Operational Excellence Specialist

We service 24 counties in Northeast Ohio and consult on a wide range of manufacturing needs.

At MAGNET, you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant contribution while working alongside a dynamic and innovative group of professionals. We offer exciting and rewarding careers within the manufacturing industry and are always looking for driven individuals to join our team.

Benefits to working at MAGNET include powerfully impacting our communities, an organization commitment to personal and professional growth, a team environment that encourages true connection and lots of traditional (and not-so traditional) perks.
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Position: Operational Excellence Specialist

Location: Cleveland, OH

Job : 205

# of Openings: 1

Job Title: Operational Excellence Specialist

Reports To: Operational Excellence Consultant / Senior Operational Excellence Consultant

Department: Operational Excellence Consulting Practice

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation Range: $60,000 to $85,000

Travel Requirements: Regional travel within Northeast Ohio and surrounding areas expected

Hybrid / Client Onsite

MAGNET is driving Northeast Ohio manufacturing growth by supporting small and mid-sized manufacturers, industrial organizations, and startups. Our Operational Excellence practice is focused on helping organizations improve operational performance, strengthen execution capability, increase productivity, improve flow, develop scalable operational systems, and support long‑term growth.

MAGNET’s consulting model is implementation-focused, collaborative, and built around practical operational improvement that creates measurable business impact for clients across manufacturing, distribution, logistics, warehousing, supply chain, and industrial operating environments.

The Operational Excellence Specialist supports delivery of operational improvement and transformation consulting engagements across MAGNET’s client base. This role works directly with client organizations and internal consulting teams to support measurable operational improvement initiatives focused on productivity, process improvement, operational flow, quality, material movement, project execution, and operational performance improvement.

While manufacturing remains a primary focus area, MAGNET supports organizations across a broad range of industrial, distribution, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, and operational environments in both private and public sectors.

The position is highly hands‑on and execution‑oriented, supporting implementation activities, operational analysis, workflow observation, implementation support activities, and implementation execution support within client environments. The Operational Excellence Specialist participates in assessments, workshops, process observations, data collection, implementation activities, and continuous improvement initiatives while developing broader operational consulting, facilitation, and implementation leadership capabilities.

This role is part of MAGNET’s Operational Excellence delivery team and works under the guidance of Operational Excellence Consultants and Senior Operational Excellence Consultants while supporting client‑facing consulting engagements and implementation activities.

• Support execution of operational excellence consulting engagements within client environments
• Support implementation of operational improvement initiatives focused on productivity, workflow optimization, process improvement, operational flow, and material movement
• Support Lean, Continuous Improvement, and Six Sigma initiatives including process improvement, visual management, workplace organization, and root cause analysis
• Conduct process observations, operational studies, workflow analysis, and operational data collection activities within industrial and operational environments
• Support operational assessments, process mapping, KPI analysis, workflow…