Management Consultant, Project Lead – Manufacturing & Operations Excellence

The opportunity Do you know manufacturing, enjoy leading projects and teams, and want to turn operational challenges into measurable results? At EFESO, we work side by side with leading industrial companies to improve manufacturing performance and build sustainable Operations Excellence capabilities. We are looking for an experienced Management Consultant to strengthen our MAKE Practice in Stockholm. You may come from consulting or from an operational, engineering or transformation role in industry. What matters most is your manufacturing credibility, ability to drive improvement and experience leading projects and client teams. What you will do - Lead client projects and workstreams within Manufacturing and Operations Excellence - Take responsibility for project planning, delivery, quality and results - Turn operational challenges into concrete improvement initiatives - Lead and coach client teams and consultants through implementation - Work with areas such as WCOM, TPM, Lean, loss analysis and performance improvement - Build trusted client relationships and contribute to business development - Use data and Industrial AI as accelerators of Operations Excellence Is this you? You are likely to bring: - 5–10 years of relevant professional experience - Strong experience from manufacturing, industrial operations or Operations Excellence - Proven experience leading projects, workstreams or improvement programmes - A track record of delivering measurable operational improvements - Experience with WCOM, TPM, Lean, Six Sigma or comparable improvement systems - Strong analytical, leadership and stakeholder-management skills - Credibility from the shop floor to senior management - An interest in how data and Industrial AI can accelerate operational improvement - A Master's degree in Industrial Engineering & Management, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering or similar You may come from consulting or from a manufacturing company. Experience developing client relationships and new business is an advantage. Fluent English and Swedish are required. The role is based in Stockholm and includes travel, primarily within the Nordics. Why EFESO Nordics? At EFESO, you will lead real transformation, not simply recommend it. You will work close to our clients' operations, from identifying improvement opportunities to implementing changes and building capabilities that sustain results. You will join an entrepreneurial Nordic team and work alongside experienced specialists across Operations Excellence, Value Chain and Industrial AI. Interested in leading industrial transformations that create measurable results? We would like to hear from you. About us EFESO Nordics is part of EFESO Consulting Group which is a global consulting company specialized in Operations Strategy, Performance Improvement and Industrial AI. In the Nordics, we are 40 consultants working both locally and globally with our 1000 colleagues side-by-side with clients to accelerate their transformation towards short term results and future-proof operations – always built on knowledge, responsiveness and proven methods and models. We work with industry leaders in industries such as: forest & packaging, discrete manufacturing, food & beverage, private equity and services & utilities. EFESO Nordics is a pioneer in management consulting in Sweden, as our origins are from one of Sweden’s oldest management consultant companies founded in 1960.