Industrial Engineer - Operations Analyst at Aaron Allen & Associates

Industrial Engineer - Operations Analyst

Hybrid Full Time

About the job

Industrial Engineer / Operations Analyst

Chicago, Dubai, Global Travel + Flexible/Remote

Aaron Allen & Associates is a boutique global advisory firm serving the restaurant, hospitality, and foodservice sectors on six continents. We partner with ambitious leaders from middle-market investors to some of the largest and most prestigious brands on the planet to drive growth, optimize performance, and shape transformation strategies at every stage of the business and investment lifecycle.

This is not a back-office role. It's an immersive, high-exposure position where you'll work directly with the CEO on complex, high-stakes projects that demand both analytical rigor and real-world practicality from the dishroom to the boardroom.

What you'll do:

• Turn ambiguity into actionable insights and chaos into clear, structured deliverables.
• Build sophisticated Excel models, pivot tables, and PowerPoint decks that frame opportunities and risks for multi-million and billion-dollar hospitality assets.
• Dissect operations, map processes, identify gaps, and quantify impact potential.
• Support due diligence for middle-market and upper-middle-market M&A, as well as strategic initiatives for emerging brands and global operators.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary experts from economists to data scientists to produce outputs that meet or exceed investment banker quality.

What makes this role different:

• Unprecedented exposure direct access to top executives, investors, and boardrooms worldwide.
• Fast-track development learn in months what takes years at Big Four or MBB firms.
• Variety & velocity switch gears from a growth strategy in Riyadh to an operations redesign in Chicago, all in the same quarter.
• Meritocracy in action prove yourself, and you'll help shape your own role and trajectory.

You might be a fit if you:

• Have expert-level Excel and PowerPoint skills with an eye for clean, compelling visuals.
• Think in structured, logical steps and can translate complexity into clarity.
• Are curious, adaptable, and comfortable with high expectations.
• Thrive on problem-solving and can separate urgent from important.
• Are legally able to work and travel internationally.

A bachelor's degree (or higher) in Industrial Engineering or a directly related discipline is required this role calls for someone who has mastered the fundamentals of systems thinking, process optimization, and data-driven decision-making.

How to apply:

Send me a direct message telling me why this role stood out to you and why it makes sense for us to invest time in a direct conversation. Generic I'm interested messages will be ignored show initiative, and you'll get our attention. Also see ***

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