Senior Manager and Director, Operational Value Creation - Cost & Productivity
West Monroe, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Overview
Are you ready to make an impact? Director and Senior Manager / Manager – Cost & Productivity Role Overview West Monroe is expanding its Operational Value Creation practice with a focus on helping clients identify, prioritize, activate and realize sustainable cost reduction and productivity enhancements. We are seeking Director and Senior Manager / Manager level candidates with strong experience identifying and executing cost reduction across third-party spend, including indirect and direct categories by leveraging AI-enabled insights to drive value creation. This role requires a leader who has delivered real P&L savings, and who can leverage data, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled tools to accelerate insight, improve decision-making, and sustain results.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end cost reduction programs across indirect and direct spend categories
Identify, size, and prioritize cost reduction opportunities using spend analytics, benchmarks, and AI-enabled insights
Design and execute sourcing, demand management, supplier rationalization, and should-cost initiatives
Apply AI- and automation-enabled approaches to:
Accelerate spend visibility and opportunity identification
Support category strategy development
Improve governance and savings tracking
Own execution through savings realization, governance, and sustainability
Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives (CFO, COO, CPO, Operations leaders)
Lead and develop multi-disciplinary teams, including procurement, operations, data, and change resources
Contribute to building repeatable, AI-enabled category playbooks and toolkits
Support business development by articulating a clear, execution-led value proposition
Required Experience & Qualifications
10+ years of experience in management consulting or advisory roles
Experience working with middle-market clients ($500M–$2B revenue)
Deep expertise in third-party spend cost reduction, including indirect and direct categories
Proven track record of executing cost programs, not just diagnosing opportunities
Experience applying analytics, automation, or AI-enabled tools to procurement or cost programs
Strong client relationship skills and executive presence
Demonstrated success leading teams and managing complex stakeholder environments
What Success Looks Like
Measurable, sustainable EBITDA improvement for clients
Cost programs that are faster to launch and easier to scale through AI enablement
Strong executive relationships that lead to repeat and portfolio-wide work
Category playbooks that become institutional assets at West Monroe
Preferred Attributes
Experience with PE-backed portfolio companies
Exposure to agentic or workflow-based automation in procurement, sourcing, or spend management
Comfort operating in ambiguous, execution-oriented environments
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Locations and Compensation Seattle or Washington, D.C.
$194,900—$250,000 USD
Los Angeles
$203,400—$250,000 USD
New York City or San Francisco
$212,600—$250,000 USD
A location not listed above
$184,900—$250,000 USD
Other consultancies talk at you. At West Monroe, we work with you. We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions. The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come. At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next. You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
West Monroe
is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com.
Please review our current policy regarding use of generative artificial intelligence during the application process.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.
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Are you ready to make an impact? Director and Senior Manager / Manager – Cost & Productivity Role Overview West Monroe is expanding its Operational Value Creation practice with a focus on helping clients identify, prioritize, activate and realize sustainable cost reduction and productivity enhancements. We are seeking Director and Senior Manager / Manager level candidates with strong experience identifying and executing cost reduction across third-party spend, including indirect and direct categories by leveraging AI-enabled insights to drive value creation. This role requires a leader who has delivered real P&L savings, and who can leverage data, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled tools to accelerate insight, improve decision-making, and sustain results.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end cost reduction programs across indirect and direct spend categories
Identify, size, and prioritize cost reduction opportunities using spend analytics, benchmarks, and AI-enabled insights
Design and execute sourcing, demand management, supplier rationalization, and should-cost initiatives
Apply AI- and automation-enabled approaches to:
Accelerate spend visibility and opportunity identification
Support category strategy development
Improve governance and savings tracking
Own execution through savings realization, governance, and sustainability
Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives (CFO, COO, CPO, Operations leaders)
Lead and develop multi-disciplinary teams, including procurement, operations, data, and change resources
Contribute to building repeatable, AI-enabled category playbooks and toolkits
Support business development by articulating a clear, execution-led value proposition
Required Experience & Qualifications
10+ years of experience in management consulting or advisory roles
Experience working with middle-market clients ($500M–$2B revenue)
Deep expertise in third-party spend cost reduction, including indirect and direct categories
Proven track record of executing cost programs, not just diagnosing opportunities
Experience applying analytics, automation, or AI-enabled tools to procurement or cost programs
Strong client relationship skills and executive presence
Demonstrated success leading teams and managing complex stakeholder environments
What Success Looks Like
Measurable, sustainable EBITDA improvement for clients
Cost programs that are faster to launch and easier to scale through AI enablement
Strong executive relationships that lead to repeat and portfolio-wide work
Category playbooks that become institutional assets at West Monroe
Preferred Attributes
Experience with PE-backed portfolio companies
Exposure to agentic or workflow-based automation in procurement, sourcing, or spend management
Comfort operating in ambiguous, execution-oriented environments
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Locations and Compensation Seattle or Washington, D.C.
$194,900—$250,000 USD
Los Angeles
$203,400—$250,000 USD
New York City or San Francisco
$212,600—$250,000 USD
A location not listed above
$184,900—$250,000 USD
Other consultancies talk at you. At West Monroe, we work with you. We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions. The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come. At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next. You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
West Monroe
is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com.
Please review our current policy regarding use of generative artificial intelligence during the application process.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.
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