McKinsey-Style Consultant vs Vendor Evaluation

McKinsey-Style Consultant

By Fleury (McKinsey-style Skills)

Generate executive consulting decks with pyramid principle, issue trees, and McKinsey layouts.

Vendor Evaluation

By Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)

Compare suppliers with weighted scorecards and get a recommendation on who to buy from.

McKinsey-Style Consultant

• Breaks down business problems using issue trees and the pyramid principle
• Designs McKinsey-style slide layouts with proper hierarchy and data visualization
• Searches for supporting data and organizes it into Excel sheets with source URLs
• Generates PowerPoint decks page by page with clean charts and executive summaries
• Manages complex multi-page projects across sessions with dependency tracking

Vendor Evaluation

• Creates a weighted scorecard with criteria like functional fit, pricing, implementation difficulty, and vendor stability
• Generates specific questions to ask each vendor about their product, pricing, support, and security
• Scores each vendor against your criteria and calculates a total weighted score
• Delivers a recommendation with the winner, runner-up, key risks, and contract terms to negotiate
• Includes reference check questions to ask existing customers of each vendor

Reach for McKinsey-Style Consultant when…

• You need to present a strategic analysis to executives or investors
• You're exploring a market opportunity and want a structured research deck
• You want a consulting-quality presentation without hiring a firm
• You have a business problem and need a clear, data-backed recommendation

Reach for Vendor Evaluation when…

• You're comparing software tools or service providers and need a systematic way to decide
• You're running an RFP process and need to score multiple vendors fairly
• You need to justify a vendor choice to your team or leadership with data
• You're evaluating suppliers and want to avoid missing important criteria or risks