Associate Director

The position in discussion is with the Transformation team at KGS, which is KPMG’s global delivery center and an integral part of the firm’s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability globally. 

The person in this role will work closely across KGS India and KPMG member firms to drive transformation programs as well as develop a culture of continuous improvement.

Roles and Responsibilities

Designation  

Associate Director

Reporting to 

Director

Role type 

Individual contributor 

Employment type 

Fixed-Term

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Manufacturing Excellence and Value Creation engagements for private equity and corporate clients, from diagnostic assessment through implementation and value realization. 

• Conduct plant and operational diagnostics to identify value creation opportunities across manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, planning, logistics, quality, maintenance, inventory, and workforce productivity

• Develop value creation roadmaps with quantified business impact, implementation plans, investment requirements, and expected ROI. 

• Drive implementation of improvement initiatives and realization of savings across cost, productivity, throughput, quality, working capital, and service levels. 

• Lead manufacturing excellence workstreams including: 

  • OEE and asset utilization improvement
    • Throughput enhancement and bottleneck elimination
      • Line balancing and productivity improvement
        • Maintenance excellence and TPM initiatives
        • Quality and yield improvement
        • S&OP and production planning optimization
        • Inventory reduction and working capital improvement
        • Energy, utility, and conversion cost reduction
        • Automation and digital manufacturing 

• Facilitate workshops with CXOs, Plant Heads, Operations Leaders, and functional teams to align stakeholders and accelerate execution. 

• Establish governance mechanisms, KPI dashboards, performance reviews, and benefit tracking frameworks to sustain improvements 

• Present findings, recommendations, and implementation progress to client leadership teams, investment committees, boards, and PE sponsors as required.