Careers in Operations
Unlimited opportunities to reach your full potential
Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have a chance to grow at McKinsey by working on projects that reflect your goals and interests. In addition to deepening your knowledge of your favorite topics, you can explore new areas—and perhaps develop a new passion in the process.
The chance to work on real operations challenges
New products are entering the market with dizzying speed, supply chains are becoming more global and complex each year, and technological advances are transforming manufacturing across industries. You’ll work with clients on all of these challenges and more. And after creating innovative solutions, you’ll help clients implement the changes and build their capabilities.
A network of support
Every McKinsey project relies on close collaboration. No matter what topic you’re investigating—whether it’s green ops, advanced analytics, or operations in emerging markets—you’ll find talented colleagues who are eager to exchange ideas and share their extensive knowledge. In the Operations group alone, you can draw on the expertise of 750+ partners and 1000+ dedicated practitioners
At McKinsey, you’ll have a chance to explore every area of operations:
- Capital Excellence
- Manufacturing & Supply Chain
- Product Development & Procurement
- Service Operations
Our early tenure program, the Operations Excellence Program develops our consultants as specialists in operations excellence. More senior experts and specialists have an opportunity to join our Advanced Operations Group providing deep functional and industry experience to our clients.