Operating Model Design - Managing Director

CFGI is a company focused on value creation, and they are seeking a Managing Director for Operating Model Design. This role involves leading organizational design engagements and ensuring the organization is structured to capture and sustain margin gains.

Responsibilities:

• Lead operating model diagnostics: organizational design, span-of-control analysis, decision rights (RACI/RAPID) mapping
• Work with management teams to identify centralization of shared services, relocate shared service centers, evaluate outsourcing/offshoring ROI and build an execution plan to build the future state
• Design and implement SG&A optimization and shared services/COE structures
• Build cost-to-serve models linking organizational structure to profitability by customer/channel/product line
• Support carve-out and integration operating model design for PE add-on and platform transactions
• Build CFGI's operating model methodology and delivery collateral (frameworks, benchmarks, case studies)
• Partner with portfolio company CEOs/CHROs on change management and org design rollout
• Support 100-day value creation planning with an operating model lens for new platform investments
• Represent operating model expertise in sponsor-facing BD conversations

Requirements:

• 10-15+ years in strategy consulting, with MBB or Strategy& pedigree and a specialization in operating model/org design
• Demonstrated experience leading organizational restructuring tied to measurable SG&A or margin outcomes
• Strong quantitative modeling skills (cost-to-serve, span-of-control benchmarking)
• Executive presence sufficient to lead sensitive organizational design conversations with C-suite and boards
• Experience with PE-backed companies preferred, particularly around carve-outs, platform buildouts, or post-merger integration