--- title: 'Principal Operational Excellence Consultant at MCA Connect' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/principal-operational-excellence-consultant-mca-connect-remote-8wk6394t3gmc' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-15' --- # Principal Operational Excellence Consultant at MCA Connect - **Company:** MCA Connect - **Location:** Remote - **Compensation:** $160k–$195k - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/mcaconnect/2dde8145-98c7-41aa-9c2b-4aaf2737b68f ## Job description Through passion and deep industry expertise, MCA Connect helps manufacturers succeed by unlocking innovation with actionable business insights. Our strategic solutions, innovation, and industry intelligence help manufacturers gain visibility, improve profitability, and achieve a competitive edge. Established in 2002, MCA Connect has grown into one of the largest US-based solution partners in Microsoft Business Applications and Azure Data & AI / Digital & App Innovation. Our Microsoft Specialties include Finance and Supply Chain, Analytics on Azure, Data Warehouse Migration, and Power Platform. We’re also a fifteen-time Microsoft Partner of the Year and three-time Inc. Best Workplaces award winner. Open to Full-time w2 Employee and C2C contract employment arrangements Title:Principal Operational Excellence Consultant Location:Virtual, home based office with travel (estimated to be up to 80%) Description: The PrincipalOperational 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 Why work for MCA Connect? Our compensation plan offers one of the best bonus structures in the industry.  Along with this we also offer a generous benefit package: - 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! ## About MCA Connect ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: MCA Connect is a full-service consultancy and managed services provider, exclusively focused on helping manufacturers and distributors transform their supply chain operations through Microsoft technology. - **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Private Equity, led by RLH Equity Partners in 2020) - **Headquarters**: Denver (Greenwood Village), Colorado, United States - **Founded**: 2002 - **Founders**: Not publicly available (evolved from a systems integrator) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; specifically focused on manufacturing, automotive, energy, and distribution supply chains. - **Target customers**: B2B; Manufacturing and distribution companies (Enterprise, Mid-Market). - **Mission**: To make manufacturers and distributors run better by unlocking innovation with actionable business insights, using the Microsoft Cloud. ## Products & Services MCA Connect organizes its offerings into four main service pillars, enhanced by proprietary tools: - **Strategic Services**: Advisory and consulting to align people, process, and technology for operational excellence and P&L optimization. - **Data & AI Services**: Building data strategies, analytics, and AI solutions (including their AI tool **Demand Genius™** ) for demand forecasting, production optimization, and decision-making. - **Business Application Services**: Implementation and optimization of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Experience) and the Power Platform. - **Managed Services & Support**: Proactive support, break-fix, and expert backlog management to keep systems running. - **Proprietary Platform**: **MCA Connect Inspire Platform®** — a unique, industry-focused tool designed to give a competitive edge in managing supply chain complexity. ## Market Standing - **Revenue**: Estimated at **$55M annually** (as per LinkedIn data). - **Total Funding**: Received a Private Equity round in 2020 led by **RLH Equity Partners**. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: RLH Equity Partners; **Parent Company**: Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (after being acquired). - **Key Acquisitions**: Acquired **Pervicta** (April 2023). - **Growth Signals**: - Employee headcount: 278 employees (+10.8% YoY, +41 people), with a total of **350+ experts** mentioned on their site. - Global reach: 1,000+ implementations in 50+ countries; rescued 30+ struggling projects. - **15-time Microsoft Partner of the Year** (including 2024 Business Applications US Winner, 2x Global Supply Chain Finalist). - Repeatedly recognized by **Inc. Magazine as a Best Workplace**. ## Competitive Advantages - **Hyper-specialization**: Unlike generalist consultancies, MCA Connect is **100% focused on manufacturing and distribution**. They are Microsoft’s *only partner focused exclusively on supply chain*. - **Deep Industry Expertise**: The team has extensive operational experience ("We’ve been in your steel-toed boots"), allowing them to solve problems for tight margins and inefficiency without "big-firm delays or handoffs." - **Exclusive Microsoft Focus**: "All in with Microsoft," giving them early access to technology, funding, and expertise. - **Proprietary Solutions**: Tools like the **Inspire Platform®** and **Demand Genius™** provide unique value that generic partners cannot offer. - **Proven Execution**: 1,000+ implementations in 50+ countries and a track record of project rescues. ## Strategic Focus - **Current Priorities**: Driving **AI and advanced decision-making**; moving from reporting data to "agentic solutions that act on data." Deepening the optimization of the Microsoft Fabric, Copilot, and Azure stack. - **Growth Direction**: Continuing to expand their global footprint (employees across 8 countries) and growing through the acquisition of specialized partners (Pervicta). - **Market Focus**: Deepening their lead as the top Microsoft partner for supply chain, scaling their managed services, and expanding their Center of Excellence (CoE) training to bring in new talent. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Recognition**: Named an **Inc. Best Workplace (2026)** . They focus heavily on employee satisfaction, especially given their large remote workforce. - **Work Model**: Strong support for **remote work**; they have a large remote workforce across hundreds of employees globally. Provide monthly reimbursement for home office expenses. - **Notable Perks & Benefits**: - **Unlimited Paid Time Off (UPTO)** - 401k with company matching - Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision - Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance - **Training & Certifications**: Full support for continuing education, paid subscriptions to LinkedIn Learning. - Center of Excellence Training: Paid, full-time programs for career changers or new grads to become Dynamics 365 or Business Analytics consultants (specialties in Functional, Development, and Analytics). - **Engineering Culture**: Focuses on a collaborative, non-siloed environment where consultants work across strategy, data, and applications. They emphasize "learning your business" before guiding optimization. ## Sources 1. [mcaconnect.com](https://mcaconnect.com/about/) 2. [mcaconnect.com](https://mcaconnect.com/careers/) 3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/mcaconnect) 4. [inc.com](https://www.inc.com/profile/mcaconnect) 5. 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