Principal Consultant, Manufacturing Transformation

• Competitive base salary plus highly rewarding performance incentive program.
• Opportunity to help shape the growth of a rapidly expanding consulting practice.
• Collaborative team of experienced manufacturing and consulting professionals.
• Autonomy to develop client relationships while leading high value transformation initiatives.
• Strong benefits package, retirement program, flexible paid time off philosophy, and home office support.
• Extensive exposure to senior executives across leading manufacturing organizations.

• Develop new consulting engagements through existing industry relationships, strategic networking, and consultative business development.
• Expand existing client partnerships while identifying opportunities for additional operational improvement initiatives.
• Lead executive level operational assessments and manufacturing transformation engagements from strategy through implementation.
• Partner with manufacturing leadership to improve operational performance, productivity, quality, supply chain effectiveness, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate strategic workshops, executive presentations, and collaborative planning sessions with client stakeholders.
• Lead multidisciplinary consulting teams while ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and with measurable business impact.
• Translate complex manufacturing challenges into practical improvement roadmaps and sustainable operational solutions.
• Mentor consultants, contribute to organizational knowledge development, and support continuous improvement of consulting methodologies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to manufacturing executives, plant leadership, and cross functional stakeholders.
• Travel extensively throughout North America to support client engagements, generally Monday through Thursday.

• Proven experience within management consulting or professional services organizations.
• Five or more years of successful business development experience, including acquiring new clients and expanding existing accounts.
• Five to ten years of leadership experience within manufacturing operations, industrial engineering, process engineering, operational excellence, quality, supply chain, plant management, or related disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree required. MBA preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and manufacturing transformation.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, facilitation, project management, and organizational change management skills.
• Ability to effectively influence stakeholders ranging from plant floor personnel to executive leadership teams.
• Strong executive presence with outstanding presentation and relationship building capabilities.
• Ability to lead multiple complex client engagements simultaneously in a fast paced consulting environment.
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout the United States.

• Experience supporting Aerospace and Defense manufacturing organizations or other highly regulated industries.
• Active or previously held U.S. security clearance.
• Experience coaching organizations in structured problem solving methodologies.
• Familiarity with customer relationship management platforms such as HubSpot.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise wide operational transformation initiatives.

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