Associate Director

Job Description & Summary: PwC’s Chemicals Strategy & Operations team is looking for high-potential individuals to support high-impact consulting engagements. You will work closely with clients to address both strategic and operational challenges including growth strategy, cost optimization, supply chain transformation, process benchmarking, productivity enhancement, and performance improvement.

Job Position Title:

Associate Director/ Director_ Chemicals _Fuels & Resources_ Advisory_ Mumbai/ Gurgaon

Responsibilities:

As an Associate Director/Director, you will be part of a team of professionals with extensive consulting and industry experience. Leveraging your expertise and experience, we anticipate that you will provide valuable insights and solutions to clients in the chemical domain.Specific responsibilities includes:

Strategy:

• Support growth and diversification strategy engagements, including global market analysis, competitor benchmarking, and opportunity identification.
• Business Case Build: Assist in building value strategy, performing opportunity assessment, and crafting a value story by identifying & sizing value/benefits opportunity, estimating cost components, etc., for largescale transformation programs.
• Conduct commercial due diligence, business plan validation, and gotomarket strategy formulation including customer assessment.
• Support client with developing strategy in supply chain, procurement, and logistics.
• Conduct techno-economic feasibility assessment for investments, process upgrades, and product diversification.
• Support Large-scale Transformation Projects: Support the delivery of endtoend transformation projects for Chemical clients, involving Align, Innovate, Release, and Evolve phases of a Transformation program.

Operations:

• Client Collaboration: Work closely with our clients to understand their business needs, challenges, and objectives.
• Requirements Analysis: Conduct comprehensive requirements gathering and analysis with Business Acumen and being power users of Enterprise applications.
• Process Architecture Build: Assist in evaluating the business processes of our clients and advising on process reengineering, Business Process Master List (BPML), and running Fit-To-Standard workshops.
• Map and assess end-to-end operations across manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and logistics functions.
• Support value chain diagnostics, cost take-out, throughput improvement, and asset productivity enhancement projects.
• Conduct operational benchmarking and recommend best practices for process efficiency and digital interventions.
• Analyze KPIs like OEE, yield, cycle time, plant utilization, inventory turnover, etc., and develop performance dashboards.
• Work on lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or Industry 4.0-related initiatives (exposure to tools/methodologies is a plus).

Engagement Support:

• Prepare client-ready deliverables including presentations, models, and reports.
• Conduct primary and secondary research using industry databases and field interviews.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outputs.

Mandatory Skillset:

A consulting background is essential, with proven experience in digital transformation within the Chemical sector. Candidates should demonstrate expertise in leveraging AI and advanced technologies, preferably with a focus on Chemical sector consulting.

Candidate interviewed in last 12 months need not apply.

Please share your CV with <sikander.naim@pwc.com>

Preferred skills and competencies:

• Proven years’ experience of working in a reputable chemicals or petrochemicals company or in a management consulting firm
• Strong understanding of the chemical industry or operations or supply chain in one or more areas (specialty chemicals, agrochemicals, Pharma APIs and intermediates, petrochemicals, bulk chemicals, others)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a structured approach.
• Proficiency in MS Excel (including basic modeling), PowerPoint, and relevant analytics tools.
• Familiarity with tools like SAP, Power BI, Tableau, or digital operations platforms is a plus.
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 technologies, including automation, digitalization of manufacturing processes, and connected equipment in manufacturing operations is a plus.
• Capable of conducting current state assessments and benchmarking clients' businesses.
• Proficiency in business process mapping for various functions/departments and building flow charts to analyze and eliminate duplicate or inefficient processes is a plus.
• Proficiency in problem-solving, quantitative analysis, and storytelling through PowerPoint and Excel.
• Exposure to industry databases like ICIS, IHS, Volza, Trademap, Statista, etc., is a plus.
• Good communication, interpersonal skills, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements across India or abroad.

Years of experience required:

8 - 12 years

Level will be discussed post interview discussion based on the competency of individual.

Education qualification:

BE/B-Tech/master’s degree in chemical engineering is a must and MBA is a plus from reputed college