Advanced Materials

**/ Vacancy: Advanced Materials & Batteries Junior Consultant
From: Bax & Company
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Open position: Advanced Materials & Batteries Junior Consultant

The company
Bax & Company is a **consultancy **firm specialized in
**innovation management**, supporting clients across
**Europe **in transforming science and technology into real
value. We work for the **three types of innovation actors**,
including industry (large corporations, high-tech smaller
companies), academia (universities, RTOs) as well as for
public authorities. We support our clients by combining
our knowledge, experience, methodology and network
with a powerful drive to turn vision into tangible strategies
and projects in the complex world of partnering, emerging
technologies, new market opportunities and shifting
policy frameworks.

We are **specialized **in different **high-tech areas **related to
global societal challenges1 allowing us to assess our clients
at more **strategic level**. Within those focused areas, we
deliver a **broad portfolio of consulting services **spanning
all stages of the innovation lifecycle, from mobilizing
resources to develop (collaborative) R&D activities and
projects, to managing and supporting the
commercialization of innovative products.

The position
We currently have a vacancy for a junior consultant (1- 2
years of experience) to join our team working on advanced
materials. You will be based at our headquarters in
Barcelona, working alongside other team members and
taking responsibility for the delivery and management of
consultancy engagements. In this role, you will work on a
variety of projects related to advanced materials and
manufacturing for electromobility sector, including
strategy development, project development and
management.

As a junior consultant, you will be working in teams on
client-facing assignments involving R&D project
management and development, innovation
collaborations, dedicated studies and initiatives, and
provision of support for clients’ business development
activities.

We expect you to participate in at least three or four
different assignments that may cover substantially
different technological fields within the advanced
materials and manufacturing technologies domain. We do
not formally require you have a strong background in
particular fields, but we expect that you will work to the
utmost of your ability to quickly adapt and learn about
them.

Your activities will include working closely with one or two
other B&C consultants from two focus areas**:Advanced**
**Materials** and **Batteries**, as well as with clients and other
parties that B&C collaborates with in its assignments.

You will perform your activities from our **headquarters**
**office in Barcelona.** We offer a fully competitive
remuneration level that includes a fixed and a variable
component. We offer a very positive and entrepreneurial
corporate culture and pay attention to work-life balance.

**affinity with technology, business and innovation **and the
strong ambition for a fast professional growth in a small and
highly specialized consultancy firm.
- Background and profile: a MSc in engineering or

sciences is required (preferably Chemical/Materials
Engineering or Chemistry/Electrochemistry/Physics).
We look for profiles who are genuinely interested in
advanced materials, related manufacturing
technologies and circularity. An interest in the mix
between business and technology would be a plus,
ideally with additional education in business and
innovation management.
- Languages: truly fluent English, both written and oral,

is essential (almost all our assignments are performed
in English). Additionally, we value fluency in our client
native languages such as Spanish, Dutch, German,
Catalan, and French.
- Communication and presentation skills: You must

enjoy creating persuasive arguments and be able to
easily translate complex technical concepts into clear
and convincing business language. You should be able
to present information to clients clearly and
effectively.
- Writing skills: good writing skills are essential; we

need you to enjoy writing and be good at creating
convincing argumentations, easily translating
complex technical concepts into clear and compelling
business language.
- Soft skills: we expect a great deal of autonomy and

pro-activity, being able to communicate
professionally with partners and clients, managing
and leading discussions and public presentations.
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