**Overview:**
We are seeking a highly experienced Consulting Manager with a manufacturing engineering background to join our management consulting team. As a Manufacturing Consulting Manager, you will lead cross-functional initiatives that evaluate, develop, and improve manufacturing methods, processes, and systems. This role requires a strategic leader with deep expertise in design and implementation of manufacturing productivity and efficiency improvements. **Responsibilities:**
• Lead Manufacturing Process Redesign: Analyze and re-engineer workflows to improve performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency
• Optimize Bills of Materials (BOMs): Ensure BOM accuracy and standardization; reduce SKUs and enhance material traceability
• Support ERP/MRP System Integration: Maintain data integrity for BOMs, routings, and production data to enable effective planning and inventory control
• Standardize Components and Processes: Identify and implement standardization across product lines to reduce complexity and cost
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with engineering, supply chain, finance, and operations to align design with manufacturing capabilities and cost targets
• Drive Manufacturing Cost Analysis: Analyze material, labor, and overhead to support cost reduction and make-vs-buy decisions
• Lead Lean and Continuous Improvement Initiatives: Conduct value stream mapping and apply Lean, Six Sigma, or 5S methodologies to eliminate waste and improve efficiency
• Optimize Production Routing and Capacity Planning: Improve routing sequences, cycle times, and assess plant capabilities for layout and resource planning
• Develop and Maintain Documentation: Create and manage work instructions, process flows, and support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
• Ensure Compliance and Support Quality: Monitor production data, support root cause analysis, and ensure adherence to safety, quality, and environmental standards
• *Qualifications:**
• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, product design and new product introduction, corporate strategy, management consulting, or enterprise transformation
• Experience in consumer products and/or industrials industries
• Experience within our core industry focus: consumer goods, food and beverage, industrials, and manufacturing
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes (machining, assembly, welding, etc.) and equipment
• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing principles, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis tools
• Experience with CAD software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.) and ERP/MRP systems
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level presentation experience
• *Benefits:**
• Competitive compensation package
• Flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life's demands
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• Accommodation for applicants with disabilities available upon request
• RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on protected characteristics
• Discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance
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