Manager

Company Description

Wavestone is a premier global management consulting firm that is dedicated to delivering high-impact results to its clients. Our global team of more than 5,500 professionals over 4 continents bring deep industry knowledge and experience, strategic insight and operational expertise, and a passion for delivering measurable bottom-line results.

As a part of the team, you will be constantly engaged with projects and opportunities that will develop your skills and advance your career. We hire the brightest, creative, and most dedicated candidates and develop them into confident and knowledgeable leaders and business experts. Our collaborative culture ensures that—from Day 1—you become an integral member of the Wavestone team.

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Job Description

As a Manager in the Business Consulting practice, you will lead and own large-scale consulting engagements that enable and drive significant changes to help our clients achieve their manufacturing goals. This is a client-facing, full-time role that requires the ability to lead and deliver complex consulting engagements in diverse manufacturing environments – not limited to any one industry vertical.

The ideal candidate brings a blend of strategic thinking, operational expertise, and hands-on consulting experience, with a track record of helping manufacturing organizations navigate transformation, improve performance, and solve operational and organizational challenges. This role offers the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients supporting initiatives across the full spectrum of manufacturing functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver consulting engagements focused on solving complex challenges within the manufacturing industry, including process improvement, operational excellence, factory automation, digital transformation to name a few.
• Apply deep knowledge of manufacturing environments to analyze client operations, identify root causes, and design practical actionable solutions.
• Lead and own large-scale client initiatives and programs in support of Wavestone’s overall P&L and growth potential ensuring quality work, on time, and within budget.
• Serve as a key point of contact for clients, managing relationships and ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Actively guide and participate in client engagement(s) to direct solution development and implementation.
• Create and develop business relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to clients.
• Execute business development plans including lead qualification, problem/solution exploration, proposal generation and related client meetings.
• Contribute to business development goals established by leadership.
• Lead and motivate direct reports as well as client project team members. Provide regular feedback and development-focused coaching and mentoring.
• Support talent recruitment by acquiring and developing high potential talent.
• Facilitate client meetings and conversations that result in clear outcomes and mutual understanding.
• Develop clear and compelling business presentations/reviews for internal and external audiences.
• Develop overall governance programs to effectively define, monitor, and support programs and strategies.
• Continually evaluate and learn new tools, processes, or approaches to further improve existing methodologies. Create new methodologies and other intellectual capital for the practice area.
• Actively participate in and represent the company at business marketing events such as speaking engagements, networking events, executive events, and seminars.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a variety of disciplines to include Business, Engineering, Operations, or other relevant disciplines.
• Master’s/MBA preferred.

Required Experience

• 5 or more years’ consulting experience with a deep emphasis in manufacturing with a strong focus on manufacturing clients across a range of sectors.
• Proven ability to lead client engagements and teams, with experience managing complex projects in manufacturing involving efficiency, productivity, quality, cost, and digital capabilities.
• Well-developed business acumen including policy alignment, concise communication, and technology solutions in support of a client's strategic goals.
• Demonstrated success executing business development plans and goals.
• A focus on strategic planning including critical thinking, bringing structure to ambiguous situations, and leading toward a future vision.
• Well-developed communications skills, including expertise in delivering compelling presentations to stakeholders.
• Effective problem resolution skills including the ability to break a problem down into solvable components.
• Demonstrated customer focus that conveys a genuine concern for customer needs and generates customer satisfaction.
• People leadership including experience serving as a coach and mentor in support of individual and team development.
• Proven ability to build trusting interpersonal relationships, and model professional demeanor when faced with opposition, pressure, or stressful conditions.
• Ability to travel based on client requirements.

Preferred Experience

• 8 or more years’ experience in consulting including team leadership, with deep experience in manufacturing transformation across a variety of verticals.
• Experience developing a practice or set of service offerings to clients.
• Process improvement/Six Sigma/Lean Sigma experience.

Benefits

• Medical / Dental / Vision coverage
• Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA
• Employer Paid disability and life insurance
• Short-term & Long-term Disability
• Term life and AD&D
• Voluntary life insurances
• Critical Illness and Accident insurances
• $50 Technology stipend (monthly)
• 401(k) retirement plan - Traditional 401(k) & Roth 401(k)
• 30 Days of flexible paid time off (accrued monthly)
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

Additional Information

Wavestone is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity as a core component of our culture. Our collective success depends heavily on the recruitment and inclusion of qualified professionals, regardless of individual characteristics such as race, ancestry, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran’s status, or any characteristic protected by law.