Core Responsibilities

• Support clients on a wide variety of topics, including, but not limited to:
  
• New product development and new market entry strategy development
  
• Assessing market drivers and customer needs as part of product strategy development
  
• Technology assessment, road mapping and adoption scenario modeling/forecasting
  
• Competitive bench marking of products and technologies?? Product cost estimation, performance benchmark, life cycle cost analysis, overall business model review
  
• Operations strategy Design and commercial cost reduction, sourcing strategy development and execution, manufacturing process assessment
  
• Due diligence engagements for leading early stage venture funds, private equity clients to help assess investments in the energy and transportation sectors
  
• Collect data from secondary sources and assist the team in identifying new and unique information sources
  
• Design and execute qualitative and quantitative primary research
  
• Quantify economic implications of strategy recommendations for the client
  
• Translate data into meaningful insights and recommendations
  
• Communicate findings to the consulting team and the client verbally and in writing
  
• Support senior leadership team in business development activities, as required
  
• Engage in overall RSC marketing activities by being active in authoring white papers, industry publications and presenting at market specific conferences
  

Position Requirements

• BBA or Engineering degree (Master??s preferred) from a top-tier institution
  
• Strong analytical skills and experience conducting in-depth data analysis
  
• Relevant professional work experience in product planning, product development, purchasing/procurement in one of the following industries:
  

Automotive

• Medium/heavy duty vehicles and off highway equipment
  
• Large engines
  
• Natural gas and oilfield equipment
  
• Defense
  
• Clean energy
  

Emerging mobility technologies

• Self-starter with excellent organization and time management skills able to structure own work and work independently
  
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, with excellent written & verbal presentation and communication skills; also able to recommend solutions to senior client leadership
  
• Skilled in using PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel
  
• Proficiency in Access, VBA and other database skills a plus
  
• Basic statistical modeling and regression analysis a plus
  
• Previous experience in consulting role a plus
  
• Willingness to be globally staffed on short notice