Managing Consultant - Metals & Mining

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Managing Consultant - Metals & Mining

Apply locations Boston, US Houston, US time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id JR1398

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

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Role Overview

As a Managing Consultant on the Americas Metals & Mining Consulting team, you will play a key role in our strongly growing consulting practice, with involvement in all aspects of the consulting process, from shaping the opportunity, performing required analysis and executing key parts of the scope of work, managing smaller projects or key workstreams, and working closely with clients and Wood Mackenzie experts to develop insights to support critical strategic, investment and commercial decisions.

Your primary role will be managing key parts or select commercial and strategy consultancy projects across the Metals & Mining sector in Americas markets, while having a central role in the delivery of the work products. T his role requires a high level of creative thinking, analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to apply detailed knowledge and experience in metals and mining markets to a broad range of consulting projects and client situations. These capabilities must be accompanied by a strong command of oral and written communication skills in both internal as well as external and client-facing environments.

Additionally, team and project management capabilities, in a consulting context, are required for the purpose of this role.

The role requires frequent engagement with and work alongside senior client teams and occasional travel throughout the Americas region.

Main Responsibilities

As a Managing Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, you will take ownership for the execution and delivery of important parts of the assignment as well as project managing and coordinating the overall effort under the supervision of a Project Director. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Act as Project Manager, coordinating and managing consulting projects by setting up a detailed project plan and working with a team to set and deliver milestones
• Lead and execute complex analysis of commodity markets and project economics, while leveraging our industry research and expertise
• Build and present compelling presentations conveying key messages and recommendations concisely for a senior audience
• Train and coach junior team members on day-to-day consulting tasks and ensuring successful project delivery
• Bring a thorough and current understanding of the metals and mining industry markets within the context of the energy transition, and be able to effectively discussrecentevents and implications with clients and colleagues

Knowledge & Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline such as business, economics, finance, statistics, or engineering; top tier master's, MBA and/or metals and mining related degree strongly preferred
• 5+ years of relevant and documented experience (in detail in your accompanying cover letter) in a management consulting or M&M-focused consulting role, or other strategic/commercial role relating to natural resources or energy markets. Other industry experience is beneficial but not required.
• Strong understanding of metals and mining value chains (exploration, development, production, transportation, processing and downstream operations such as smelting or refining and commercialization), including the implications of the energy transition
• Proven in-depth experience with financial modeling, asset valuation, or quantitative project economics analysis relevant to the position, incl. development of analytical, eg. MS Excel-based models
• Strong understanding of commercial operations, business models and strategies

Further Knowledge & Experience Required

• Experience building and maintaining relationships with clients
• Experience managing key project workflows and overall coordination of projects or major work streams in a Project Manager role
• Track record of quickly becoming knowledgeable and speaking credibly about a wide range of subjects and themes

The knowledge and experience outlined below MUST be summarized and shared in a covering letter accompanying your application. Explicit examples of this requirement is expected to be clearly laid out in the covering letter. Applications not being supported the MUST HAVEs in a covering letter will unfortunately not be considered. The covering letter is expected to be highly summarized and the answers quantitative and ‘bulleted ‘ and not exceed 300 words

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