[Hiring] Senior Continuous Improvement Consultant @Wipfli

Role Description

At Wipfli we’re more than a consulting firm. We’re driven by a passion to revitalize the North American manufacturing industry. Our goal is to enable growth, execute change, and resolve issues affecting short-term sustainability, near-term viability and long-term success of our clients. This is an opportunity for you to shape our company’s future. You will help drive the near-term and long-term strategic direction of Wipfli, as you lead our team of consultants and analysts through client projects. Our Managers will have an ownership mentality, and a wish to take on ever-increasing, rewarding, yet challenging, set of responsibilities. The ideal candidate operates with independence, can understand business problems, and develop actionable recommendations, and enjoys digging into data to analyze issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of operational, strategic, market study and data management consulting engagements.
• Serve as the primary client-facing consultant, building relationships with stakeholders from the boardroom to the shop floor.
• Sustain and grow current client business and take a proactive approach to new business development.
• Conduct on-site assessments and strategic sessions to manage clients to success.
• Assess issues impacting client performance and strategic execution, develop improvement plans, and drive actions to support those projects.
• Present findings and recommendations to executive leadership teams and boards of directors.
• Use data-driven problem analysis tools to drive action and develop recommendations.
• Support ownership with strategic direction including but not limited to developing, deploying, executing, measuring and course correction of Wipfli and our clients.
• Travel to client sites, 75%/12 days a month for in-person engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and/or Business Management.
• 7-10 years experience in manufacturing operations and/or strategic consultant capacity.
• Experience with traditional lean manufacturing tools, including Value Stream Mapping, Quick Changeover, Standard Work, etc. a plus.
• Excellent research and presentation skills.
• Comfort managing up and down, mentoring, and coaching associates and clients.
• Leadership skills and proven interpersonal presence.
• Ability to extract information, quickly assess a situation and develop critical and creative problem-solving techniques.
• Self-starter and manager of their own schedule and initiative to take on responsibility.

Benefits

• 8 health plan options (both HMO & PPO plans).
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Opportunity to enroll in HSA with potential Firm contribution.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Firm-sponsored basic life and short and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) savings plan & profit share as well as Firm matching contribution.
• Well-being incentive.
• Education & certification assistance.
• Flexible time off.
• Family care leave.
• Parental leave.
• Family formation benefits.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Travel rewards.
• Voluntary benefit offerings including critical illness & accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal, long-term care, pet insurance, ID theft protection, and supplemental life/AD&D.