Manager, Manufacturing & Operations Transformation

Alvarez & Marsal; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement seeks a Manager: Operations & Manufacturing to drive value creation across manufacturing and distribution operations for portfolio companies. You will lead assessments, design transformations, and oversee cross-functional teams to deliver measurable improvements.

The role emphasizes senior-level collaboration with C-suite and PE partners, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and TOC methodologies.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of professional industry experience, including at least 4 years in manufacturing and/or distribution functions.
• Deep functional expertise in Supply Chain Operations, Manufacturing Operations, Footprint optimization, plant consolidation, or related areas.
• Experience working with C-level executives and private equity deal/operating partners.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with business process mapping and quantitative analysis.
• Change management and cross-functional communication experience, MBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand target’s manufacturing and distribution operations: org design, capacity, efficiency, quality, planning, warehousing, team capability.
• Evaluate maintainability and operability of production facilities.
• Review data on efficiency, capacity, equipment conditions, maintenance logs, and production numbers.
• Provide shop floor insights by talking with employees, customers and reviewing data.
• Identify cost improvement opportunities through lean improvements, outsourcing or facility consolidation.
• Develop transformation plans to drive changes and identify risks and mitigations.
• Implement and oversee deliverables quality and manage day-to-day team relationships.

Skills

Manufacturing Operations

Supply Chain Operations

Lean/Six Sigma

TOC & Value Engineering

Education

MBA

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement seeks a Manager: Operations & Manufacturing to drive value creation across manufacturing and distribution operations for portfolio companies. You will lead assessments, design transformations, and oversee cross-functional teams to deliver measurable improvements.

The role emphasizes senior-level collaboration with C-suite and PE partners, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and TOC methodologies.