Senior Manufacturing Operations Advisor - Operations/Production/ Plant Manager

SaaS Expert
Grand Rapids, MI

Who We Are:

Intangible Partners ( ) builds practical AI-powered systems that help growing manufacturing companies lift operational efficiency, reduce manual work, and unlock real business value. Our approach starts with understanding real processes, identifying high-impact opportunities, and deploying custom AI agents that deliver measurable results.

Our team blends deep operational experience with real technical execution. We’ve scaled products from zero to strong market adoption, raised venture capital, and turned complex technology into tools that produce measurable results. We work side-by-side with operators and leadership to solve today’s toughest operational challenges and help manufacturers grow without needless firefighting.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Manufacturing Operations Advisor, you will work directly with owners, presidents, and general managers inside high-mix, RFQ-driven manufacturing environments.

We are looking for someone with real manufacturing operations experience who wants to move into a customer-facing commercial role.

This position is responsible for helping us grow in the manufacturing sector by using industry knowledge and relationships to identify opportunities, start the right conversations, and support the sales process.

You will play a key role in understanding customer operations, qualifying opportunities, and ensuring discussions stay grounded in real plant realities.

Responsibilities:

Business Development

Build relationships with plant managers, operations leaders, and manufacturing business owners

Identify companies where operational challenges align with our focus areas

Opportunity Qualification & Discovery

Support discovery conversations to understand how a prospect’s operations run today

Help surface pain points related to planning, execution, coordination, and performance visibility

Assess whether there is a strong operational and business case to move forward

Sales Process Support

Work alongside technical team members during deeper solution discussions

Participate in customer meetings to provide operational context and credibility

Support proof-of-concepts (POCs) and pilot initiatives by ensuring they reflect real-world workflows

Help connect operational improvements to measurable business outcomes

Industry Representation

Act as a credible peer in conversations with manufacturing leaders

Maintain long-term relationships that can lead to future opportunities

Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years in manufacturing operations, such as:

Plant Manager

Operations Manager

Production Manager

Continuous Improvement / Lean leadership

Strong understanding of day-to-day operational challenges

Ability to communicate clearly with both operations and business stakeholders

COMPENSATION & GROWTH

This position has no caps on earning .

Your impact, relationships, and results directly shape your upside.

More importantly, this role offers something rare:

Respect for your experience

Exposure to elite technical talent

A seat at the forefront of how AI reshapes manufacturing — the right way

Posted 2026-02-05

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