JOB REQUISITIONDallas Business Performance Improvement - Digital Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence (Consumer Products & Services) Manager
LOCATIONDALLAS
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)JOB DESCRIPTIONWhere We Need You Protiviti is looking for a Manager to join our growing Supply Chain & Operations team.
What You Can Expect As a Manager, you'll partner with our clients to identify and manage complex business problems and provide best-in-class advice and solutions. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You'll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You'll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
What Will Help You Be Successful - You enjoy process, technology, relevant analytics and metrics, organization, and strategic design.
- You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to production and manufacturing operations, warehousing and fulfillment operations, maintenance and asset reliability operations, including the latest trends and developments.
- You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.
- You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
- You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
- You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
- You have an interest in participating in the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
Do Your Talents Include the Following? Demonstrated experience with:
- Understand and being able to work hands on with Operations Technology and specifically data tag analysis and manipulation.
- Execute manufacturing AI techniques in prompt development and Machine Learning techniques.
- Execute discrete flow simulation modeling.
- Analyzing manufacturing data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement in areas such as asset utilization, throughput, productivity, quality, and waste management.
- Collaborating with plant floor personnel to understand operational challenges and design data-driven solutions that improve productivity and support their roles.
- Developing and deploying analytics models, dashboards, and reporting tools tailored to plant floor needs.
- Leading and managing multiple process improvement projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely delivery.
- Leading client workshops, discovery sessions and stakeholder discussions to identify opportunities, validate findings and refine recommendations.
- Conducting ROI and financial impact analyses for proposed operational changes or capital expenditures.
- Implementing and tracking process modifications, including equipment selection, process flow redesign, and operational standards development.
- Maintaining and ensuring data integrity across manufacturing systems; supporting root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
- Providing real-time analysis and reporting to enable quick identification and resolution of manufacturing issues.
- Partnering with cross-functional teams (production, maintenance, quality, logistics) to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Assisting in training plant personnel on new systems, standards, and best practices.
- Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
- Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
- Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
- Ability to translate and communicate issues, risks, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
- Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
Your Educational and Professional Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or Business-Related Field).
- 5+ years working in Consulting, Manufacturing, Manufacturing/Industrial/Equipment Engineering, Operations Technology, Manufacturing AI, Operational Digital Twins, Discrete Flow Simulation or related field, either in professional services or industry.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment, with direct exposure to plant floor operations and operations technology.
- Demonstrated ability to use data & AI to solve manufacturing problems and improve operational outcomes.
- Proficiency in AI tools i.e. Microsoft Data Foundry (or equivalent), ChatGPT, Claude, Co-Pilot, NVIDIA.
- Experience in program or project management, with a track record of successfully running multiple improvement projects.
- Solid understanding of the financial aspects of manufacturing, including cost analysis and ROI calculations.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for plant floor personnel and management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio, Access, SQL, Python, and Tableau / Power BI.
- Experience with data historians such as OSIsoft, an understanding of data tags and high value use-cases is a plus.
- Professional Certification such as CPM, CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, PMP, TPM, Six Sigma/ Lean Six Sigma, Certified Scrum Professional, or similar strongly preferred.
Our Hybrid Workplace Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.
Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.
$126,000.00 - $202,000.00
Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.
12%
The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.
$141,120.00 - $226,240.00
Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.
Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.
Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.
JOB LOCATIONTX PRO DALLAS
