Senior Operations Consultant

Streamliners Management Consulting; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading management consulting firm is seeking an Operations Consultant to drive efficiency improvements and deliver transformation objectives for clients in manufacturing. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively while managing multiple projects. Ideal candidates have a background in STEM and experience in high-performance environments, with a willingness to travel extensively.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in high-performance manufacturing or 2+ years in consulting.
• Strong knowledge in discrete manufacturing and process automation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project leader for transformations and turnarounds.
• Drive improvements in client operations and manufacturing processes.

Skills

Problem Solving

Change Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Lean Six Sigma

Kaizen

JIT

Kanban

5S

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Streamliners is a management consulting firm specialized in rapid efficiency improvements, operational excellence, and fast turnaround. We help manufacturers and private equity owned portfolio companies in North America and Europe solve complex operational challenges to maximize profit margins and gain competitive advantage. At our core, we are doers. We work closely with clients in various industries to execute the steps required to achieve performance improvements.

Who You Are:

A experianced and self-directed problem solver. A change management champion. You not only work well with others, but also can operate autonomously with little direction. You go the extra mile, and your entrepreneurial drive and intellectual curiosity have helped you garner a track-record of achievement.

You should feel second nature conducting & leading the following analysis:

• Process Capacity & Utilization Modeling
• Bottleneck Analysis
• Warehouse Restructuring
• KPI Creation
• Workforce Analysis

The Role:

You will work alongside other consultants and clients, typically on site, to deliver transformation objectives. You will have ownership of workstreams and be responsible for executing effective improvement plans within operations, ranging from shop floor improvements to fundamental changes in work processes and information and material flows. You’ll also serve clients in a project manager capacity for turnarounds, transformations, and expansions.

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Serve as project leader for project workstreams, transformations, and turnarounds
• Problem-solve technical manufacturing issues using structured methodologies
• Use facts and data to prioritize improvement opportunities
• You will adopt a process-oriented approach to solving problems and will break a large complex problem into a series of smaller, more manageable modules.
• Drive change and improvements to the overall execution of client operations
• Transform manufacturing processes for better productivity and efficiency
• Conduct due diligence, benchmarking, best practice, and other assessment studies
• Recommend actions and help clients implement them
• Manage and deliver the highest quality client work

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in a high-performance manufacturing environment
• or - 2+ years of experience in consulting
• or - 3+ years leadership and management experience
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics),
• Strong functional knowledge in one or more of the following: discrete manufacturing, project management, process automation, continuous improvement
• Enjoys to work collaboratively with those across all levels in an organization
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Willingness to travel +80%

Preferred:

• Background in Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt is a plus) and methodologies including but not limited to Kaizen methods, JIT, Kanban, SMED, 5S, Poka Yoke, Visual Workplace, and VSM
• Experience in management consulting, large-scale change management, or turnaround and restructurings
• Direct operating experience with P&L accountability
• International work experience

Travel Required: 80%

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Project Management, and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services, Operations Consulting, and Manufacturing

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