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PEPI: Director, Operations Group—Aerospace, Defense, Aviation & Space (OPEN TO ALL U.S. LOCATIONS)

Location: Miami, FL, United States
Date Posted: Apr 21, 2025

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 10,000 professionals based across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, our firm excels in problem solving and value creation.

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
• Transformation Services
• Interim Management
• M&A Services
• Manufacturing Operations
• CFO Services

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.

Professional experience:

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

Professional skills:

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

Qualifications:

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

The salary range is $150,000 - $225,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.

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