Specialist - Metals
McKinsey & Company
Brussels, Belgium
Posted on Oct 21, 2024
Specialist - Metals
Job ID: 92559
Do you want to do work that matters, alongside supportive leaders who will help you grow faster than you ever thought possible? Are you a creative problem-solver who is energized by challenges? You’ve come to the right place.
Who You'll Work With
You’ll join the Brussels office and will be part of the Metals & Mining practice.
The Metals & Mining practice brings a unique blend of industry, functional, and regional expertise to help metal/mining companies solve their most important and complex problems, and deliver fundamental, measurable, and lasting performance improvement. Additionally, we help leaders hone strategy, transform operational performance and organizational effectiveness, and deliver step-change improvements right across the value chain, from resource efficiency to capital productivity to marketing.
Your impact within our firm
You will be part of our client teams in the steel sector, other metals and related sectors, bringing your metals expertise and directly contributing to turning around operational performance, solving our client’s toughest problems and helping to shape their strategy.
As a specialist in this field, you will be a part of McKinsey's renowned advisory, which comprises specialized expertise along the entire iron-steel value chain.
In addition to work as an advisor, you will participate in, or at times lead, key internal knowledge-building initiatives as well as conferences and client workshops.
You will play an active role in problem-solving for metals clients, including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.
You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and ongoing mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.
Your qualifications and skills
- Bachelor's or master's degree in STEM-related discipline; advanced degree preferred
- Professional focus with 3+ years of experience in at least one of the following areas: steel operations, or steel-related applied research with field experience in metallurgical production
- Excellent knowledge of contemporary technologies of steel and steel product making
- In-depth understanding of the development trends in the industry is an advantage
- Demonstrated attitude for analytics
- Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Access or statistical/database experience a plus
- Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
- Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively
- Fluent in written and spoken English, additional languages a bonus
- Comfort and experience presenting to small groups
- Willingness to travel frequently
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Job Skill Group - CSS Associate
Job Skill Code - PS - Specialist
Function - Transformation
Industry - Metals & Mining
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 GMT 2024
LinkedIn Posting City - Brussels
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LinkedIn Posting Country - Belgium
LinkedIn Job Title - Specialist - Metals
LinkedIn Function - Engineering;Production
LinkedIn Industry - Mining & Metals
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Associate
Job Skill Code - PS - Specialist
Function - Transformation
Industry - Metals & Mining
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 GMT 2024
LinkedIn Posting City - Brussels
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Belgium
LinkedIn Job Title - Specialist - Metals
LinkedIn Function - Engineering;Production
LinkedIn Industry - Mining & Metals
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Associate