Director, Operations & Manufacturing - PEPI Transformation

Alvarez & Marsal; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement seeks a Director of Operations & Manufacturing. You will lead assessments of manufacturing and distribution operations, optimize capacity and efficiency, and drive cost-improvement initiatives for portfolio companies.

Your work includes engineering lean transformations, process redesigns, and cross-functional collaboration with PE sponsors. You will partner with C-suite and PE operating partners to develop and execute transformation plans,

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years combined professional industry and consulting experience, with at least 4 years in manufacturing and/or distribution functions.
• Advisory experience from a top-tier firm, leading specialist, niche advisory firm, or Big-4 required.
• Experience working for or with private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.
• Deep functional expertise in Supply Chain Ops, Manufacturing Ops, SI&OP, plant footprint optimization, CapEx planning, Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, Value Engineering.
• Proven track record with C-suite and PE deal/operating partners.
• Strong analytical skills including business process mapping and quantitative analysis.
• Experience designing and leading change/communications strategies; MBA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand target’s manufacturing and distribution operations, including organization design, capacity, efficiency, quality, planning, warehousing and team capability.
• Evaluate maintainability and operability of production facilities.
• Review data to understand efficiency, capacity, equipment conditions, maintenance logs, and parts.
• Provide shop floor insights through conversations with employees and customers and data review.
• Identify cost-improvement opportunities via lean, outsourcing, or facility consolidation.
• Develop transformation plans to drive changes and identify risks and mitigation strategies.
• Implement and oversee deliverables, manage the team and day-to-day relationships to ensure performance.

Skills

Manufacturing Ops

Supply Chain Ops

Lean

Six Sigma

TOC

Value Engineering

Education

MBA a plus

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement seeks a Director of Operations & Manufacturing. You will lead assessments of manufacturing and distribution operations, optimize capacity and efficiency, and drive cost-improvement initiatives for portfolio companies.

Your work includes engineering lean transformations, process redesigns, and cross-functional collaboration with PE sponsors. You will partner with C-suite and PE operating partners to develop and execute transformation plans,