Remote Operational Excellence Manager Jobs
Remote operational excellence manager jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms, distributed teams, and large enterprises with geographically dispersed operations. Employers hiring remotely right now include Augmentis, Saint-Gobain, and MCAConnect, with active openings across Retail and Healthcare & Medical Services. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Open to Full-time w2 Employee and C2C contract employment arrangements
Title: Principal Operational Excellence Consultant
Location: Virtual, home based office with travel (estimated 80%)
(The immediate project for this position is estimated to be 6 months long, with travel to Seattle, WA)
Description:
The Principal Operational Excellence Consultant will transform client competitiveness, create new sources of economic value, drive revenue growth, increase productivity, and implement substantive change. This will be accomplished by utilizing continuous improvement, Lean and Six Sigma tool sets to analyze clients’ business strategies, assets, processes and existing technologies. As a Principal Operational Excellence Consultant, you will also engage in the selling of the value of Operational Excellence to both internal and external customers. Thus, identifying opportunities to improve processes and leverage technology to operationalize business strategy, and developing strategic roadmaps that support business and operational transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
Involved in the MCA sales cycle by preparing sales presentations, calculating change management needs of clients and writing statements of work for contracting MCA operational excellence resources time and deliverables.
Facilitate and lead consultative services to clients regarding their preparedness for enterprise transformation utilizing tools and techniques designed to drive and support industry best practice
Assess and document a client’s current culture, awareness, and adoption of best practice manufacturing and operational excellence techniques and integration with supporting technologies
Design and lead executive sessions with clients to define their cross functional strategic plans
Conduct and lead team sessions to define current and future state processes and value streams
Develop quantitative modeling of current business performance and future state design to support client growth and profit objectives.
Deliver presentation to senior executives regarding the ROI and value creation of engagements
Prepare strategy and high-level project plans for migration from current state to proposed design.
Identify and resolve issues pertinent to the success of projects, including change management, process change implementation, data flow, application implementation, and issue escalation and resolution.
Develop and present deliverables to senior executives and all level with an organization
Facilitate development of the KPI measurements of success
Building a framework for managing changes in client’s organization
End state defined: “what does success look like”
Create operational excellence training materials and programs to train and mentor other MCA Connect team members
Qualifications
Executive leadership skills to manage and develop change management staff
Excellent presentation and sales skills with ability to influence all levels of organizational structure
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required
Minimum of 15 years of experience with an understanding of enterprise solutions
Experience with strategic business transformation or manufacturing with a minimum of 8 years in two of the following:
Industry experience in lean manufacturing
Strategic business transformation experience utilizing Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement & Six Sigma tools (i.e. SIPOC, Swim Lane Diagrams, etc.)
Implementation of industry best practices to support business transformation
Experience implementing continuous improvement tools & concepts
Experience with ERP with a minimum of the following:
ERP general consulting or in production for a minimum of 10 years
ERP Master Planning consulting or in production for a minimum of 5 years
ERP lean manufacturing consulting or in production for a minimum of 5 years
Design of unique solutions for high mix manufacturing challenges
Integration of MRP into scheduling solutions across supply chain
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Solid skills with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
Software implementation project experience
- Ability to travel up to 80%
Desired Qualifications
Experience with lean manufacturing ERP solutions, Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement tools or Six Sigma tools strongly preferred.
Understanding of and ability to formulate adoption models for trends in operational excellence and business transformation.
Passionate about business transformation with a focus on value creation and waste reduction in every aspect of the consulting engagement with the customer.
Committed to learning, exploring new ideas, and staying at the leading edge.
Committed to quality.
Creativity to initiate new ideas and think out of the norm.
Minimum ten years in managing and developing direct reports
Project management experience
Work/Life Balance with Unlimited Paid Time Off (UPTO)- 401k Plan with Company Matching Contribution
- Monthly Stipend for Home Office Expenses
- Subsidized Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Company Paid Life and Disability Insurance
- Training, Certification and Continuing Education Support
MCA Connect offers limitless opportunities for personal and professional growth in a stimulating, challenging, and performance-oriented work culture where you can share your ideas and make impactful daily contributions. Our employees are highly motivated and talented individuals dedicated to developing, marketing, and selling products designed to deliver value for mid-market and enterprise-size manufacturing, distribution, and energy companies. We take the time to train our consultants so that they understand the industries we serve and can deliver best practices, proven methodologies, and ongoing industry expertise to our clients.
MCA Connect is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MCA Connect promotes equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual/gender orientation, status as a protected disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran, disability, or any other legally protected status. We firmly believe our differences make us stronger!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Open to Full-time w2 Employee and C2C contract employment arrangements
Title: Principal Operational Excellence Consultant
Location: Virtual, home based office with travel (estimated 80%)
(The immediate project for this position is estimated to be 6 months long, with travel to Seattle, WA)
Description:
The Principal Operational Excellence Consultant will transform client competitiveness, create new sources of economic value, drive revenue growth, increase productivity, and implement substantive change. This will be accomplished by utilizing continuous improvement, Lean and Six Sigma tool sets to analyze clients’ business strategies, assets, processes and existing technologies. As a Principal Operational Excellence Consultant, you will also engage in the selling of the value of Operational Excellence to both internal and external customers. Thus, identifying opportunities to improve processes and leverage technology to operationalize business strategy, and developing strategic roadmaps that support business and operational transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
Involved in the MCA sales cycle by preparing sales presentations, calculating change management needs of clients and writing statements of work for contracting MCA operational excellence resources time and deliverables.
Facilitate and lead consultative services to clients regarding their preparedness for enterprise transformation utilizing tools and techniques designed to drive and support industry best practice
Assess and document a client’s current culture, awareness, and adoption of best practice manufacturing and operational excellence techniques and integration with supporting technologies
Design and lead executive sessions with clients to define their cross functional strategic plans
Conduct and lead team sessions to define current and future state processes and value streams
Develop quantitative modeling of current business performance and future state design to support client growth and profit objectives.
Deliver presentation to senior executives regarding the ROI and value creation of engagements
Prepare strategy and high-level project plans for migration from current state to proposed design.
Identify and resolve issues pertinent to the success of projects, including change management, process change implementation, data flow, application implementation, and issue escalation and resolution.
Develop and present deliverables to senior executives and all level with an organization
Facilitate development of the KPI measurements of success
Building a framework for managing changes in client’s organization
End state defined: “what does success look like”
Create operational excellence training materials and programs to train and mentor other MCA Connect team members
Qualifications
Executive leadership skills to manage and develop change management staff
Excellent presentation and sales skills with ability to influence all levels of organizational structure
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required
Minimum of 15 years of experience with an understanding of enterprise solutions
Experience with strategic business transformation or manufacturing with a minimum of 8 years in two of the following:
Industry experience in lean manufacturing
Strategic business transformation experience utilizing Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement & Six Sigma tools (i.e. SIPOC, Swim Lane Diagrams, etc.)
Implementation of industry best practices to support business transformation
Experience implementing continuous improvement tools & concepts
Experience with ERP with a minimum of the following:
ERP general consulting or in production for a minimum of 10 years
ERP Master Planning consulting or in production for a minimum of 5 years
ERP lean manufacturing consulting or in production for a minimum of 5 years
Design of unique solutions for high mix manufacturing challenges
Integration of MRP into scheduling solutions across supply chain
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Solid skills with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
Software implementation project experience
- Ability to travel up to 80%
Desired Qualifications
Experience with lean manufacturing ERP solutions, Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement tools or Six Sigma tools strongly preferred.
Understanding of and ability to formulate adoption models for trends in operational excellence and business transformation.
Passionate about business transformation with a focus on value creation and waste reduction in every aspect of the consulting engagement with the customer.
Committed to learning, exploring new ideas, and staying at the leading edge.
Committed to quality.
Creativity to initiate new ideas and think out of the norm.
Minimum ten years in managing and developing direct reports
Project management experience
Work/Life Balance with Unlimited Paid Time Off (UPTO)- 401k Plan with Company Matching Contribution
- Monthly Stipend for Home Office Expenses
- Subsidized Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Company Paid Life and Disability Insurance
- Training, Certification and Continuing Education Support
MCA Connect offers limitless opportunities for personal and professional growth in a stimulating, challenging, and performance-oriented work culture where you can share your ideas and make impactful daily contributions. Our employees are highly motivated and talented individuals dedicated to developing, marketing, and selling products designed to deliver value for mid-market and enterprise-size manufacturing, distribution, and energy companies. We take the time to train our consultants so that they understand the industries we serve and can deliver best practices, proven methodologies, and ongoing industry expertise to our clients.
MCA Connect is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MCA Connect promotes equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual/gender orientation, status as a protected disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran, disability, or any other legally protected status. We firmly believe our differences make us stronger!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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Who's Hiring
- Augmentis28A
- Saint-Gobain2
- MCAConnect1
- Phil1
- CertainPath1
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote operational excellence manager jobs.
- Lean or Six Sigma Black Belt certification with demonstrated project leadership experience
- Proven experience leading cross-functional process improvement initiatives in a complex organization
- Proficiency with data analysis tools such as Minitab, Power BI, or Excel for root-cause analysis
- Strong stakeholder management and change management skills across multiple business units
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, operations management, or a related field
- Experience with value-stream mapping, Kaizen events, and continuous improvement frameworks
Tips for Your Remote Operational Excellence Manager Job Search
Prove your async process improvement skills
Remote employers want to see that you can lead Kaizen events, root-cause analyses, and process documentation without in-person facilitation. Include specific examples in your resume or portfolio of improvements you drove through written communication, virtual workshops, or async collaboration tools.
Find remote openings in one place
Migrate Mate lists remote operational excellence manager openings from companies across the U.S. in one place. Search current listings by role to find positions that match your experience and apply directly to the ones that fit.
Target distributed operations companies specifically
Companies with multi-site or fully remote operations have the clearest need for an off-site operational excellence manager. Look for employers in healthcare networks, SaaS, and logistics that explicitly mention distributed teams or multi-location operations in their postings.
Prepare for remote-specific interview questions
Remote hiring panels for operational excellence roles consistently ask how you manage stakeholder buy-in without being on-site and how you track improvement metrics across teams in different time zones. Prepare concrete examples that show measurable results achieved entirely through virtual collaboration.
Remote Operational Excellence Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote operational excellence manager job?
Target companies that run distributed operations or remote-first teams, since those employers are most likely to trust an operational excellence manager working off-site. Remote hiring managers screen for self-direction, precise written communication, and experience documenting and scaling processes without in-person oversight. Candidates who can show they've led continuous improvement initiatives asynchronously, using tools like process mapping software or collaboration platforms, stand out from applicants with only on-site experience.
Which companies hire remote operational excellence managers?
Companies hiring remote operational excellence managers right now include Augmentis, Saint-Gobain, and MCAConnect, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote openings for this role tend to concentrate at remote-first technology firms, large healthcare organizations, and financial services companies that manage distributed teams and need operational rigor applied across multiple locations without a centralized office.
Can you get a remote operational excellence manager job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles in this field are harder to land because employers expect you to drive process improvements independently from day one. Companies in SaaS, logistics, and business process outsourcing occasionally hire junior operational excellence roles remotely. Without direct experience, candidates can show process improvement projects, Lean or Six Sigma coursework, or demonstrated results from volunteer or academic work to open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote operational excellence manager jobs?
Not always. Remote employers weigh certifications like Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, PMP, or demonstrated results from past continuous improvement work heavily alongside or instead of a degree. Candidates who can show measurable outcomes, such as reduced cycle times or streamlined workflows, often compete successfully with degreed applicants, especially at remote-first companies that evaluate candidates on deliverables rather than credentials alone.
Which industries hire the most remote operational excellence managers?
The sectors hiring the most remote operational excellence managers are Retail and Healthcare & Medical Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These industries tend to run large distributed teams where standardizing processes across sites and time zones requires a dedicated operational excellence manager who can work and communicate effectively without being physically present.
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