The Opportunity

Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further.

With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.

As a Manufacturing Excellence - Senior Associate, you will specialize in enhancing product development and manufacturing processes. You will collaborate closely with clients to analyze product lifecycles, identify bottlenecks, and develop strategies to enhance speed to market, reduce costs, and improve quality. Within our Management Consulting practice, you will focus on optimizing operational efficiency and effectiveness, providing guidance on implementing lean manufacturing principles, optimizing supply chain integration, and leveraging digital technologies.

As a Senior Associate, you will utilize your skills to analyze complex problems and manage assigned workstreams, developing deliverables within client service engagements. You will build meaningful client connections, anticipate needs, and embrace increased ambiguity. Your role involves mentoring others, maintaining professional and technical standards, and navigating complexity to deliver quality work and grow your personal brand.

In this role at PwC Acceleration Center India, you will be part of a team that partners with clients across diverse industries to address critical business challenges and drive transformation in how products are designed, engineered, and manufactured. You will contribute to strategic advisory and implementation services in areas such as Strategy & Operations, Digital Manufacturing, and Connected Products & Solutions.

Responsibilities

PwC’s Operations and Supply Chain Solutions (OSCS) – Physical Product Development & Manufacturing (PPDM)



partners with global clients to transform how products are designed, engineered, manufactured, and serviced. As a Manager within the Manufacturing Excellence capability, you will lead engagement teams and deliver strategic and operational transformation programs across industries.

You will collaborate with senior client stakeholders to shape solutions, drive execution, and ensure measurable business impact across Manufacturing Excellence, Product Development Excellence, Digital Manufacturing, Digital Engineering, and Connected Physical Products & IoT.

Position Requirements:

Knowledge Preferred:

- Manufacturing Strategy & Operations: Expertise in end-to-end manufacturing process and shop floor operations, with the ability to diagnose operational challenges and recommend strategic initiatives to enhance throughput, productivity, plant network efficiency and cost-to-serve.

- Operations Excellence: Proven experience in leading Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or Kaizen initiatives, with the ability to design operational improvement roadmaps and drive multi-site implementation.

- Maintenance & Reliability: Knowledge of preventive/predictive maintenance, asset reliability programs, and uptime optimization strategies.

- Manufacturing Quality: Exposure to manufacturing quality systems, root cause analysis (RCA), CAPA implementation, and cost of poor quality (COPQ) tracking.

- Contract Manufacturing Strategy: Experience supporting make-vs-buy decisions, managing external manufacturing partners, and evaluating outsourcing opportunities.

- M&A; Integration & Separation: Ability to lead manufacturing-focused due diligence, synergy assessment, and post-merger integration initiatives.





- Network Optimization: Experience in footprint rationalization, multi-site manufacturing optimization, or supply chain network redesign projects. Experience with network design tools such as Riverlogic, Lamasoft would be preferred

- Project Management: Demonstrated ability to scope, plan, and lead complex multi-workstream transformation initiatives, with strong stakeholder management.

Skills Preferred:

- Strong problem-solving capabilities with the ability to structure ambiguous problems.

- Analytical skills to interpret operational data and convert it into business insights.

- Executive-level communication and presentation skills for CXO / VP-level interactions

- Ability to lead and mentor teams, providing guidance, feedback, and skill development.

- Demonstrated experience delivering high-quality work and managing cross-functional project teams.

- Robust collaboration skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, internal teams, and leadership.

What You Must Have

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related fields from Tier-1 institutes.
- MBA in Operations (Preferred)
- 5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing strategy, operational excellence, digital manufacturing, or related consulting/industry roles.

- Prior experience managing teams, owning client relationships, and delivering large-scale transformation projects.

What Sets You Apart

- Demonstrating proficiency in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
- Utilizing advanced skills in Manufacturing Strategy and Operations Management
- Excelling in project management for end-to-end implementations
- Engaging in network optimization and supply chain management projects
- Applying analytical thinking to manufacturing cost analysis and feasibility studies
- Embracing emerging technologies and digital manufacturing solutions
- Developing go-to-market strategies and product roadmaps for manufacturing clients

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