consulting experience strongly 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 and Japanese
- Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Who You'll Work With
As aSenior Analyst – BCG Vantageon our Topic Activation path,you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bringexpertiseand capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool ofBCG Vantagepositions that allow us to pursue exciting,innovativeBCG Vantagecareers.
Additional info
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.
Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)
- Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets
- 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
- 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.
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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