Description
Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement
Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services.
With over 11,000 people providing services across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
A&M's Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) practice focuses on serving upper middle market and large cap private equity firms who have engaged A&M to diligence potential acquisition targets in pre-deal situations as well as help improve operating results at their portfolio companies. Our area of expertise is integrated pre-deal due diligence assistance and supporting performing companies to deliver a growth strategy as well as supporting under-performing with a need to reorganize or take costs out. Working directly with company management, A&M helps stabilize financial and operational performance by developing and implementing comprehensive profitability and working capital improvement measures.
A&M’s Supply Chain professionals assist our clients in analyzing each part of the supply chain process including: Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Logistics and Distribution, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning to identify value creation opportunities, develop a roadmap to accelerate those opportunities and assist with driving them to our client’s bottom line. From our thorough fact-based analysis, we assess the state of the supply chain, identify key risks to investment and quantify potential EBITDA improvement plans.
The PEPI Supply Chain group is a growing business with high growth projected throughout the next two to four years. We offer excellent opportunities for career advancement and build leadership skills. The leadership team is focused on providing development opportunities, training and exposure to international and domestic business assignments.
Professional experience:
We are seeking individuals that can assist in delivering large, complex client engagements working closely with Private Equity leadership to help identify, design, and implement creative business solutions for their portfolio companies.
The (Senior) Associate, Supply Chain participates in the following types of engagements. Hands-on experience in at least two of the following areas is required:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of a client’s supply chain including manufacturing and distribution locations, baseline of product flow and seasonality, detailed operating costs, key supply chain processes in sourcing, planning, and operations;
- Develop a structured approach to assessing potential improvement opportunities, and conduct required analysis to define potential supply chain strategies and tactics to meet growth and financial objectives;
- Analyze supply chain network design and footprints:
- Baseline warehousing and distribution network cost structure and capacity utilization;
- Profile supply chain processes and inventory flows throughout the network;
- Analyze network optimization opportunities for cost, inventory, and service delivery;
- Assess inventory planning processes and systems and recommend potential improvement opportunities for optimizing service levels and inventory working capital requirements;
- Develop transformation plans to drive proposed changes in transportation, freight optimization, warehousing & distribution, and develop implementation plan and estimated range and timing of benefits (OPEX / inventory / service delivery).
Qualifications:
- 3-8 years of consulting and industry operating experience;
- Previous distribution and logistics analysis / advisory experience within industry, consulting, or 3PL environment;
- Excellent fact-gathering and analytical skills, including business process mapping and quantitative analysis;
- Master’s degree from an accredited university is essential;
- Fluency to a native level in both written and verbal Dutch and English is essential.
If you want to be part of A&M’s success story and would like to grow in a dynamic environment, we are looking forward to your application.
