Where You Want to Be
Last year, approximately 3.7% of the UCLA Anderson students graduating from the full-time program were hired to perform an operations-related function across various industries. Specific roles include supply chain, logistics, inventory management, procurement, planning and operations consulting. Companies hiring Anderson students are in a wide variety of industries including E-commerce, tech, health care, and transportation. Parker helped students land positions with a median salary of $135,000 with 60% landing signing bonuses averaging $36,500and 50% received stock/equity.

The specific roles UCLA Anderson MBA students enter in the Operations function include:
- Supply Chain
- Logistics
- Inventory Management
- Planning
- Operations Consulting
- Procurement
Academics
Students interested in Operations will learn skillsets to help them implement processes and metrics that can improve a company’s core performance, and also ensuring the company’s goals and business methods are aligned. Courses help to support gaining experience in analytics
Capstone: Applied Management Research (AMR)
Sample Projects
- Evaluated mechanisms for regular feedback for an international relief non profit to get data for their annual review process
- Developed a marketing strategy to identify effective customer acquisition and retention methods to provide scalable growth for a social enterprise that connects informal workers in Kenya to jobs
- Gathered insights, information, and guidance regarding talent engagement and management to improve the HR system of a Korean mobile game development venture
Resources
- Strategy & Operations Management Association club
- Anderson Career Team (ACT)
- Interview Prep Team (IPT)
- Analytics Workshops
- Days-on-the-Job (DOJs)
- Strategy & Operations Speaker Series
- Career Preparation Workshops

“After five years of engineering in the manufacturing industry, I came to Anderson to transition into strategy and operations in the hi-tech industry. The combination of Parker Career Center, Technology Business Association (AnderTech), and Strategy & Operations Management Association (SOMA) helped me land a product management internship at Amazon—and eventually my full-time return offer. Recruiting skills from Parker, mentorship from AnderTech, and leading SOMA as president has prepared me to find a job and perform on the job as a leader in the tech industry.”
David S. Tseng ('21)
Sr. Product Manager, Amazon
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