Director - AIG

Alvarez & Marsal; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) invites applications for a Director – Automotive, Industrial Goods to lead advisory engagements from Bengaluru, leveraging a global practice footprint. The role focuses on transformation, EBITDA growth, and operational excellence across industrial sectors.

You will collaborate with CXOs to implement strategic transformations in Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing and Logistics, building assets and methodologies while driving client value and market impact.

Qualifications

• Consulting background (preferably) or Industry background (functional role in manufacturing, planning & sourcing).
• Driving EBITDA improvement and operational performance initiatives.
• Delivering cost optimization, productivity improvement, and operational excellence projects.
• Proven client-facing and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery/execution: Design solutions for client problems and manage delivery of modules, risk, and value realization.
• Business Development: Support on opportunities and proposal documents.
• Domain Development: Contribute to assets, methodologies, POVs, and marketing collateral.

Skills

Consulting background

EBITDA improvement

Cost optimization

Client-facing

Education

MBA

Job description

Company Profile

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 work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

Description

Director – Automotive, Industrial Goods

Mumbai/Gurugram

Company Profile

From its India office, A&M offers turnaround and restructuring advisory, interim and crisis management, performance improvement and transaction advisory services to PE firms, local and multinational firms and banks. Additionally, A&M brings industry expertise to India in a range of sectors, including automotive, business process outsourcing (BPO), consumer products, industrial products, private equity, transportation & infrastructure, manufacturing, retail, technology, telecommunications and textiles.

Team Profile

Alvarez & Marsal’s Business Transformation Services Practice (BTS) works with Corporate, Private Equity and Banks. Services include business assessment, performance improvement and corporate transformation across sectors. Our senior leaders also take up Interim Leadership (CEO, CFO, COO) positions and run day‑to‑day operations of the client. We work with leading Corporates and private equity to improve the company’s performance in areas including Revenues, Manufacturing Efficiencies, Sourcing & Supply Chain Optimization etc., leading to EBITDA growth.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Project Delivery/execution: Working with senior client professionals to design solutions applicable to client's problem statement and manage the delivery of modules, risk, defining deliverable content, ensuring buy‑in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client. Target and quantify the value of an operations transformation opportunity, work on creating a point of view that can be presented to the C‑suite and drive targeted improvement.
• Business Development: Support on business development opportunities and preparation of the proposal documents.
• Domain Development: Contribute to the firm's domain development initiatives. Support in development of assets and methodologies, development of point‑of‑view, research or white papers, support development of marketing collateral, public speaking and publication in industry periodicals.

Qualifications

10‑15 Years Of Consulting/ Industry Experience. Full Time MBA Experience.

Required

• Consulting background (preferably) or Industry background (functional role in manufacturing, planning & sourcing).
• Driving EBITDA improvement and operational performance initiatives.
• Delivering cost optimization, productivity improvement, and operational excellence projects.
• Proven client‑facing and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred

• Must have experience in working on different areas of Supply Chain—Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics.
• Working closely with CXOs and leadership teams to implement strategic transformation, Managing high‑impact, client‑facing engagements (Preferable, but not Mandatory).
• In‑depth domain knowledge in one or more and expertise in at least one sector of the following sectors: Automotive, Metals and Mining, Consumer Products, Diversified Industrial Products etc.
• Demonstrated expertise in more than one of the following Supply Chain areas:

• Manufacturing excellence—Throughput, Maintenance, Quality, Cost reduction, Best practice management, Digital IoT.
• Planning—Demand Planning, Sales and Operations Planning, Production Planning, Inventory Planning, Material Planning (desirable).
• Procurement—Planning, Cost reduction, Supplier Management.
• Labor productivity—Right sizing, Automation, etc.
• Lean Operations—Six Sigma, 5S, Kanban, etc.