Associate, AMS

About the Role

Opportunity to be part of Bain’s AMS CoE, based out of the Bangalore office. Support Bain Global case teams on live cases, client development, and proposal support. AMS CoE consists of 70+ team members organized into ~18 teams, working across various sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on AMS projects and gain exposure to BCN products ranging from go-to-market strategies, industry analysis, and competitive benchmarking to excel models, survey analysis, and ad-hoc studies.
• Work on live client cases and for business/client development.
• Act as a team member/contributor on BCN cases, driving analysis on complex cases with direction from a Project Leader.
• Occasionally lead simple cases independently.
• Mentor and coach analysts, providing feedback.
• Eventually provide significant direction and support to resolve complex issues.
• Effectively manage client and team meetings.
• Primarily work on the following AMS sub-sectors: real estate/construction, heavy machinery, commercial aviation, logistics & transport.
• May have first-level team management responsibility, including allocating and reviewing work for a small team of analysts and conducting performance/feedback discussions.
• Provide content thought leadership.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience in strategy consulting/research-oriented set-up.
• Acumen to solve open-ended problems.
• Proficient in research and analysis.
• Able to provide solid business judgment to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published.
• Able to interface with primary client contact (Bain case teams).
• Display independent secondary research, analytical, and storylining skills.
• Think out-of-the-box to solve for niche case scenarios through baselining and benchmarking of global best practices.
• Open to intermittent travel to other Bain offices/client locations on live cases.
• Play a bigger role on long-term AMS cases (typically 3-12 months duration), with frequent interactions with the case team and potentially end clients.

Qualifications

• For highest qualification as undergraduate studies:
• 2-5 years in consulting/research/analytics.
• Hands-on experience in AMS sector (Construction, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Airlines, Ports, Logistics, Factory Set-up, etc.).
• Prior experience/familiarity with AMS sector is a must.
• For highest qualification as postgraduate studies:
• 0-3 years in consulting/research/analytics.
• Hands-on experience in AMS sector (Construction, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Airlines, Ports, Logistics, Factory Set-up, etc.).
• Prior experience/familiarity with AMS sector is a must.
• Graduate or post-graduate from a top-tier institute or pursued a commerce/statistical/analytical course from a tier 1 university.