Senior Associate, Manufacturing & Operations Transformation

Alvarez & Marsal; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking a senior operations specialist to drive performance improvements across manufacturing and distribution functions for PEPI engagements. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of target facilities, evaluate operability, and review data to identify efficiency and cost-saving opportunities.

This role emphasizes collaboration with shop floor staff and cross-functional teams. The position offers a competitive salary range ($125,000–$170,000 annually) with discretionary

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience, with at least 4 years in manufacturing and/or distribution.
• Deep functional expertise in Supply Chain Operations, Manufacturing Operations & SI&OP, Footprint optimization, Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, and Value Engineering.
• Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis.
• Experience designing and leading change/communications strategies; prior strategy and change management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Responsibilities

• Understand target’s manufacturing and distribution operations—organization design, production capacity, efficiency, quality, planning, warehousing, and team capability.
• Evaluate maintainability and operability of production facilities.
• Review current and historical data to understand efficiency, capacity, equipment conditions, maintenance logs, spare parts, and production numbers.
• Provide shop floor insights by talking with employees and customers and reviewing available data.
• Identify potential cost improvement opportunities through lean improvements, outsourcing, or consolidation of facilities.
• Develop transformation plans to drive proposed changes and identify risks and mitigations.
• Oversee the quality of deliverables and day-to-day team relationships to ensure exceptional performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Business process mapping

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking a senior operations specialist to drive performance improvements across manufacturing and distribution functions for PEPI engagements. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of target facilities, evaluate operability, and review data to identify efficiency and cost-saving opportunities.

This role emphasizes collaboration with shop floor staff and cross-functional teams. The position offers a competitive salary range ($125,000–$170,000 annually) with discretionary