Project Lead - Retail (Generic)

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change-makers define the future. Across 61 offices in 39 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. Expert Client Delivery (ECD) is an integral unit of BCN. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutions across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence, and Bain intellectual property.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:

The Retail Center of Expertise collaborates with Bain’s global Retail Practice leadership, client-facing Bain leadership and teams, and with end clients on the development and delivery of Bain’s proprietary Retail products and solutions. These solutions aim to answer strategic questions of Bain’s Retail clients relating to category management, COGS optimization, pricing & promotion analytics, space optimization, and customer analytics.

As part of the Retail Center of Expertise, you will work in teams comprising a mix of Directors, Managers, Projects Leads, Associates, and Analysts, on projects ranging from 3 weeks to 6 months. Delivery models on projects vary from working as part of a broader global Bain case team, working independently with a Bain Associate Partner / Partner, or working directly with end clients.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Contribute as a lead of the team to build / perform solutions within Retail domain (Grocery, Apparel, General Merchandise, e-commerce, B2B retail, etc.)
• Own individual cases with minimal support from supervisors (Manager / Senior Manager)
• Interpret, understand and break down client requirements into actionable work-plan for the team
• Support case leads in problem solving, hypothesis generation, research and insight generation
• Ensure timely, high quality, error-free analysis based on sound reality checks and actionable solutions
• Effectively Communicate data, knowledge, insights and implications with clients and Bain stakeholders
• Lead meaningful and focused meetings, deliver insights effectively to the internal/external client teams
• Build expertise on existing products and help develop newer solutions for the Retail industry
• Work with different analytical tools and reinforce continuous understanding of Tableau/ Power BI, Alteryx / KNIME, SQL, Python, R other tools on data from relevant retail data sources
• Assess and validate relevant data from different sources to leverage based on case objectives
• Manage team’s responsibilities which involve work-allocating, work-planning, guiding individuals, reviewing work and balancing workload within a team of analysts & associates
• Provide regular feedback for constant improvement, write reviews and recognize team’s and individual’s development needs
• Assist in recruiting, marketing and training

ABOUT YOU:

• Candidates should be graduates/post-graduates with strong academic records
• Work experience range in case highest qualification is undergraduate studies – 5-8 years of relevant experience in global MNC environment with exposure to management consulting, business analytics, or CP / R industry domains
• Work experience range in case highest qualification is postgraduate studies – 3-6 years of relevant experience in global MNC environment with exposure to management consulting, business analytics, or CP / R industry domains
• Must have experience of breaking business objectives into smaller tasks and building project plans
• Must have strong communications skills, should be able to drive discussion / presentations with senior stakeholders and client maps
• Must have experience of managing internal and external stakeholders
• Must have led 3-4 member teams and demonstrated ability to motivate and mentor team members
• Must have experience in applying advanced analytics to a range of business situations & a proven ability to synthesize complex data to generate simple & clear insights
• Must have knowledge of ETL / visualization tools as Alteryx / KNIME / SQL and Tableau / Power BI
• Must be proficient with Excel, and PowerPoint
• Good to have knowledge of Python/ R
• Good to have statistical modelling experience
• Good to have knowledge of key data sources and metrics pertaining to the Retail industry with experience in one or more sub-sectors within Retail

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK:

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.