Senior Operations Consultant

Streamliners Management Consulting; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Professional development

Job summary

A management consulting firm in the United States seeks an experienced consultant with a strong background in process improvement and manufacturing. The role involves leading project workstreams and delivering operational transformation for clients. Candidates should have extensive experience in high-performance manufacturing environments and be willing to travel over 80%. The ideal candidate will possess a STEM bachelor's degree and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a high-performance manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years of experience in consulting.
• 3+ years leadership and management experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project leader for project workstreams, transformations, and turnarounds.
• Use data to prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Drive change and improvements to client operations.

Skills

Problem-solving

Process Capacity & Utilization Modeling

Change Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Job description

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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 experienced 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%