Oliver Wyman – 2024 MBA Summer Associate – Operations Practice

Marsh McLennan • Boston, NY

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About The Position

Oliver Wyman’s Operations team in North America is looking to hire Summer Associates to join its 10-week summer internship program. The team works with large corporations and private equity investors across a variety of operational topics including value sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, and process improvement. At Oliver Wyman, we take a multi-specialist approach to our engagements, bringing teams comprising both deep industry and functional expertise, supported by proprietary approaches and a world-class network. This enables our clients to achieve differentiated results.

Requirements

• 2+ years of operations experience working in a preferred industry (e.g., Automotive, Aviation, Aerospace & Defense, Chemicals, Large Industrials)
• Knowledge and in-depth experience with customer research techniques (interviews, surveys, focus groups, etc.).
• A strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings.
• Fluent in English.
• An undergraduate or advanced degree from a strong academic program.
• Know how to take the initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put the ones you’ve already got to good use.
• An aptitude for analytical work, like sniffing out clues in massive data sets or hunting down the key issues in a hugely complex challenge.
• A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team.
• Unrestricted U.S. work authorization is required.
• Oliver Wyman does not offer sponsorship for this position. (Please note that CPT and OPT are forms of restricted work authorization.)

Nice To Haves

• If the candidate has experience in the following industries, it would be beneficial: Automotive, Aviation, Aerospace & Defense, Chemicals, Large Industrials.
• Not just intelligence, but creativity too: you’ll be ready to come up with novel ideas to solve our clients’ biggest problems.

Responsibilities

• Break down complex strategic problems into discrete tasks and identify the key aspects of a problem across various industries and services within Operations.
• Effectively manage the execution of individual project workstream.
• Develop hypotheses and execute complex quantitative analysis, through conducting and analyzing primary (complex survey and interviews) and secondary research.
• Drive development of primary research tools (interviews, surveys, focus groups) and analysis/distillation of insights.
• Driving insights through analysis of large datasets.
• Driving the story line of workstreams.
• Manage and provide guidance to junior team members.
• Assist the partner team in developing future opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees