Senior Associate, Manufacturing & Operations Transformation

Alvarez & Marsal; Leawood (KS); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in the United States seeks a Senior Associate to join the Private Equity Performance Improvement team, focusing on Operations & Manufacturing for portfolio companies. The role requires deep manufacturing and distribution expertise, significant travel up to 80%, and the ability to design and drive transformation programs.

Open to all U.S. locations, this full-time consulting position offers growth, exposure to leading PE clients, and a structured development path.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of professional experience, with 4+ years in manufacturing and/or distribution.
• Significant travel up to 80% of the time; consulting travel lifestyle.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Supply Chain Operations

Manufacturing Operations

Footprint optimization

Manufacturing strategy

Lean Six Sigma

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal in the United States seeks a Senior Associate to join the Private Equity Performance Improvement team, focusing on Operations & Manufacturing for portfolio companies. The role requires deep manufacturing and distribution expertise, significant travel up to 80%, and the ability to design and drive transformation programs.

Open to all U.S. locations, this full-time consulting position offers growth, exposure to leading PE clients, and a structured development path.