Director - Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions

Today’s environment requires businesses to rapidly address dynamic conditions to optimize earnings and cash. Riveron helps public and private organizations improve business performance align the enterprise operating model for growth and achieve strategic objectives.

Riveron brings functional leadership subject matter expertise and proprietary tools to align business performance with growth and strategic objectives. We target your core operational and financial performance drivers to improve profitability increase spend effectiveness and improve overall working capital.

Our Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions team focuses on serving the upper middle market and large cap public and private organizations to improve operating results. We 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. From our thorough fact-based analysis we assess the state of operations identify key risks to investment and quantify potential improvement plans. From there we then implement changes to drive EBITDA improvements.

Who You Are:

• 10 plus years of combined professional industry and consulting experience with a minimum of 4 years specializing in manufacturing and/or distribution functions

• Previous advisory experience from a top-tier strategy firm leading specialist niche advisory firm or Big-4 consultancy preferred

• Experience working for or with private equity sponsors and portfolio companies

• Deep functional expertise in one of more of the following areas:

• o    Supply Chain Operations

• o    Manufacturing Operations SI&OP (Sales Inventory & Operations Planning)

• o    Footprint optimization plant consolidation and product line transfer

• o    Manufacturing strategy CapEx planning Manufacturing 4.0/IIoT

• o    Lean Six Sigma TOC and Value Engineering

• Demonstrated track record working with C-suite executives as well as private equity deal and operating partners

• 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

• Previous strategy and change management experience

• Ability and desire to travel as required based on client location

What You’ll Do:

• We are seeking individuals that can lead and deliver large complex client engagements working closely with executive leadership to identify design and implement creative business solutions.  In this role Directors will:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of a company’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.

• Execute and oversee approved transformation plans in alignment with executive leadership.

• Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables and effectively manage the team and day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance.

$140000 - $275000 a year

The expected pay range for this position is $140000 - $275000 (exclusive of bonus equity or benefits for which this role may be eligible). This range takes into account a variety of factors that are considered in making individual compensation decisions including but not limited to experience and training; skill sets; licensure and certifications; location and other business and organizational needs; and applicable laws.

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