Consultant (C1)
L.E.K. Consulting
Mumbai
Job Description
Job Title: Consultant
Company Profile: We are L.E.K. Consulting, a global strategy consultancy working with business leaders to seize competitive advantage and amplify growth. Our insights are catalysts that reshape the trajectory of our clients’ businesses, uncovering opportunities and empowering them to master their moments of truth. Since 1983, our worldwide practice—spanning the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe—has guided leaders across all industries, from global corporations to emerging entrepreneurial businesses and private equity investors. Looking for more? Visit www.lek.com.c
Position Overview
Our Mumbai office is looking for Consultants to join our vibrant office in the Global Education practice. You will have a clear drive to join the world of strategy consulting and an understanding of what this entails. L.E.K. seeks highly motivated, creative, and entrepreneurial candidates who possess strong business and finance skills, effective interpersonal and communication skills, leadership qualities, and uncompromising ethics.The Consultant role is at the core of our case team structure. As a consultant, you will work closely up and down the team with Associates, Managers and Partners. Our case team structure provides Consultants with a unique opportunity to manage a team of Associates from day one. You will have primary responsibility for breaking down and analyzing the client's strategic issues, developing recommendations, and communicating those recommendations Consultants have a high level of responsibility in guiding and managing the case team and working closely with clients.
Major Responsibilities
The Consultant will be responsible for:
Identifying the critical issues – Consultant’s work with Partners and Managers to outline the client’skey business issues that need resolution. L.E.K. Consultants develop the business acumen necessaryto quickly identify key client issues early in their career.
Structuring problem solving analyses – Once the key issues have been identified, the Consultanttypically forms a plan to find the answers to these critical questions. The Consultant will lay out theapproach to the team for finding information on for instance market growth drivers, competitiveprofiling, or broad market trends.
Managing the team’s day-to-day activities – L.E.K. generally hires two Associates for every oneConsultant, implying that the management of less experienced colleagues is as much a part of theConsultant role as solving business issues. A significant responsibility of L.E.K. Consultants is theguidance and mentorship of Associates on a day-to-day basis.
Solving the case – At the end of the day, our clients expect high quality, actionable answers to theirbusiness problems. L.E.K. Consultants ensure the team is on-track to accurately solve the problemand deliver an answer. Consultants supervise analyses, develop the structure for the final output,provide quality control, and in most cases, participate in the delivery of the case conclusion to theclient’s senior management.
Turning strategy into action: L.E.K. Consultants work closely with senior members of the clientorganization to ensure that the strategies and initiatives are actioned, and the benefits are realized.
The Consultant role typically involves facilitating workshops to reach consensus on the approach,
the development and rollout of tools to track progress against the key steps and milestones and working collaboratively with the client to ensure successful implementation of the strategic initiatives. Consultants will also supervise Associates through this stage of the case.
Candidate Requirements
The Mumbai office works on projects globally and therefore willingness to travel will be essential. Practice Areas in SEA include Southeast Asia, Middle East, LATAM.
L.E.K. seeks highly motivated, creative, and entrepreneurial candidates who possess strong business and finance skills, effective interpersonal and communication skills, leadership qualities, and uncompromising ethics.
Fluency in English (spoken and written) is essential.
Candidate Qualifications
An MBA from a top school is highly preferred.
Developing Your Skills
The Consultant role at L.E.K. offers superior, diversified business training with immediate management responsibility that more quickly prepares you for leadership and problem solving in any business organization. You will see the most business situations and solve the most business issues at a rapid pace.
Benefits And Perks
L.E.K. offers you the opportunity to work in a hybrid setup
We are among the best paying firms globally
Our Global SWAP Program allows our consulting staff the opportunity to work at any one of our 20 global offices for 6 months.
Wellness benefits – Health Insurance, Wellness Apps, Gym reimbursement.