Description Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement Associate: Operations & Manufacturing (OPEN TO ALL U.S. LOCATIONS) About Alvarez & Marsal Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity-are why our people love working at A&M.
The Team A&M's Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice, with offices throughout the US, focuses on serving the middle market and large cap private equity firms who have engaged A&M to help improve operating results at their portfolio companies.
Our professionals are aligned with a PEPI service line to promote the development of deep functional skills & experiences and to maximize our ability to tailor solutions to solve our clients' business issues.
We bring a structured and disciplined approach to create and capture value. We provide private equity clients with a broad continuum of knowledge and tools for cost improvements, transformations, mergers, acquisitions, and carve-outs.
A&M's Operations professionals assist our clients in analyzing
manufacturing operations , supply chain and distribution channels, procurement, SG&A operations, and sales force effectiveness for potential value creation opportunities and help drive them during our client's ownership. From our thorough fact-based analysis, we assess the state of operations, identify key risks to investment and quantify potential EBITDA improvement plans for the buyer and seller.
The PEPI Operations group is a growing business targeting high growth in the next two to four years. We offer excellent opportunities for career advancement and leadership skills. The leadership team is focused on providing development opportunities, training, and exposure to international business assignments.
How You Will Contribute We are seeking individuals that can lead and deliver large, complex client engagements, working closely with PE leadership to identify, design, and implement creative business solutions for their portfolio companies. Associates frequently assist with the following types of engagements:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of a target's manufacturing and distribution operations-- organization design, production capacity, efficiency, quality, planning, warehousing and team capability.
- Evaluate the maintainability and operability of production facilities
- Review current and historical data to understand efficiency & capacity, including equipment conditions, maintenance logs, spare parts and detailed production numbers.
- Provide shop floor insights by talking with employees and customers and reviewing all available data
- Identify potential cost improvement opportunities through lean improvements, outsourcing or consolidation of facilities
- Develop transformation plans to drive proposed changes and identify key risks and mitigation strategies
- Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables and effectively manage the team and day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance.
Qualifications - 2-5 plus years of professional experience, with a minimum of 3 years specializing in manufacturing and/or distribution functions
- Deep functional expertise in at least one of the following areas:
- Supply Chain Operations
- Manufacturing Operations, SI&OP
- Footprint optimization, plant consolidation and product line
