Research Associate - BCG Vantage, Automotive Industry (German Speaker)

The Boston Consulting Group GmbH; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 30.000 - 40.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Boston Consulting Group is seeking a Research Associate for its Global Research Organization team in Madrid. In this role, you will conduct secondary research to support BCG’s client work, focusing on the automotive sector. Ideal candidates should have a strong academic background and relevant research interests, particularly in Industry Goods. This position offers excellent growth opportunities in a collaborative environment.

Formación

• Strong academic record.
• Interest in technical topics related to automotive industry.
• Fluency in English and German; conversational Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct secondary research to support proposals and client cases.
• Synthesize and package findings in a clear manner.
• Engage with internal clients to clarify research objectives.

Conocimientos

Research Analysis

Data Analysis

Communication

Customer Engagement

Educación

Undergraduate degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Physics, Economics or Business administration

Descripción del empleo

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

As a Research Associate within BCG Vantage's Global Research Organization team, you will form an integral part of our European GRO team. Through the delivery of secondary research, you will contribute to BCG’s client work and knowledge base by supporting proposals, client cases and business or internal development initiatives.

You will clearly synthesize, package, articulate and deliver your findings in a timely and accurate manner and conduct research on commercial, multi-industry and economic topics. Excellent organizational skills are essential for successfully managing a variety and volume of research requests by accurately summarizing data and facts into appropriate and timely output i.e. email, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

Along with supporting research products (i.e. news alerts, company profiles etc.), you will also contribute to knowledge capture and documentation. You will ensure delivery of accurate and insight-rich projects with a special focus on Industrial Goods (Automotive). You will gain a strong understanding of a wide range of research resources, information portals and approaches critical to delivering research output for your stakeholders.

Over time, you will regularly engage with seniors in the team to grow your understanding of Industrial Goods, Automotive and Mobility topics (e.g. supply chain strategies, production cost benchmarking, leasing and sales planning) and deliver deeper insights for BCG’s ongoing cases and knowledge products/IPs.

YOU ARE GOOD AT

Engaging with customers

• You will thrive learning in a rich, fast paced, deadline driven yet thoughtful environment that is customer focused. Working closely with more senior team members, you will engage with Internal clients daily with the aim to understand, scope and deliver accurate, timely and relevant data and information

Thinking analytically

• You’re an organized thinker who commits to learning research analysis including: methods, databases and tools, synthesis & packaging

Working accurately in a fast paced, deadline focused environment

• You will have strong attention to detail by clarifying request objectives under direct supervision and discussing the most appropriate and timely research approach. You will do this whilst communicating directly with BCG stakeholders to evaluate and recommend the most efficient and successful research strategy per project

Working well independently and in a collaborative team environment

• Working closely with fellow colleagues, you will approach all interactions with the highest level of quality and customer service. You will also guide outsourcing partners in their research analysis and do quality assurance

Seeking professional development

• You will welcome the opportunity to grow and learn in an apprenticeship culture where you can quickly build and expand your research knowledge base to the next level

Communicating with confidence and ease

• You will be a clear and confident communicator, able to deliver messages in a concise manner with a positive disposition and you will help build a loyal customer base for GRO

What You'll Bring

• Minimum undergraduate degree (Mechanical, Industrial, Physics, Economics or Business administration) with strong academic record.
• Candidates with an educational/professional background in research & data analysis preferred: you have a passion for uncovering insights through diverse sources, navigating databases, extracting and analyzing numerical data, as well as interpreting qualitative information from reports, articles, and other secondary sources to deliver comprehensive findings
• Strong interest in technical topics related to the automotive industry but also automation, decarbonization and digitalization.
• 0-2 years relevant working experience
• Fluency in English and German (spoken and written). Conversational proficiency in Spanish

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.

With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise. BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.

Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)

• Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets

Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)

• Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients

Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)

• Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project’s needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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