Kearney MBA Diversity Bootcamp Summer Associate 2025

Job Description

Intern / Trainee

Americas

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington D.C

Program Overview

We are excited to invite you to apply to the Kearney Diversity Consulting Boot Camp in our Chicago Office on Thursday, June 27 - Friday, June 28, 2024! The Kearney Diversity Consulting Boot Camp aims to provide newly admitted Black, Latino / Hispanic, Native American, and Indigenous background MBA students, starting in the Fall of 2024, with two days of learning about the firm, networking with Kearney consultants and other incoming MBA candidates, and participating in practice case interviews.

Select bootcamp participants will be invited to interview for 2025 Summer Associate positions. Submit your cover letter, CV, and academic transcripts (.

doc or .pdf format only) via our website before Monday, May 20, 2024.

Please note : Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all slots are filled!

Key Dates

Intro Webinar : May 9, 2024

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all slots are filled or until May 20, 2024.

Case Prep Webinar : June 13, 2024

Bootcamp (in-person in our Chicago office) : June 27-28, 2024

Interviews will be week of July 15, 2024

Job description

The Kearney Diversity Consulting Boot Camp can lead to an invitation to our interview process for 2025 Summer Associate positions.

As a Summer Associate at Kearney , you will work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people for 10 weeks and contribute to consulting project teams as we offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients.

With the freedom to be yourself and recognition for what you bring to the table, put your purpose into action this summer and join us as we help build a future that works for everyone, everywhere as a Kearney Original.

What to expect

Gain unique hands-on experiences as you broaden your knowledge and experience in an open, agile, and collaborative environment.

Ensure the success of project workstreams by completing tasks such as gathering and analyzing data and conducting competitor assessment studies.

Support in the creation of recommendations and implement co-created solutions for clients across a range of industries and service practices.

Take advantage of structured on-the-job learning and development opportunities, including a dedicated mentor who will provide guidance throughout your internship.

Qualifications

Who you are

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people.

That’s why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem-solvers who do not accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.

We want to hear from you if you are :

Ready to share your ideas and contribute as soon as you join a team

Analytically inclined and enjoy solving problems

Able to prioritize and are a doer by nature

Experienced 5-10 years in your chosen field

Enrolled in your first year in a competitive MBA program

Fluent in English

Practice Preferences

You are eligible to apply for the practices below. During your application, you will have the option to pick your ranking of the practices.

General Practice (GP) Associate : Our general practice allows our junior consultants to gain experience across industries and functions prior to selecting a practice alignment, which typically occurs by the senior associate or manager level.

Communications, Media, and Technology (CMT) Associate : The telecommunications, media, and technology practices combine high-impact service offerings to boost the competitiveness of our clients, working with them along the entire value chain - from strategy, product development, customer interaction, and digital enablement to operations, procurement, large-scale cost programs, transformation, and supply chain.

Consumer Industry and Retail Practice (CIRP) Associate : Today's consumer industries retail market presents extraordinary opportunities for companies to transform their operations and gain unprecedented competitive advantage and market share.

Digital & Analytics (D&A) Associate : As technological shifts continue to disrupt industry, our clients face challenges that demand pragmatism, innovation, and a relentless focus on results.

Our recently combined Digital and Analytics practice is uniquely positioned to address these challenges by helping clients think better, build better, and scale better.

In doing so, we aim to become the leading digital, data, AI and analytics firm for strategic operations, the trusted partner for CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CDOs, and CTOs for their most important digital and technology-driven transformations, and the consultants of choice in an AI-enabled world.

Energy and Process Industry (EPI) Associate : Energy and Process Industries is a dynamic and growing practice that powers every industry and sector.

We partner with practices across the firm to build compelling perspectives and offerings to our clients and work on cutting-edge projects that directly impact our way of life.

Candidates with a strong interest or background in Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Metals & Mining, or ESG / Sustainability should consider this role.

Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Associate : Our FIG consultants work with banking, insurance, and payments clients to help drive value creation and develop strategies and programs for growth and improved performance and profitability.

Health Practice Associate : The health practice teams with companies across biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, distributors and pharmacies, payers and providers, and consumer health to address their strategic and operational issues.

Leadership, Change, and Organization (LCO) Associate : The LCO practice deals with a vast number of topics ranging from the structure of organizations, the processes they run, and how they engage their people, focusing on general and administrative (G&A) processes such as finance, accounting, and human resources.

Mobility, Defense, and Advanced Industries (MDI) Associate : The automotive, aerospace and defense, transportation, travel, industrial products, and infrastructure practice integrates all the capabilities of the end-to-end mobility value chain.

From innovative product design to complex engineering infrastructure, our industries represent the backbone of the global economy.

Product Excellence and Renewals Lab (PERL) Associate : PERL fuses world-class product design with Kearney's operational expertise to transform product portfolios.

With a deep knowledge of consumer insights and design, PERLab improves profits, reduces complexity costs, streamlines the supply chain, and helps companies achieve their sustainability goals.

Strategic Operations (SOP) Associate : Whether it's planning, sourcing, production, or distribution, our SOP practice knows how to address difficult challenges in managing costs and services while applying the latest thinking on key support resources such as digital technologies, agile operating models, and change management along the way.

Transactions & Transformations (T&T) Associate : The T&T team works collaboratively with organizations and private equity firms through the entire investment process - from supporting the deal flow, 100-day planning, and restructuring operations to building up assets, creating value, and exiting the deal.

Apply Now

Submit your cover letter, CV, and academic transcripts (.doc or .pdf format only) via our website before Monday, May 20, 2024.

Interview Process

Candidates will have interviews held virtually the week of July 15, 2024. If you are invited to first-round interviews, you will receive a notice from a Kearney recruiter to schedule your interview.

Read more about how you can make your mark, your way at Kearney.com / careers.

Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients.

That’s why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer;

we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws.

This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.

Language Requirements

N / A