Experienced Consultant - Supply Chain Management

McKinsey & Company; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in Hamburg invites a highly capable professional to join its Operations Practice. You will work on solving complex client supply chain challenges, shaping strategies and implementing end‑to‑end logistics improvements across Europe.

You’ll receive world‑class training, coaching, and mentorship from senior leaders, building capabilities while delivering client impact. You will contribute to problem solving, develop innovative solutions, and grow your leadership through exposure

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with exceptional academics.
• Broad experience in supply chain management including design and implementation of logistics strategy, network design, transportation, warehousing, planning.
• Proven leadership in professional or extracurricular contexts.
• Willingness to take European assignments.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas in English and the local office language.

Responsibilities

• Identify issues, form hypotheses, design analyses, and synthesize recommendations for clients.
• Develop innovative supply chain solutions that give clients a competitive edge.
• Receive training, coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and leaders as part of your growth.

Education

Master’s degree

Job description

Who You’ll Work With

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

Who You’ll Work With

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your Impact

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

You’ll work with colleagues and clients to develop innovative supply chain solutions that support clients' business objectives and give them a competitive edge.

You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

You will be based in one of our European offices as part of our Operations Practice.

The Operations Practice assists our clients in solving complex operational challenges. Blending strategic thinking with hands‑on practicality, our teams of consultants and experts work to develop and implement operational strategies that solve our clients’ most critical problems.

McKinsey’s Supply Chain Management service line is part of our Operations Practice and helps leading companies in all industries develop and implement future‑oriented logistics strategies. We do this by making significant improvements in customer service while reducing invested capital and cost by transforming and optimizing their supply chains from end to end.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree and exceptional academics required
• Broad experience in supply chain management (e.g., design and implementation of logistics strategy, network design and optimization, transportation, warehouse design and optimization, supply chain planning and management processes, supply chain modeling and optimization)
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on European assignments during the work week
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem‑solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and the local office language