Description

Your Growth
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues-at all levels-will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won't find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your Impact

As a Business Analyst, you will join a client service team and take ownership of a workstream to solve some of the toughest challenges our clients face. You will be based in our Tokyo or Osaka office collaborating with clients on driving operational excellence and distinctive capabilities.

Our Operations Practice sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation. We connect boardroom strategies to the frontline, infusing technology where and when it matters, and rapidly delivering lasting transformations enabled by capability building. Our expertise spans areas such as manufacturing, digital services, product development, purchasing and supply chain management, and advanced analytics.

As part of the team, you will partner with clients on addressing a wide range of challenges, including improving cost competitiveness, developing effective category strategies, enhancing capital productivity, optimizing supply chains and redesigning product development processes. You will also have the opportunity to support clients in driving transformations, shaping their digital priorities and leading them towards next-generation operational models.

In this role, you will gain leading edge operations and consultancy skills. In your first few years, you will work on multiple client engagements across industries and operational service lines. From Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, you will collaborate with some of the world's most influential organizations to deliver solutions that address immediate challenges and drive lasting impact.

When you join McKinsey as a Consultant, you join a firm that will challenge you and invest heavily in your professional development. You will have the opportunity to work in dynamic teams, receiving exceptional training, frequent coaching, and ongoing mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Your qualifications and skills

• Typically, an undergraduate degree with up to 5 years of work experience.
• Interest in operations service area for large organizations preferably in automotive, industrial, pharmaceutical, chemical, consumer goods/retail.
• Professional experience in one of the key operations areas: Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Product Development, Service Operations, Capital Expenditure.
• Excellent organization capabilities, including the ability to initiate tasks independently and see them through to completion.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and Japanese, with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels.
• Proficient in rational decision making based on data, facts, and logical reasoning.
• Ability to create work product-focused materials/outputs, which may include PowerPoint decks, Excel models, articles, or other written deliverables.
• Exceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment.