The Role
The Managing Director will drive revenue growth, provide consultative support, mentor staff, and develop new business opportunities across various service lines while ensuring customer satisfaction and strategic alliances are established.
Summary Generated by Built In
Managing Director
Metro Detroit, MI
Direct Hire
Responsibilities:
- Generate/originate approximately 3
million dollars of Net Revenue in the first full year and approximately 5
million dollars of Net Revenue in subsequent years across the AMBE suite of
capabilities.
- Healthy revenue mix by project
Origination type: Consulting Services and Staffing Services.
- Maintain Contribution Profit Margin (as
calculated by AMBE’s Management).
- Collaborate with AMBE colleagues to
identify channels to cross-sell the entire suite of capabilities and services.
- Provide necessary leadership including
on-site and off-site consultative support throughout the projects' life cycle,
including discovery, development of a statement of work, monitoring and
control, communication oversight, and client management.
- Ensure positive customer feedback (90%
positive feedback based on AMBE internal project assessment systems and tools)
for projects principally originated by you.
- Proactively leverage project “wins” to
maximize revenue per project by a) extending 40% of projects from initial
phases to subsequent phases or ancillary opportunities with Customer(s), and
(b) ensuring recurring revenue streams (i.e., new project awards leveraging
prior project successes and relationships) with 50% of new Customers originated
by you.
- Ensure up-to-date accuracy and
transparency of the sales pipeline and progress using AMBE's collaborative CRM
environment and team meetings.
- Utilize network to identify and assist
in the acquisition of talent with necessary subject matter expertise to ensure
successful execution of projects per both (a) the Scope of Work and (b) ensure
AMBE’s brand and reputation.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Identify potential new lines of business
and platform leadership position(s) through innovative products, services,
business models, and partnerships.
- Support corporate “bench strength”
development through the identification of strategic talent at all layers of the
organization. Mentor Director or related resources to help cultivate future
Managing Director pipeline.
- Identify potential strategic alliances,
joint ventures or direct investments that could expand AMBE’s service offerings
and enhance the enterprise value of the organization.
Requirements
To achieve
success in this high-energy, rapidly growing, and entrepreneurial environment,
the Managing Director will need a broad array of technical, leadership,
business development and operational skills. Ideal candidates will possess:
- Prior
experience in both professional services/consulting and corporate
business/manufacturing operations.
- 10+ years of background
in management consulting or operational/advisory to leverage prior experiences.
- Professional
experience in an operational or manufacturing setting (i.e., Plant Management,
Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Production, etc.).
- Prior
business development experience identifying new opportunities, building
relationships, and solidifying the business award.
- Ability to
leverage prior professional experiences to develop current and prospective
clients.
- Excellent
communication and presentation skills
- Enthusiastic
with an entrepreneurial spirit that envelopes ideation, build-out, and possible
ownership.
- A credible
executive presence that fits well with an extensive and relevant network of
substantive relationships with high business growth potential.
- Develops
opportunities with a business owner and commercial mindset that considers both
short and 'over the horizon' viewpoints with associated near-term returns and
costs.
- Demonstrated
project management experience – demand, talent, and project planning,
engagement and consulting execution and management, issue/risk management, and
resource management.
- Recognized as
an effective change agent with clients, colleagues, vendors, and other industry
professionals.
- Passionate
and successful in mentoring others and developing their careers.
Benefits
An attractive
compensation package will be offered, including salary and benefits, uncapped
bonus potential, and the challenge to help build the company beyond its
established base.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of background in management consulting or operational/advisory
- Prior experience in both professional services/consulting and corporate business
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated project management experience
- Recognized as an effective change agent
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The Company
What We Do
AMBE Engineering is a diverse supplier offering onsite operations advisory and services, focusing on helping manufacturers improve cost, throughput, and quality through profit optimization and operational excellence.






