Operations Consultant
Operations Consulting
The Position:
KGI is a regional boutique consulting firm, offering highly-specialized financial and operational services for companies in transition. Our seasoned experts work alongside c-level management to solve complex cash flow, operations and other time-critical challenges. KGI is an exceptional opportunity to develop a career path for candidates with a strong desire to:
The Individual:
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 7 years of operational and financial management experience and must possess strong interpersonal, analytical, leadership, negotiation and project management skills. Our consultants are hard working, oriented toward assisting our clients in valuable ways, and thrive with project management and problem solving activities. We are financially astute, operationally-oriented, self-motivated, and highly technical professionals who believe in "rolling up our sleeves”. Other qualifications include:
- 7 to 10 years total professional work experience. Mix of industry and consulting experience would be ideal
- Consulting experience with one or more of the following firms: Alvarez and Marsal, Alix Partners, Accenture, AT Kearney, BCG, BAH, PRTM or the supply chain practices of Deloitte, E&Y, KPMG, PWC or their spinoffs
- Direct material sourcing and procurement experience
- Low cost country sourcing experience
- Supply chain planning (S&OP, demand planning, product planning and scheduling) experience
- Strong quantitative ability
- Ability to connect with leadership and management of clients
- Astute problem-solving capabilities (technical and interpersonal)
- Articulate complex subject matter in a clear and concise style
- Strong team player willing to help build the KGI team
- Excellent verbal and writing skills
- Ability to travel up to 25% if required (mostly western United States and overseas)
Key Duties and Responsibilities for our clients:
- Analyze a company's financial position, operations and competitive landscape
- Work well in high pressure environments
- Execute changes to a client’s operations working closely with c-suite to shop-floor personnel
Education:
- An undergraduate degree in business, economics, engineering or computer science is preferred
- An MBA from a top school is required
- Other professional certifications preferred but not required - APICS, ISM, Six Sigma
Company Overview:
Since 1984 KGI has provided professional services to more than 1,500 middle market companies in the manufacturing, technology, service, distribution and real estate industries. Whether a Company seeks to significantly improve operations or requires additional capital, KGI is the established one-stop resource to get these results quickly. If liquidity or sale is needed, KGI provides a powerful combination of services and expertise to achieve outcomes that, simply put, cannot be duplicated by other firms.
The Opportunity:
KGI is a regional boutique consulting firm, offering highly-specialized financial and operational services for companies in transition. Our seasoned experts work alongside c-level management to solve complex cash flow, operations and other time-critical challenges. KGI is an exceptional opportunity to develop a career path for candidates with a strong desire to:
- Participate in building a consulting practice focused on the middle market
- Be challenged by a breadth of functional, transactional, strategic, and industry scenarios
- Work in project-oriented, fast-paced situations
- Do meaningful, critical work for clients
- Be able to achieve high earnings through part-time or full-time employment
KGI maintains offices in Santa Monica, Irvine and San Francisco.
Compensation
KGI offers a competitive compensation package and a great springboard for building a fast track career in the lucrative and satisfying world of enterprise consulting.
Submit a cover letter that highlights your experience and abilities along with your resume (in MS Word Format Only) to careers@kginc.com.
Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed.
