Senior Associate: Operations & Manufacturing

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement (OPEN TO ALL U.S. LOCATIONS)

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging workguided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversityare why our people love working at A&M.

The PEPI Operations group is a growing business targeting high growth in the next two to four years. We offer excellent opportunities for career advancement and leadership skills. The leadership team is focused on providing development opportunities, training, and exposure to international business assignments.

How You Will Contribute

We are seeking individuals that can help deliver large, complex client engagements, working closely with PE leadership to identify, design, and implement creative business solutions for their portfolio companies. Senior Associates frequently assist with the following types of engagements:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of a target's manufacturing and distribution operations-- organization design, production capacity, efficiency, quality, planning, warehousing, and team capability.
• Evaluate the maintainability and operability of production facilities.
• Review current and historical data to understand efficiency & capacity, including equipment conditions, maintenance logs, spare parts, and detailed production numbers.
• Provide shop floor insights by talking with employees and customers and reviewing all available data.
• Identify potential cost improvement opportunities through lean improvements, outsourcing or consolidation of facilities.
• Develop transformation plans to drive proposed changes and identify key risks and mitigation strategies.
• Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables and effectively manage the team and day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance.

Qualifications:

• 7 plus years of professional experience, with a minimum of 4 years specializing in manufacturing and/or distribution functions.
• Deep functional expertise in one of more of the following areas:
• Supply Chain Operations
• Manufacturing Operations, SI&OP
• Footprint optimization, plant consolidation and product line transfer
• Manufacturing strategy, CapEx planning, Manufacturing 4.0/IIoT
• Lean, Six Sigma, TOC and Value Engineering
• Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis.
• Specific experience designing and leading the execution of internally focused and externally focused change/communications strategy.
• Previous strategy and change management experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.

The salary range is $125,000--$170,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.