Associate Consultant

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Haben Sie einen exzellenten Bachelor-Abschluss, führen wir Sie in ein bis zwei Jahren als Associate Consultant unter intensiver Betreuung an Ihre Aufgaben heran. Sie arbeiten von Beginn an direkt auf einem Projektteam. Da unsere Teams üblicherweise aus einem Projektleiter und zwei bis vier Beratern bestehen, übernehmen Sie gleich vom ersten Tag an Verantwortung innerhalb des Teams. Ihr erstes Engagement kann Sie in alle Fragestellungen führen, die wir abdecken: von der Entwicklung einer Wachstumsstrategie, der Unterstützung einer Transaktion bis hin zur Anpassung einer Organisation.

Sie arbeiten mit Kollegen und Klienten auf allen Hierarchieebenen und wir erwarten vollen Einsatz von Ihnen: beim Brainstorming, in der Diskussion von Analysergebnissen, der Ableitung von Empfehlungen und dem Aufbau einer guten Beziehung zum Klienten. Durch eine Vielzahl von Projekten werden Sie sich schnell entwickeln und Erfahrung in unterschiedlichen Branchen und Themen aufbauen können.

Neben der Praxiserfahrung auf den Teams durchlaufen Sie zudem unsere internen Schulungen für Associate Consultants, die sich mit Themen wie z.B. Business Economics und Finanzierung aber auch mit Präsentationstechniken und Strukturierung befassen. Ihr Ziel ist es, sich innerhalb von ein bis zwei Jahren zum Consultant weiterzuentwickeln. Zudem haben Sie die Möglichkeit, im Laufe ihrer Karriere bei OC&C einen MBA an einer Top-Business-School zu absolvieren oder zu promovieren.

Mehr Informationen darüber, was wir von Ihnen erwarten und wie Sie sich bewerben können, erhalten Sie in der Sektion Ihre Bewerbung.

Betty
Associate consultant
“OC&C appealed to me because the firm is young and fast-growing.”

After my studies I became a management trainee at a telecommunication company in Hong Kong, but gravitated to strategy consulting in search of something less routine and formalised, and more intellectually challenging. OC&C appealed to me because the firm is young and fast-growing, which of course means loads of opportunities and the people are all so enthusiastic.

Working on an expansion strategy project for a beverage company in Indonesia where we didn't even speak the language was pretty challenging! It let me learn the foundation work of doing market sizing/competitive analysis, customer home visits in cities throughout the country to understand customer preference, visiting warehouses/distribution centres to understand the supply chain operation, and traversing a forest in search of a spring suitable for production.

OC&C is truly internationalised, and your team is never limited to your own office colleagues. I have enjoyed working with colleagues from other offices through the ambassador program, and learning about the different working approaches, cultural values and management styles.

Vivien
Associate consultant

I studied Chemical Engineering, with a specialization in Biomedical Engineering, at the University of California, Los Angeles. I then attended Columbia University for my Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering. After graduating, I worked as a full-time intern at a financial research company, before joining OC&C as an Associate Consultant.

As an associate consultant, much of my time is spent conducting research and performing analysis. One of the most interesting projects I've worked on was a retail strategy project for a US museum. We worked closely with the merchandising team to help determine a full strategy on re-vamping their current retail structure. After two months of scrutinizing their retail channel structure and store performance, we produced a detailed roadmap of recommendations – and I have been fortunate enough to witness the implementation of a number of them!

Working at OC&C has been really enjoyable, mostly because there is a very collegial feel within the company. Everyone is vibrant, engaging and relaxed. At the same time, the high caliber of employees provides for a dynamic yet challenging environment. Each of my colleagues represents a potential wealth of information, and the international culture of OC&C in the heart of New York City provides the best of both worlds.

Herman
Associate consultant

Herman Heijmerikx (1985) graduated in Applied Physics from Twente University, his degree work including a research internship at the University of California at Berkeley. He was a member of the team behind his university’s 2007 ‘Bedrijvendagen’ business event, and travelled to Russia, Mongolia and China with his student association, Arago. Herman joined OC&C in September 2011.

‘I knew some of the people at OC&C and their enthusiasm convinced me to apply for a work placement. I was accepted and in the summer of 2010 I worked in two OC&C project teams – one analysing a transport and storage firm in edible oils that was up for sale, the second investigating the outlook for a manufacturer of ready meals on behalf of a potential investor.

That experience clinched it for me: this was where I wanted to be. I greatly enjoyed the type of work, and I especially enjoyed the people at OC&C – they were a great bunch: young, energetic, driven, eager to learn and fun to be with. Also, as a team we were working on projects with immediate client impact.

I had a fantastic start at OC&C. Only two weeks after joining, I went to Chicago for the firm’s international training week. When I got back from the States, I was assigned to a team looking into partnership options for two public service providers. My next project involved designing a strategy for a food products manufacturer.’

Alexandra
Associate consultant

I started with OC&C in fall 2007 after graduating from UPenn. I wanted a job where I could apply my interest in the industry, but I also wanted an intellectually rigorous environment in which to acquire a broader spectrum of skills and knowledge.

I was extremely impressed with OC&C’s retail experience as well as its considerable international presence. In fact, I worked for four months out of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, which was very exciting for me. Living and working in the UAE taught me so much about business in a newly- booming economy and the myriad cultures that make up the city.

If you’ve been looking into consulting, I’m sure you know that your day-to-day schedule varies so much! That said, a lot of what an AC is responsible for consists of industry research.

Everyone I work closely with has an interesting story to tell – ex-professional athletes, recorded rock musicians, authors, Guitar Hero addicts. Such a diversity of perspectives contributes to the quality of our work and makes the workday something to look forward to.

Louis
Associate consultant

After I graduated in Business Administration with a specialty in Finance from University School of Financial Studies (CUNEF) in Madrid, I left Spain seeking new horizons and cross-cultural experiences and went to work for two years for the project finance team at National Bank of Abu Dhabi. It was not long before I realized that my professional interest were very much related to the knowledge generating processes and creative thinking that strategic consultancy offers and demands you.

OC&C is a group of smart, professional and cool people with good sense of humor. There is a very strong sense of team work and you can easily sail your way around the projects with your colleagues’ wind. The wide nature and complexity of the projects that the firm is engaged in is a constant motivation and makes working life very exciting.

My advice to prospective candidates is to wear a tie to the interview (it worked for me!), prepare practice cases very very well and be as transparent as possible to show what are your interests and goals in life and where are your limits to achieve them.

Aurelie
Associate consultant

I joined OC&C after a specialization in marketing at HEC. I had interviews in several consulting firms and I naturally chose OC&C: the people I met there talk of their job at OC&C with enthusiasm, with humility, and they convey a strong attachment to their firm, all of which I did not feel in other firms.

An Associate Consultant at OC&C is highly involved from the first project on in building the messages that will be given to the client. The team meetings every week gather all the members of a project and Partners are keen to hear the ideas of young consultants. Learning to share one's work and ideas (even when it goes against general thinking) represents a great opportunity to improve faster and enables to give value to daily work.

Mandeep
Associate consultant

I studied Natural Sciences & Management at Cambridge during which I did an internship at OC&C and was subsequently offered a full time role. At OC&C not only are you a valuable member of the team from the start, but you get to work on important projects which have significant consequences. Working on a project which might end up making headlines is what gets me up in the morning!

Variety makes the career even more challenging but far more exciting. It's rare that you'll be on the same project, or even type of project, for very long. Instead you'll be working with different companies, sectors and industries, sometimes in any part of the country (or world). I know here I might have to learn about a new industry, which I'd never even heard of, in a single day.

Even if I don't remain a strategy consultant forever, OC&C is a great way to start my career, and the huge variety of sectors and careers that OC&C leavers enter is testament to this.

Eline
Associate consultant

Eline Leijten (1987) holds Master’s degrees in Financial Economics and Labour Law from Rotterdam’s Erasmus University. She was an active member of her student association, worked as a volunteer  at a school in Sri Lanka and did a work placement at a law firm. Eline joined OC&C in June 2012. In her spare time, she sings in a band.

Just when we were looking for business sponsors for our association almanac, the financial crisis hit in the autumn of 2008. OC&C offered to help us brainstorm about potential options. I’d never heard of ‘strategy consulting’ or OC&C before, but what a surprise it was: in just two hours we had a fully-fledged plan on the table, having explored all sorts of options we hadn’t thought of before.

I instantly felt that I ‘clicked’ with OC&C and although I later attended business courses at other firms as well, I leaped at the chance when OC&C made me an offer. The atmosphere here is brilliant: informal but professional, no back-stabbing but team players keen to help each other.

The great thing about strategy consulting is that you don’t immediately start specialising in a particular industry but instead get first-hand experience with the inner workings of a wide variety of companies. In my first six months at OC&C, I worked on five different assignments: investment opportunities for private equity firms, merchandising at a retailer, and developing an online position for a media company. At OC&C, I’m learning how the world turns.

Carolyn
Associate consultant

 I studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge and then went on to complete a PhD in Organic Chemistry.  I wasn't 100% sure what route to follow at the end of my PhD, so followed the typical science conveyor belt and moved to the US (Stanford) to do a post-doc in Medicinal Chemistry.  At the end of my post-doc I was offered the chance to work with a start-up biotech in Singapore – I was super excited about the possibility of living in Asia and jumped at the chance!  However I always had a nagging voice in my head telling me I didn't want to spend my life in front of a fume-hood so I took the plunge and switched to the exciting world of strategy consulting!

Projects are relatively short at OC&C so you will gain insight into multiple industries and get to work with a wide variety of people within months of joining.  As a result, you are constantly learning and will be thoroughly stretched from day one.  The strong sense of teamwork means that navigating these challenges is always a collaborative process and generally lots of fun.

OC&C is full of smart and interesting people with great wit and banter. It's the combination of interesting, challenging work and the super people that make working at OC&C so great and mean I have never regretted my career switch.

Alex
Associate consultant

I studied Engineering at Pembroke College Cambridge and decided I wanted a fast paced career working in a highly stimulating environment with talented colleagues. Having interned at a variety of companies, including a number of engineering firms and an investment consultancy, I felt a career with a strategy consulting firm would be able to offer me the best opportunity.

Projects come in variety of types at OC&C but they are typically quite short in length, covering a wide breadth of industries, which really gives you a great understanding of a number of different areas and an excellent start to your career. It also means that you are constantly kept on your toes and being pushed to the limits of your ability! But there's no need to worry, the great part about OC&C is that there is a terrific support network of smart and interesting people who will be more than willing to help you through any challenges.

OC&C is a unique place to work, combining the benefits of a big company in terms of clients you get to work for but with the entrepreneurial atmosphere of a smaller company. The combination of people and work make OC&C the ideal place to start your career.