Trainee GOglobal Inhouse Consulting - limited to 2 years (all genders)

at  Merck KGaA - Germany

Your role: The Global Graduate Program (GGP) is the company’s career accelerator for high potential graduates who are early in their careers. During the 24-month program, you will experience a mix of strategic management consulting projects as well as operational rotational stations in the healthcare, life science, and performance material divisions. In the first year, you will be working in the Inhouse Consulting team, where you will have the opportunity to tackle challenging problems under the guidance of experienced consultants and to acquire extensive management and problem-solving skills. Inhouse Consulting projects focus primarily on strategy, growth, as well as operational optimization, and our internal clients are typically senior-level executives within the company. On average you get to work on 5 to 10 projects during your first year to gain a good knowledge of the company and maximize your exposure to different subjects. You will also participate in targeted professional trainings as well as our coaching & mentoring program to continuously improve your technical expertise and business acumen. In the second year, you will be working on several assignments within our divisions: Healthcare, Life Science, Performance Materials and Group Functions (e.g. HR, Finance, Innovation, IT). Depending on our business needs and your preference, you’ll get the chance to gain in-depth knowledge of the day-to-day operations of different functions and also to gain first expert knowledge to focus on topics or functions of your interest, such as marketing, medical, R&D, production, strategic management, and venture capital among others. Each assignment will last three to four month, with one international assignment. After successfully completing this program, you will move into an exciting role within one of our businesses.
Next start date: March 2020
Several positions available