Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement

Associate: Operations & Manufacturing

Alvarez & Marsal is a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and corporate advisory services, is seeking to expand its Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) – Deal Operations team. With more than 5,000 professionals based in 40 locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, our firm excels in problem solving and value creation.  Drawing on a strong operational heritage and hands-on-approach, our professionals work closely with organizations and stakeholders to help tackle complex business issues and maximize value.

 A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice, with offices throughout the US, focuses on serving upper middle market and large cap private equity firms who have engaged A&M to help improve operating results at their portfolio companies.  The companies we serve are upper middle market in the $50 million to $1 billion plus range. 

Private Equity Focused Professionals

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 to help drive them during our Client’s ownership.  From our thorough fact-based analysis, we assess 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 build leadership skills. The leadership team is focused on providing development opportunities, training and exposure to international business assignments.

Responsibilities:

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.   Senior 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:

• 2-4 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 transfer


• Manufacturing strategy, CapEx planning, Manufacturing 4.0/IIoT


• Lean, Six Sigma, TOC and Value Engineering

• Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis

• Specific experience designing and leading the execution of internally-focused and externally-focused change/communications strategy.


• Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis


• Previous strategy and change management experience.


• Bachelor’s degree required

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