Principal (Partner), Industrials & Manufacturing

Location: United States, location flexible
Travel: 80%+

About dss+

At dss+, you don’t just deliver projects. You help save lives, improve performance, and build a more sustainable future. We are a purpose-led global consultancy helping organizations solve complex challenges across Operational Risk, Operational Excellence, and Sustainability. With roots in DuPont’s industrial operations, we combine deep industry expertise with practical implementation to deliver measurable, lasting results.

Why This Role

As a Principal within our Industrials & Manufacturing team, you will play a senior leadership role in growing our business and delivering transformational results for clients. You will build trusted C-suite relationships, grow strategic accounts, shape and close major consulting engagements, and lead complex transformation programs from the boardroom to the plant floor.

Our work spans industrial manufacturing, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and building products, helping clients improve safety, operational performance, productivity, reliability, and profitability.

What You’ll Experience at dss+

Meaningful Impact
Help leading industrial and manufacturing organizations improve safety, performance, resilience, and sustainability.

Trusted Expertise
Work alongside industry experts and senior client leaders to solve complex operational challenges.

Growth & Leadership
Take on significant client and commercial responsibility while developing teams and helping shape the growth of dss+.

A Collaborative Culture
Join a purpose-led, inclusive organization where different perspectives, expertise, and ideas are valued.

Your Impact

Grow the Business

• Own an annual sales target and build the pipeline to deliver against it.

• Develop trusted relationships with CEOs, COOs, and senior Operations and EHS leaders.

• Shape, price, and close large consulting engagements.

• Turn initial engagements into broader, multi-year client relationships.

• Grow strategic accounts by bringing the full breadth of dss+ capabilities to clients.

• Represent dss+ through industry networks, conferences, and thought leadership.

Lead the Work

• Serve as the accountable executive on multiple transformation programs, owning client outcomes, commercial performance, and delivery quality.

• Lead complex situations including operational turnarounds, serious incidents, restructuring, and post-acquisition integration.

• Deliver measurable improvements across safety, EBITDA, throughput, quality, reliability, and productivity.

• Recruit, coach, and develop Managers and Senior Managers.