China - Manager, Operations Consulting

At dss+, you don’t just deliver projects - you help save lives, improve performance, and build a more sustainable future.

We are a purpose-led global consultancy partnering with organisations in high-risk and asset-intensive industries to solve complex operational challenges across safety, operational excellence, and sustainability. With a heritage rooted in DuPont’s industrial operations, we combine deep expertise, practical problem-solving, and digital innovation to deliver measurable and lasting impact for our clients. 

As a Manager within our China consulting team, you will help industrial organisations improve operational performance, strengthen leadership capability, and deliver sustainable business results.

You will lead client workstreams and projects, working directly with operational leaders and senior stakeholders to address complex challenges across operational excellence, productivity improvement, organisational effectiveness, and performance transformation. You will play a key role in delivering measurable outcomes for clients while helping to develop our people and grow long-term client relationships.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced consultant who enjoys combining strategic thinking with practical implementation and wants to make a meaningful impact across some of China's leading industrial organisations.

Our clients operate across a range of industrial and asset-intensive sectors, including manufacturing, chemicals, metals and mining, energy, and related industries. We help organisations improve operational performance, develop leadership capabilities, enhance productivity, and build the organisational systems required to sustain results.

As a Manager, you will:

• Lead consulting engagements and workstreams, ensuring delivery excellence and measurable client outcomes.

• Work closely with client leadership teams to identify operational improvement opportunities and support implementation.

• Deliver operational excellence and performance improvement programmes across industrial and manufacturing environments.

• Analyse complex operational challenges and develop practical, actionable solutions.

• Facilitate workshops, leadership engagements, and capability-building initiatives.

• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and contribute to long-term account development.

• Coach and develop consultants and analysts, helping to strengthen team capability and performance.

• Contribute to proposal development and support business growth opportunities where appropriate 

Be part of a values-led organisation where your work helps save lives, improve performance, and advance sustainability for our clients and their people.

Gain autonomy and real accountability, working closely with senior clients on complex, high-impact challenges.

Join an inclusive and collaborative environment where your voice is valued, your curiosity is encouraged, and your wellbeing is supported.

Accelerate your development through hands-on experience, structured learning, and opportunities to work on international projects. 

We are looking for candidates who bring:

• Experience within a recognised management consulting firm or consulting environment.

• Strong knowledge of operations, operational excellence, continuous improvement, safety, manufacturing performance, or industrial transformation.

• Experience working with industrial or asset-intensive sectors such as manufacturing, chemicals, energy, metals and mining, or related industries.

• Experience leading project workstreams and managing client stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills.

• The ability to translate complex problems into practical solutions and drive implementation.

• Experience managing teams and supporting the development of junior consultants.

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.

We are implementers and change-makers. Our teams work from the boardroom to the shop floor, helping organisations build resilience, improve performance, and sustain results over time.

Our expertise spans industries including metals and mining, energy, chemicals, manufacturing, and private equity, combining deep operational knowledge with transformation and capability-building expertise. 

dss+ is committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive culture where everyone is respected, valued, and able to contribute fully. We believe diversity strengthens our organisation and drives better outcomes for our people, our clients, and the communities we serve.