[Hiring] Senior Management Consultant @Tailored Talent

Role Description

The Senior Management Consultant (SMC) works as part of a project team on large-scale implementations, serving as project lead responsible for data collection, rapid current-state assessment, value creation, and driving high-ROI results on time and within budget.

• Apply analytical skills and operational excellence methods to drive continuous improvement on the shop floor, in the warehouse, and across back-office functions.
• Act as a strategic advisor to client leadership: translating data and observations into compelling recommendations that move clients to action, including delivering difficult findings with respect, confidence, and candor.
• Facilitate on-site workshops, individual and group coaching, and change management initiatives; hold client teams accountable for agreed actions and measurable results.
• Leverage lean transformation experience to lead hands-on change within client organizations, driving urgency and sustainable improvement.
• Rapidly build competency across industries and sectors; translate client problems into clear, executable implementation plans.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years of manufacturing and/or supply chain operations experience.
• Strong lean transformation background: deep grounding in Toyota Production System, Danaher Business System, or equivalent.
• Combined operations and supply chain leadership: progressive plant or operations management, direct line responsibility, and ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Planning, scheduling, and S&OP knowledge: production planning, capacity planning, and application across manufacturing environments.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency: complex models, pivot tables, and data analysis.
• Financial acumen: ability to connect operational improvements to P&L impact, cost structures, and ROI.
• ERP systems awareness and AI fluency: understanding of how systems interface with operations.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA advantageous.

Requirements

• Strategic advisor mindset: proactively shapes the client’s agenda, builds trusted relationships, and earns the right to influence.
• Influential and courageous: gets clients at all levels to take action; delivers challenging news with clarity, professionalism, and composure.
• Crisp communicator: adapts written and verbal style to executive, manager, and shop-floor audiences.
• High bias for action: moves quickly, creates urgency, and drives momentum without sacrificing quality.
• Critical thinker who deals effectively with ambiguity: identifies root causes and formulates clear-headed recommendations under pressure.
• Results-oriented: holds self and client teams accountable for completing commitments on time and with measurable impact.

Benefits

• Live anywhere in the US (within reasonable proximity to a major airport for weekly client travel).
• Travel expectations: a typical engagement week begins with arrival at the client site by midday Monday and departure on Friday around noon.
• 100% employee-owned (ESOP eligible).
• Competitive base salary and bonus.
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, and 401k with match.
• Onboarding and career development across multiple industries.
• Regular training led by seasoned TBM professionals.
• A collaborative team culture with strong camaraderie.

Company Description

Our client is an operations and supply chain consulting firm with offices across North America and Europe. They serve manufacturers, distributors, service organizations, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies. With 150+ consultants across two continents, they are well-positioned to support large-footprint, multinational clients.

A pioneer in lean manufacturing for over 35 years, their specialties span operational excellence, supply chain management, human capital strategy, private equity value creation, digital manufacturing, and management system implementation.