McKinsey Advanced Operations Group Don’t just come to work. Come to change. About us McKinsey & Company is What is the AOG's developing your consulting skills as well as your industry and functional knowledge: a top global management purpose? hands-on workshops that target building consulting firm. We are Operations is the fastest growing, and your expertise, group training led by some now largest practice, within McKinsey. of the best thinkers in every industry and the trusted advisers Our clients look to us to provide deep function, and deep-rooted networking to the world's leading expertise in their industry and/or functional within the AOG all drive your McKinsey areas and the AOG was created to satisfy experience and professional growth. businesses, governments, that demand. With operations leaders from the world's top companies, the and institutions. We work AOG is uniquely positioned to help lead What makes me a good fit with leading organizations McKinsey, as well as worldwide industries, for the AOG? across the private, public, in exceptional operational thinking and You have deep and exceptional practice. expertise and a desire to leverage your and social sectors. From knowledge in a meaningful way strategy to implementation, What types of roles does You have a desire to continuously learn, build upon your strengths, and reach we are committed to helping an AOG practitioner play? your potential by working in an AOG practitioners have an opportunity to our clients develop their unrivaled global network of exceptional develop deep and long-term relationships operations problem solvers functional skills and boost through working side by side with You want to pursue your passions and clients at all levels, while providing performance for the long entrepreneurial drive by crafting best-in-class operations capabilities and cutting-edge solutions and tackling term. We are passionate driving sustainable solutions to business complex operational problems at problems and functional challenges. about taking on immense leading global institutions Specialists and Experts bring in-depth You value an opportunity to experience challenges that matter to operations expertise and capabilities to real and lasting impact by supporting identify and deliver world-class solutions our clients and, often, to the and coaching clients through the to our clients' most critical challenges, implementation of your ideas world. as well as provide distinctive end-to-end You enjoy developing deep and support to ensure our clients achieve and meaningful relationships by working sustain the full benefits of McKinsey's collaboratively with clients in every recommended changes. AOG consultants engagement What is McKinsey's coach clients directly and take important Advanced Operations leadership roles on teams, mentoring and What are we looking for Group? developing the skills of generalist consultants. McKinsey's Advanced Operations in a competitive AOG Group (AOG) is an exceptional team of practitioner? accomplished professionals with deep What types of Significant transformational and functional and industry experience from development opportunities industry experience in an operations the very best companies in the world. The will I have with the AOG? environment, with a clear ability to drive AOG provides distinctive knowledge and strong results You will have opportunities to learn capability support to ensure our clients Ability to translate your knowledge and and grow from experiences in client receive the best solutions to their biggest experience across unique client engagements as well as from direct challenges, and provides perspectives situations and among teams to drive training received through our firm. You from multiple industries and functions operational improvements will work alongside the very best in the that help our McKinsey teams drive their High level of energy and commitment industry, while growing both professionally best results. The AOG works directly with to the continuous pursuit of your own and personally. Along with on-the-job the firm's clients and our Client Support learning and development experience, McKinsey dedicates signifi- Teams to develop and deploy the world's Strong people skills and ability to cant time toward targeted training, from finest operations capabilities. engage across all levels of an both industry and functional perspectives. organization, particularly the frontline Throughout your time at McKinsey, you Willingness to travel up to 80% will attend training sessions dedicated to What does the AOG look like? Meet a few of our AOG AOG snapshot practitioners Supply Chain Management John Lean Senior Expert, Manufacturing Product Houston Development Implementation Procurement Diversified across all operations Prior Experience subpractices VP, Hess Corporation / General Manager, Capital Corporation Oil / Various roles, Mobil Oil Productivity Corporation Service Manufacturing Expertise Areas Operations Business-process management and outsourcing; oil and gas; Lean and Six Sigma in manufacturing and services; <3 years M&A; program management 3 – 7 years Why McKinsey? I wanted to be where the world's finest operations capabilities are developed and Experience prior to deployed and that place is McKinsey. This McKinsey (years) work is not for the weak of heart and it 12+ years takes on operational challenges that can change the trajectory of global companies 7–12 years and the thousands of people they employ. For example: reopening a refinery last summer that had been closed (its closure had wiped out the few remaining industrial jobs in the area and decimated the local community). We helped create more than VP/Partner (Sr.) 2,000 temporary and 400 permanent jobs, and the plant continues to operate Other successfully today. Director/ Experience at McKinsey Last role before AP (Sr.) joining McKinsey I get the opportunity to work with some of Consultant/TL/ the brightest, most high-energy people on Associate/ the planet. The clients that we serve are Engineer senior leaders in their organizations, Manager (Sr.) responsible for solving big problems. We are given the opportunity to be their thought partners, providing deep insights using the full capabilities of the firm. I often marvel at the depth of knowledge and Public speed at which our research analysts, Sector visual graphics, and other functions provide High Tech world-class materials in support of our studies. PE & VC For example: we were given a very short Industries period to prepare a board of directors Education coming from Others presentation for a Fortune 100 company Others include on the impact of growth in domestic Oil , Gas & Infastructure, energy production; the team was able to Energy Banking & Finance, Chemicals, Metal & complete the assignment with great clarity Healthcare Mining, Aerospace, and depth, exceeding all expectations. Logistics Automotive CPG IT/Business Process Outsourcing Meet a few of our AOG practitioners Jason Patricia Deepak Cecelia Senior Expert, Expert Implementation Implementation Capital Engagement Coach, Coach, Productivity Manager, McKinsey McKinsey Washington, Manufacturing Implementation Implementation DC Washington, Silicon Valley Atlanta DC Prior Experience Prior Experience Prior Experience Prior Experience Operations Manager, General VP Venture Development, Manager at Toyota's Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Health Electric Aviation / Consultant, Independent Project Analysis, Operations management and Education for Haiti / Nurse St. Joseph Mercy Healthcare Inc (IPA) / Quality Manager, development division tasked Educator, Ethiopia Project of System (SJMHS) / Consultant, Spaw-Glass / Project Controls with deploying lean at Toyota's International Network for Cancer Woodward Governor Engineer, Parsons Brinkerhoff plants and suppliers around the Treatment & Research / Pediatric world. Oncology Nurse, Georgetown Expertise Areas Expertise Areas University Hospital / Health & Lean manufacturing operations Capital productivity for global Expertise Areas Development Volunteer, Peace and implementation, energy and materials (GEM) Deploying lean in diverse Corps Ethiopia organizational transformations, projects; project systems for environments from high machining, quality systems, the GEM process industry, from volume low complexity Expertise Areas and crisis management early development through manufacturing such as Child and adolescent health with execution automotive, to low volume high specialization in hematology/ Why McKinsey? complexity such as aerospace oncology and palliative care; My experience in industry Why McKinsey? and defense public health; nursing professional highlights a personal passion After working 15 years at a small development for implementing sustainable consulting company, I joined Why McKinsey? transformations and a desire McKinsey because I wanted to At Toyota, I discovered my Why McKinsey? to be constantly challenged. have a larger impact on, and passion was of finding creative During my time as a pediatric McKinsey Implementation greater success for, my clients. ways to run operations more nurse, I became accustomed to offered an experienced hire like For me, McKinsey was the best efficiently. McKinsey was the each day bringing new challenges. me exactly what I wanted: the platform to increase my impact natural choice to help me take Though I loved the quick pace challenge of consulting with a given the firm's access to the my interests to more complex and ingenuity the role required,