Remote Ops Excellence Consultant — Manufacturing Intelligence

factbird.com; Italia; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Competitive salary

Internet reimbursement

Thoughtful onboarding

Development plan conversations

Company-wide events

Global inclusive culture

Job summary

Factbird is seeking an Operational Excellence Consultant for Italy to translate shop-floor observations into measurable business value. You will lead on-site and remote assessments, build compelling business cases, and partner with sales to drive adoption and ROI.

This role requires deep manufacturing experience, strong KPI knowledge, and fluency in Italian and English. You will travel across Italy (up to 75%), collaborate with account managers and plant stakeholders, and help customers

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, continuous improvement, operational excellence, operations consulting, or a closely related environment.
• Strong understanding of OEE, downtime, throughput, quality, and operational KPIs
• Hands-on experience with Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or similar improvement methods
• Ability to build and defend a practical business case for operational change
• Confidence working with operators, supervisors, CI leads, plant managers, and senior stakeholders
• Comfort with digital tools, dashboards, analytics, MES-adjacent systems, or industrial software
• Fluency in Italian and English — written and spoken—is required
• Willingness to travel across Italy.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with prospective and existing manufacturing customers to understand operational challenges on the shop floor
• Lead on-site and remote operational assessments focused on line performance, downtime, throughput, quality, and improvement potential
• Translate plant-level observations into a clear operational and financial value story
• Build practical business cases, including ROI, payback, and operational impact
• Partner with account executives to shape customer conversations and reduce deal risk through credible operational insight
• Support pilot and trial programs to help customers move from interest to adoption
• Coach customer teams on how to use Factbir in a way that creates real value, not just more reporting
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders ranging from operators and CI leads to plant managers and senior decision-makers
• Act as the bridge between customer needs, operational reality, and internal commercial and customer teams
• Bring manufacturing best practices and operational-improvement thinking into how Factbir works with customers across the region

Skills

Manufacturing ops

Continuous improvement

Operational excellence

OEE

Lean Six Sigma

Data analytics

Tools

MES systems

Job description

Factbird is seeking an Operational Excellence Consultant for Italy to translate shop-floor observations into measurable business value. You will lead on-site and remote assessments, build compelling business cases, and partner with sales to drive adoption and ROI.

This role requires deep manufacturing experience, strong KPI knowledge, and fluency in Italian and English. You will travel across Italy (up to 75%), collaborate with account managers and plant stakeholders, and help customers