Role Overview The role will involve working as a trusted strategic advisor to senior business leadership, including CEOs and CXOs, across companies.

The individual will operate with significant ownership and independence, bringing together strategic consulting experience, engineering understanding, and practical business insights. The expectation is to be a thought partner to leadership, contributing to problem-solving and strategic decision-making rather than focusing solely on execution.

Key Responsibilities

- Manufacturing & Operations Strategy: Develop strategic perspectives on manufacturing competitiveness, operational excellence, shop-floor productivity, cost optimisation, yield improvement, and production-line efficiency.
- Supply Chain Resilience: Advise businesses on supply-chain strategy, localisation, sourcing optimisation, supplier ecosystem development, and supply-chain resilience.
- Capital Equipment & Cost Strategy: Drive capital-equipment strategy, should-cost analysis, cost benchmarking, and investment optimisation.
- Product Development & Industrialisation: Support improvements in New Product Development (NPD), New Product Introduction (NPI), engineering development cycles, and time-to-market.
- Localisation & Strategic Sourcing: Identify opportunities for indigenisation, local manufacturing capabilities, and strengthening domestic supply chains.
- Strategic Problem Solving: Work on complex, ambiguous business problems and develop actionable strategic recommendations for senior leadership.
- Leadership Advisory: Act as a thought partner to CEOs and business heads, bringing external perspectives, industry knowledge, and structured problem-solving capabilities.

Focus Sectors The role will work with a focus on:

- Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering




- Battery and Electric Vehicle Ecosystem
- Alternative Chemistry and Specialty Chemicals
- Engineering and Precision Manufacturing
- Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS), Components and Finished Assembly (FATP)
- Defence Technology and Engineering

Exposure to semiconductor manufacturing may be relevant but is not a primary requirement.

Desired Candidate Profile

- 8+ years of relevant professional experience, preferably in management consulting and/or strategic operating roles.
- MBA from a Tier-1 business school.
- Current or prior experience with leading management consulting firms, including MBB and reputed Tier-2 consulting firms.
- Open for candidates who have transitioned from management consulting into strategic or business leadership roles within manufacturing, engineering, automotive, electronics, or industrial businesses.
- Strong engineering orientation and an understanding of product engineering, manufacturing processes, industrialisation, and operational economics.
- Experience in areas such as supply-chain strategy, manufacturing strategy, capital-equipment optimisation, should-costing, localisation, NPD/NPI, and operational excellence.
- Ability to independently engage with senior business leaders and translate complex business challenges into strategic insights and recommendations.
- Robust analytical, structured problem-solving, and communication skills.

Target Talent Pool

1. Ex-management consultants currently working in strategic, operational, or business leadership roles within relevant industrial and manufacturing organisations.
2. Professionals currently working with MBB consulting firms.
3. Professionals from reputed Tier-2 management consulting firms with relevant manufacturing, operations, and industrial strategy experience.

Location

Mumbai

📌 Sr. Leader – Management Consulting – Auto/Industrial Goods/Adv. Manufacturing (Mumbai)
🏢 Seven N Half
📍 Mumbai