Consultant - Manufacturing Sector - Management Consulting firm - IIT/IIM/ISB/NIT/BITS

Manufacturing consultants assist companies in improving the quality of their products. A manufacturing consultant oversees the optimization of system efficiency and assists in the creation of the needed infrastructure for manufacturing processes.

What You will Do:

- Work along with top management to identify areas for cost reduction

- Run idea generation session with client teams and work along with clients to see through end to end implementation

- Right intervention with the frontline team to ensure adoption of aligned ideas and eliminate non-value-added practices and highlight zero-waste processes to maximize operational efficiency and reduce costs

- Identify high-cost assets adding insufficient value and reallocate spending towards processes with high ROI. Cutting off the non-value process, which typically contributes close to nothing to business output.

- Your main workstream will involve the implementation of best manufacturing practices and providing guidance and mentoring to more junior members of client staff, and delivering specialist rail consulting projects.

- You will leverage your deep knowledge and expertise in cost reduction and operations excellence applications, to improve end-to-end operations from product development to manufacturing to service.

- You will be expected to have a strong understanding of Manufacturing principles and processes with the ability to direct and lead multidisciplinary manufacturing transformation.

- You will help clients think through how to adapt their operations in response to the continuing growth of advanced manufacturing technologies, including smart manufacturing.

- During the production phase, your work may involve providing long-term solutions to problems to improve production processes and yield positive results. This may include the identification of raw materials for production and ensuring the manufacturing process progresses as planned. You may also work with workers to ensure that they effectively work to meet manufacturing standards.

- As part of an international network, you'll focus on integrating insights from internal and external leaders as well as developing world-class knowledge across the smart manufacturing space. In addition, you will assist their client teams in developing strategies and technology roadmaps in order to implement processes and operating systems in support of applying advance/smart manufacturing.

- You will help their clients to transform their operations practices, develop strategies and help implement several initiatives to achieve new performance highs, working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.

Additionally, you will consult to senior individuals at client organizations as well as existing client service teams on driving transformational change around advance manufacturing theory and processes.

Qualification:

- Undergraduate degree; Master's degree is a plus

- Prior experience of process optimization through various tools & techniques e.g. Design of Experiments and Six Sigma methodology

- 3+ years of work experience, preferred in an operating/line role, change management role, or continuous improvement role

- Strong record of academic achievement and clear demonstration of leadership in academic, and/or extracurricular setting

- Ability to identify opportunities for growth and subsequently take a leadership role in exploring new ideas

- Proven experience in applying well-developed problem solving skills (quantitative, conceptual, analytical)

- Comfortable with significant client interaction and interest in building relationships

- Strong interest in and passion for coaching or mentoring others

- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and the local office language(s)

- Willingness to travel