Dallas Business Performance Improvement - Digital Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence (Consumer Products & Services) Manager

You Belong Here

The Protiviti Career providesopportunityto learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission:We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.

At every level, we champion leaders wholiveour values ofintegrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Where We Need You

Protiviti islooking for aManagerto join our growingSupply Chain & Operationsteam. 

What You Can Expect

As aManager,you’llpartner with our clients toidentifyand managecomplex business problems and provide best-in-class advice and solutions.You'lldevelop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs throughusing thelatest tools and methods. You’lldevelop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’llfoster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.

What Will Help You Be Successful

• You enjoyprocess,technology,relevant analytics and metrics, organization, andstrategic design.

• You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related toproduction and manufacturing operations,warehousing and fulfillment operations,maintenanceand asset reliabilityoperations,includingthe latest trends and developments. 

• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.

• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership. 

• You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members. 

• You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. 

• You have an interest inparticipatingin the preparation of client proposals and strategies to winnewbusiness.

Do Your Talents Include the Following?

Demonstratedexperience with:

• Understandand being able to work hands onwith Operations Technologyand specifically data tag analysisand manipulation.

• Execute manufacturing AI techniques inprompt development and Machine Learning techniques.

• Execute discreteflowsimulation modeling.

• Analyzing manufacturing data toidentifytrends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement in areassuch asassetutilization, throughput, productivity, quality, and waste management.

• Collaborating with plant floor personnel to understand operational challenges and design data-driven solutions that improve productivity and support their roles.

• Developing and deploying analytics models, dashboards, and reporting tools tailored to plant floor needs.

• Leading and managing multiple process improvement projects, ensuring alignment with business goals andtimelydelivery.

• Leadingclientworkshops,discovery sessionsandstakeholder discussionstoidentifyopportunities,validatefindings andrefinerecommendations.

• Conducting ROI andfinancial impactanalyses for proposed operational changes or capital expenditures.

• Implementing and tracking process modifications, including equipmentselection, process flow redesign, and operational standards development.

• Maintaining and ensuring data integrity across manufacturing systems; supporting root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

• Providing real-time analysis and reporting to enable quick identification and resolution of manufacturing issues.

• Partnering with cross-functional teams (production, maintenance, quality,logistics) to drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Assistingin training plant personnel on new systems, standards, and best practices.

• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data. 

• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network,including withsenior executives. 

• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities andidentifyingand implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele. 

• Ability to translate and communicateissues, risks, or challengesto client personnel, including executives. 

• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals,mentoringand coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.  

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree inarelevant discipline (e.g.,Engineering,Supply Chain, Operations, or Business-Related Field).

• 5+ years working inConsulting,Manufacturing,Manufacturing/Industrial/EquipmentEngineering,OperationsTechnology,Manufacturing AI, OperationalDigitalTwins,Discrete FlowSimulation orrelated field, either in professional services or industry.

• Experience in a manufacturing environment, with direct exposure to plant floor operationsand operations technology.

• Demonstrated ability to use data&AIto solve manufacturing problems and improve operational outcomes.

• Proficiencyin AI toolsi.e.Microsoft Data Foundry (or equivalent), ChatGPT, Claude, Co-Pilot, NVIDIA. 

• Experience in program or project management, witha track recordof successfully running multiple improvement projects.

• Solid understanding of the financial aspects of manufacturing, including cost analysis and ROI calculations.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for plant floor personnel and management.

• Proficiencyin Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel,and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio, Access,SQL, Python,and Tableau / Power BI.

• Experiencewithdatahistorianssuch asOSIsoft,anunderstandingofdatatagsandhighvalue use-casesis aplus.

• Professional Certification such as CPM, CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, PMP,TPM,Six Sigma/ Lean Six Sigma, Certified Scrum Professional, or similar strongly preferred.

Our Hybrid Workplace

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.