Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement

Senior Associate: Operations Group—Aerospace & Defense

Alvarez & Marsal, 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 team in various locations throughout the U.S. With more than 5,000 professionals based in 40 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 Private Equity Performance Improvement Services (PEPI) practice, with offices throughout the US, focuses on serving middle market and large cap private equity firms who have engaged A&M to help improve operating results at their portfolio companies.   

Our professionals are aligned with a PEPI service line to promote the development of deep industry and functional skills & experiences to maximize our ability to tailor solutions to solve our clients’ business issues. 

Our PEPI services include:

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

Alvarez & Marsal combines our heritage in taking on complex and challenging environments and situations with our experience in Aerospace, Defense & Aviation 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 and extended platform of experts ranges from engineers, data scientists, to financial, operating and industry executives, 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 Aerospace, Defense & Aviation team takes holistic, cross-functional approaches that focus on quickly identifying high impact opportunities for EBITDA 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 Aerospace, Defense & Aviation leadership team is focused on providing career development, training and exposure to international business assignments. 

Professional experience:

• Leading teams through a time-sensitive project 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 experience through consulting projects or engagement 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, productivity
• Organizational structure and effectiveness
• Process improvement
• SG&A cost reduction
• 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 and drive
• Critical thinking skills
• Ability to deliver results on-time and on-quality under time pressure
• Flexible and creative thinking
• Client relationship building

 Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship required due to client requirements for some of our work related to Aerospace & Defense
• 4-7+ years of relevant work experience
• Flexibility to travel up to 80% of the time
• Previous professional consulting / operations experience with a recognized strategy consulting firm or Aerospace, Defense or Aviation related firm preferred
• Depth in Aerospace, Defense or Aviation preferred
• Recent project leadership experiences
• Experience working with PE and/or PE relationships a PLUS (personal or professional)