SEA - Expert Consultant - SAP Functional Consultant (Downstream Projects)

Location:

Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Singapore

Geography:

Asia Pacific

Capabilities:

Big data & advanced analytics, Innovation & product development, Technology & digital

Industries:

Energy & environment

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 venturesand 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.

Practice Area Profile

BCG's Energy practice helps companies navigate an increasingly complex business climate. The practice covers the Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities sectors. We also have deep knowledge in Energy transition and Sustainability, Energy Trading and Risk Management and Energy Engineering and Services. Our projects typically apply BCG's core consulting skills in functional areas such as, digitalization, strategy, organisation or performance improvement, but in the distinctive environment of Energy. We also address projects that touch upon more operational or technical challenges, which we deliver through our expert consultants, occasionally partnering with external specialists. We work with the senior leaders of leading international and national oil companies, service providers, utilities, regulators and financial institutions. The Energy Practice has enjoyed rapid and sustained annual growth over several years, representing about 10% of BCG's global business volume.Worldwide over 300 Partners, Principals and Project Leaders focus in the Energy space, supported by a large group of Energy experienced and trained Consultants and Analysts, many with pre-BCG industry experience. We are well known for our long history of cutting-edge research and thought leadership. Consulting with BCG ensures you work on the biggest issues being tackled by senior management, with a wide variety of experiences across different clients, topics and geographies.

What You'll Do

The practice is currently looking for an individual at the Expert Consultant level who has significant experience in application architecture in downstream operations. A qualified individual will play a critical role in enriching firm expertise on this topic and in bringing this expertise to our clients. Ideal candidates would have previously worked in a similar role within the refinery space. Candidate must have 6-10 years' experience working in refineries and/or petrochemical plants or any other downstream environment.

Roles & Responsibilities

Providing technical/ functional expertise to client projects

• Work closely with different sections of client operations (Operations, Maintenance, Commercial, Planning etc.) to understand the architectural behavior and data interface requirements
• Aligning functional and business requirements developing data and solution interface accordingly
• Identification of possible risk & challenges and suggesting the solution changes (architectural changes) accordingly
• Leading Application portfolio modernization and AI initiatives

Lead and support execution of oil downstream operations projects to lead client transformations and drive tangible impact to our clients bottom line:

• Responsible for the overall methodology
• Work jointly with BCG and client project leaders, bring expertise to the team, both on issues specific to the industry and on questions asked by the client
• Support multiple case teams, co-lead modules, especially those in need for broad experience and hands-on approach
• Ensure the quality of the work, and the relevance of any synthesis and recommendations. Challenge work in progress, results and re-orient any analyses if needed
• Support in change management process, help change stick in our clients
• Enable and develop capabilities in client organizations

Build expertise in downstream operations within BCG and increase BCG's profile externally:

• Develop and contribute to BCG's intellectual capital work on BCG content projects to create new techniques and/or capture new ideas
• Build and maintain fact packs related to core telecoms topics so there is an ever-available library of educational materials for internal and client usage
• Responsible for supporting refining sector in writing external reports, papers, and social media contributions of its partners in concert with the Energy practice's marketing lead
• Identify conferences for BCG's attendance and help coordinate our participation

Our Expert Consulting Track (ECT)

The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCG's ability to successfully meet our clients' demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG's most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG's thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to bring the 'best of BCG' to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting.

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

The ideal candidate possesses:

• 6-10 years of experience in a similar role
• Deep expertise in Energy downstream projects and applications used in the industry; Previous experience in Refinery is preferred
• Well versed with the different operations and maintenance application used in refinery (such as: Data historian, ASPEN IP 21, PHD, LIMS, SAP etc.)
• Working experience in different Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Analytical and structured
• Highly professional and rigorous
• Able to think strategically/end-to-end
• Good business sense
• Results-oriented, Driven, hard-working
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

• Entrepreneurial, proactive, and productive

Date Posted:

17-Jan-2020

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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