IN-Associate, Chemicals

About the Role

PwC's sustainability professionals integrate environmental, social, economic, and governance considerations into business strategies and operations. In climate and energy at PwC, you will focus on providing consulting services related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy solutions. You will analyze client needs, develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and offer guidance to help clients transition to a low-carbon economy.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy:

• Support growth and diversification strategy engagements, including global market analysis, competitor benchmarking, and opportunity identification.

• Assist in building value strategy, performing opportunity assessment, and crafting a value story by identifying & sizing value/benefits opportunity, estimating cost components, etc., for large-scale transformation programs.

• Conduct commercial due diligence, business plan validation, and go-to-market strategy formulation including customer assessment.

• Support clients in developing strategy for supply chain, procurement, and logistics.

• Conduct techno-economic feasibility assessment for investments, process upgrades, and product diversification.

• Support the delivery of end-to-end transformation projects for Chemical clients, involving Align, Innovate, Release, and Evolve phases of a Transformation program.

• Operations:

• Work closely with clients to understand their business needs, challenges, and objectives.

• Conduct comprehensive requirements gathering and analysis with business acumen and being power users of enterprise applications.

• Assist in evaluating client business processes and advising on process reengineering, Business Process Master List (BPML), and running Fit-To-Standard workshops.

• Map and assess end-to-end operations across manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and logistics functions.

• Support value chain diagnostics, cost take-out, throughput improvement, and asset productivity enhancement projects.

• Conduct operational benchmarking and recommend best practices for process efficiency and digital interventions.

• Analyze KPIs like OEE, yield, cycle time, plant utilization, inventory turnover, etc., and develop performance dashboards.

• Work on lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or Industry 4.0-related initiatives.

• Engagement Support:

• Prepare client-ready deliverables including presentations, models, and reports.

• Conduct primary and secondary research using industry databases and field interviews.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outputs.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Mandatory Skill Sets: Consulting
• Preferred Skills:
• Consulting experience in a reputable chemicals or petrochemicals company or a management consulting firm.
• Strong understanding of the chemical industry or operations or supply chain in one or more areas (specialty chemicals, agrochemicals, Pharma APIs and intermediates, petrochemicals, bulk chemicals, others).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a structured approach.
• Proficiency in MS Excel (including basic modeling) and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with tools like SAP, Power BI, Tableau, or digital operations platforms is a plus.
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 technologies, including automation, digitalization of manufacturing processes, and connected equipment in manufacturing operations is a plus.
• Capable of conducting current state assessments and benchmarking clients' businesses.
• Proficiency in business process mapping for various functions/departments and building flow charts to analyze and eliminate duplicate or inefficient processes is a plus.
• Proficiency in problem-solving, quantitative analysis, and storytelling through PowerPoint and Excel.
• Exposure to industry databases like ICIS, IHS, Volza, Trademap, Statista, etc., is a plus.
• Good communication, interpersonal skills, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements across India or abroad.

Qualifications

• Education: BE/B-Tech/Master's degree in Chemical Engineering is a must.
• MBA is a plus.
• Graduates from top-tier engineering institutes (IIT, ICT, NIT, and Jadavpur University) will be preferred.