Analyst – Consumer Product & Retail COE – Bain & Company

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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:

The Consumer Products Center of Expertise collaborates with Bain’s global Consumer Products Practice leadership, client-facing Bain leadership and teams, and with end clients on development and delivery of Bain’s proprietary CP products and solutions. These solutions aim to answer strategic questions of Bain’s CP clients relating to brand strategy (consumer needs, assortment, pricing, distribution), revenue growth management (pricing strategy, promotions, profit pools, trade terms), negotiation strategy with key retailers, optimization of COGS etc.

You will work as part of a team comprising of a mix of Director, Managers, Projects Leads, Associates and Analysts, on projects that typically range from 3 weeks to 3 months. Delivery models on projects vary from working as part of a broader global Bain case team, BCN working independently with a Bain Associate Partner / Partner, or BCN working directly with end clients.

Category Analytics, Consulting
Employment Type Permanent Full-Time
Location(s)  Bengaluru, New Delhi

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Contribute as a member of the team to create insights through high-quality analyses of a variety of datasets within CP/R sub-segments (F&B, Beauty, OTC Pharma, etc.) while leveraging analytical tools (Alteryx, Tableau, etc.).

• Work along with other analysts, associates, and leads in the team and are expected to own and deliver the allocated workstream in a timely and well-organized manner.

• Generate comprehensive hypotheses and prioritize solutions for the most pertinent issues using various tools and techniques. These may include industry research, presentations, data modeling, and other analyses.

• Communicate data, knowledge, and insights to the entire team/leadership and help in generating actionable solutions

• Work well in a team setting, understand the key aspects of delivery and deliver them with direction from senior team members

• Seek and provide actionable feedback in interactions

• Ensure timely, high quality delivery to Bain case leadership/clients

• Ability to pull out insights from quantitative analysis and research

ABOUT YOU:

• Candidates should be undergraduates with strong academic records

• Minimum of 0-2 years of relevant experience – exposure to management consulting and data analytics relating to market / business / consumer insights, preferably in a global MNC environment within Consumer Products / Retail industry domains

• Strong communications skills, should be able to drive discussion/presentations with senior stakeholders

• Understanding of analytical tools and techniques including / similar to Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI is mandatory; Understanding of Python, R, and SPSS would be a plus

• Candidates should possess excellent analytical, communication, and team player skills; ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.

• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are required, with knowledge of tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI are a plus

• Experience working in CP domain is preferred