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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This is an opportunity to be a key member of Bain’s expanding advanced analytics capability area. This position will be part of the Advanced Analytics Group (Bain’s team of advanced analytics experts). The role will involve advising on the application of optimization, planning, simulation, and forecasting to solve clients’ challenges; leading the implementation of Management Science / Operations Research techniques within the Advanced Analytics Group; and coaching client-facing consultants on implementation, interpretation, and communication of solutions. Applications will be broad and global including supply chain and logistics, inventory and resource planning, manufacturing and retail, network and service operations, and marketing and sales.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Apply best practice optimization, simulation, prescriptive analytics and statistical techniques to management and operations problems
• Work with Bain consultants and Advanced Analytics experts to clarify and define business objectives and identify practical value-added analytics solutions
• Translate business problems into practical solutions for optimization, simulation and statistical analysis. Develop data requirements and analytics plan to fit time, tool and budget considerations.
• Formulate mathematical optimization, statistical and/or simulation models including: establish the appropriate framework, define objectives and constraints, set constants and variables, evaluate and set assumptions, define stochastic processes, determine alternatives and decision factors.
• Implement, evaluate and validate algorithms, optimization and simulation models, and statistical processes
• Identify and communicate insights; model processes and functions; limitations and risks. Assist client-facing consultants in developing recommendations.
• Advise or build visualization and decision support tools to facilitate use of algorithms by clients in day to day and strategic decisions after Bain projects end
• Train and coach consultants on basic optimization, statistical, and simulation procedures. Assist in knowledge transfer and deployment with end-clients.
• Train and coach other AAG colleagues on skills, processes and tools required so support OR, Optimization, Simulation, and Forecasting related work
• Stay abreast of developments in the field and continue to advance Bain capabilities to serve clients. Identify trends in Data Science and Digital that will impact Bain and AAG work and help bring those perspectives to the AAG team and Practice leaders
• Communicate with and educate both senior and junior colleagues to further embed management science and operations analytics across the firm
ABOUT YOU
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Fluent in English. Mandarin a plus
• Strong skills in scoping, problem definition and problem solving under time constraints
• Master’s degree or higher in a related discipline such as Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, quantitative Management Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
• Familiarity with a variety of operations analytics applications including supply chain and logistics, inventory and resource planning, manufacturing and retail, network and service operations, and marketing and sales
• Expertise in Optimization techniques, languages, and experience in formulating and implementing optimization solvers, linear, integer, non-linear. Able to reformulate complex problems into more tractable solutions, including use of heuristic algorithms. Familiar with advanced optimization packages (e.g. Gurobi, CPLEX) and modelling languages (e.g., Gurobi-py, PYOMO, AMPL).
• Strong skills in data engineering (e.g. SQL, R, Python)
• Familiarity with dynamic, discrete event, and stochastic simulation methods and languages
• Must thrive in a fast paced environment and be able to work independently
• Up to 50% travel required
• Location: Manila
Ideal candidates will also have experience in:
• Expertise in statistical modelling, data science and machine learning applications.
• Experience in risk modelling and building decision support tools
• Strong skills in multi-dimensional modelling and enterprise, ERP/MRP databases, e.g. Hyperion, Oracle, SAP, EPC, etc.
• Experience with advanced simulation modelling and tools. May include Excel-based modelling applications and simulation/solver add-in solutions, e.g. Oracle Crystal Ball and Optquest, Lindo What’s Best, or Frontline Solvers (optional). May include simulation/optimization tools and languages eg. SAS/OR, Lindo, AIMMS, AnyLogic. Optional experience with application specific software e.g. Llamasoft (supply chain) or Terralign (Sales Territory)
ABOUT US
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 59 offices in 37 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest over $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity and social justice, economic development and the environment. 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.
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