Associate Director - Transformation KGS CH

Associate Director - Transformation KGS CH

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

• 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. 

• Mentor and manage engagement teams, ensuring high-quality analysis, structured problem-solving, and timely delivery. 

• Support business development activities including proposal development, client pitches, opportunity assessments, and thought leadership.

• Manage large operations transformation initiatives working closely with KGS India management as well as global KPMG member firms

• Identify opportunities for OpEx, using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, to be implemented to derive tangible benefit for KGS and member firms

• Deliver OpEx projects within the divisional portfolio on time, to scope and within budget 

• Assess all aspects of current operating model including people, process, technology etc. as well as design and implement target operating model, working in close collaboration with the service lines

• Identify and implement process improvement, automation, right shoring etc. opportunities using lean and other transformation approaches

• Lead problem solving and brainstorming workshops with project stakeholders

• Prepare analysis reports, solution designs and other project deliverables and own responsibility for timely completion and quality of outputs

Education background

1. Required:

• Graduate / Engineering background (REC/NIT/IIT etc.)

• MBA from top tier college

• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from Reputed Organizations / ASQ

1. Desirable:

   • PMP certified / PRINCE2 Practitioner
     • Other qualifications relating to data analytics/ Intelligent automation

 

Mandatory Skills

• Min. 14 years of overall experience of large global organizations or with consulting firms with an experience in manufacturing operations, operational excellence, consulting, value creation, lean transformation, or business transformation roles.

• Proven experience delivering measurable improvements in productivity, cost, quality, throughput, inventory, working capital, and service performance.

• Strong exposure to manufacturing environments such as Automotive, Auto Ancillary, Industrial Products, Engineering, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Building Materials, Metals, or Process Industries.

• Hands-on experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, TQM, Kaizen, OEE improvement, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, and Continuous Improvement programs.

• Experience leading large-scale transformation and operational improvement programs across multiple plants or business units.

• Strong financial acumen with ability to translate operational improvements into EBITDA and cash flow impact.

• Demonstrated ability to manage senior client stakeholders including CEOs, COOs, Plant Heads, Operations Directors, PE operating partners, and Board members.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and executive communication skills.

• Experience in due diligence, value creation planning, post-acquisition transformation, or portfolio company improvement programs will be an advantage

• Excellent knowledge and experience of leading global process transformation projects using lean/ six sigma methodology, tools and techniques and AI

• Hands-on experience of identifying and implementing Intelligent Automation opportunities (AI / process mining / RPA / workflow etc.)

• Experience in developing global operating models leveraging onshore and offshore delivery centers

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Skilled in the use of data analysis tools and able to extract insights from complex data

• Excellent Project management skills including ability to manage multiple workstreams/ projects at the same time.

• Ability to work with offshore and onshore stakeholders at all levels

• Business development mindset to generate new opportunities for the function

Preferred Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent execution skills; and a go-getter
• Exceptional Client and stakeholder management skills
• Good Management and employee interface

Experience Level

Mid Level