Dear community,
I'm reaching out today to ask for advice from experienced consultants as I am faced with the following dilemma:
- Join a small boutique consulting firm (generalist)
- Concern here is: really small team in the country (2FTE) I'll be joining so not too sure how steep my learning curve is going to be
- Join a leading procurement consulting firm dealing with highly influential clients
- Only concern here: I don't know if I want to specialize in supply chain in the long term, How feasible would the change be from a leading procurement consulting team to a management consulting firm (MBB, Kearney etc) after gaining a few years of experience?
Looking forward for your responses!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for your prompt reply! Really appreciate it I just want to clarify the following: being limited to procurement projects in the future would not be a problem for me if it's something I enjoy - however my concern is it common to switch from procurement consulting to MBB, Kearney and others / Is it doable?
Yes. The way that I see this happening is that you would need to do some procurement related projects at MBB, Kearney etc when you start. This will help you gain some credibility and then you can choose some different projects and branch out.