Pepi: Director, Operations Group—Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space (Open To All U.s. Locations)

Description

Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement

PEPI: Director, Operations Group—Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space

(OPEN TO ALL U.S. LOCATIONS)

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), a leading independent global professional services firm specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement, and corporate advisory services, is seeking to expand its Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) – Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space (ADAS) team in various locations throughout the U.S. With more than 7,000 professionals based in more than 65 locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, our firm excels in problem solving and value creation. Drawing on a strong operational heritage and hands-on-approach, our professionals work closely with organizations and stakeholders to help tackle complex business issues and maximize value.

A&M’s global Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice focuses on serving middle market and large cap private equity firms to improve operating results at their portfolio companies. In addition to serving private equity clients and portfolio companies, the ADAS team also leverages its industry and functional expertise to serve corporate clients in the Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space sectors.

Our PEPI services include:

• Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space
• CFO Services
• CDD/Strategy
• Supply Chain
• Rapid Results
• Interim Management
• M&A Services

Alvarez & Marsal combines our heritage in taking on complex and challenging environments and situations with our experience in Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space to help create high performing teams and deliver results. Our seasoned industry experts are called on by the highest levels of the Pentagon and the largest acquisition programs in the history of the US Department of Defense (DoD), foreign governments, and partner nations. Senior executives, members of the boards of directors, operators of commercial aviation companies, suppliers, prime contractors, OEMs, and the broad and diverse multi-tier supplier networks across the global defense industrial base rely on our professionals to address the current market challenges with a keen eye toward unlocking value.

The industry has recently faced unprecedented challenges. Delivering results in the new global operating environment is not only a matter of operating performance improvement and shareholder value, but also a matter of financial solvency and national security. Our diverse, extended platform of experts includes ADAS industry leaders and functional SMEs in engineering, data science, finance, operations, and other areas, making A&M the partner of choice when a generic approach to problem solving is simply not enough. We bring a history of success working collaboratively with clients to take on the toughest short-term challenges and deliver long term sustainable results. The ADAS team takes holistic, cross-functional approaches that focus on quickly identifying high impact opportunities for EBITDA, cash management, and operational improvements across the entire organization. Our team is targeting high growth in the next 2-4 years. We offer excellent opportunities for career advancement and building leadership skills. The ADAS leadership team is focused on providing career development, training, and exposure to international business assignments.

Professional experience:

• Manufacturing experience in fabrication or assembly environments
• Margin management, pricing, product rationalization
• Sales and operations planning
• Process improvement
• Leading teams through time-sensitive projects by structuring a performance improvement plan and managing the process through to completion
• Hands-on, relevant experience through consulting or industry projects in several of the following areas:
• Working with clients directly to implement strategic and operational recommendations
• SG&A cost reduction
• Footprint optimization
• Sourcing and global supply chain
• Emerging technologies in engineering and manufacturing
• Human capital / organizational structure design and effectiveness
• Direct and indirect cost transparency
• Developing findings and making strategic recommendations
• Operations management and productivity improvement
• Change Management
• Management Operating Systems
• Sales & marketing effectiveness, processes, incentives
• Working capital and cash management
• Synthesizing meaningful insights from data, facts, and discussions with clients

Professional skills:

• Flexible, creative thinking
• Structured project management (time, team, and workstream management)
• Strong written, oral, and analytical skills
• Ability to deliver results on-time and on-quality under time pressure
• Initiative, drive, and critical thinking skills
• Intellectual curiosity and passion for developing new skillsets
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset and excited to develop new capabilities and client relationships
• Sharp data analytics skills (data science, business intelligence, data visualization, etc.)

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• U.S. Citizenship required due to client requirements for some of our work related to Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space
• Experience working with PE and/or PE relationships a PLUS (personal or professional), especially related to Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space
• Experience with go-to market strategy and business development preferred
• Flexibility to travel up to 80% of the time
• Depth in Aerospace, Defense, Aviation, or Space preferred
• Previous professional consulting / operations experience with a recognized strategy consulting firm or Aerospace, Defense, Aviation, or Space related firm preferred
• Recent project leadership experiences

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.