IFS Manufacturing Consultant

IFS Manufacturing Consultant – Role Specification

Role Title

IFS Manufacturing Consultant

Location

Remote

Reports To

IFS Solution Architect / Programme Manager

Role Purpose

The IFS Manufacturing Consultant is responsible for designing, configuring, implementing, and supporting manufacturing solutions within IFS Cloud. The role works closely with business stakeholders to understand manufacturing processes, translate business requirements into IFS functionality, and ensure successful delivery of manufacturing workstreams during ERP implementations, upgrades, and continuous improvement programmes.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Process Analysis

  • Analyse current manufacturing processes and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Facilitate workshops with production, engineering, planning, quality, and supply chain teams.
  • Document business requirements and process flows.
  • Recommend industry best practices aligned with IFS capabilities.

IFS Solution Design

  • Design manufacturing solutions using standard IFS functionality.
  • Configure manufacturing modules to meet business requirements.
  • Produce functional specifications for custom developments where required.
  • Ensure solutions remain scalable and support future business growth.

Functional Areas

Experience in several of the following:

  • Manufacturing
  • Shop Floor Reporting
  • Work Orders
  • Bills of Material (BOM)
  • Routings
  • Production Scheduling
  • Capacity Planning
  • Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
  • Inventory Management
  • Engineering Change Management
  • Product Structures
  • Quality Management
  • Serial and Lot Tracking
  • Costing
  • Manufacturing Analytics

Project Delivery

  • Participate in all project phases:
    • Discovery
    • Solution Design
    • Build
    • Configuration
    • Testing
    • Training
    • Go-Live
    • Hypercare
  • Support data migration activities.
  • Assist integration testing.
  • Support cutover planning and execution.

Stakeholder Management

  • Build trusted relationships with business users.
  • Communicate complex ERP concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Challenge existing processes where improvements can be achieved.
  • Manage expectations throughout project delivery.

Testing

  • Develop test scenarios.
  • Execute System Integration Testing (SIT).
  • Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Resolve functional defects.

Training & Documentation

  • Produce functional design documentation.
  • Create user guides and training materials.
  • Deliver end-user training.
  • Support knowledge transfer to support teams.

Continuous Improvement

  • Identify optimisation opportunities.
  • Recommend process improvements.
  • Support post-go-live enhancements.
  • Keep up to date with new IFS Cloud releases.

Required Experience

  • 5+ years implementing or supporting IFS ERP.
  • Strong experience with IFS Cloud (or IFS Applications 10 with Cloud migration experience).
  • Multiple full lifecycle ERP implementations.
  • Manufacturing industry experience.
  • Experience working in project environments.
  • Business process improvement experience.
  • Requirements gathering and workshop facilitation.
  • Experience supporting global or multi-site manufacturing businesses.

Essential Technical Skills

Strong knowledge of:

  • IFS Manufacturing
  • IFS Supply Chain
  • IFS Inventory
  • Planning & Scheduling
  • MRP
  • BOM and Routings
  • Shop Floor Reporting
  • Production Orders
  • Costing
  • Quality Management
  • Engineering Structures
  • Data Migration
  • Security and Permissions (functional understanding)
  • Standard IFS reporting

Knowledge of integrations using REST APIs, IFS Connect, or middleware is advantageous.

Desirable Experience

  • IFS Cloud implementation certification.
  • Aerospace & Defence.
  • Industrial Manufacturing.
  • Automotive.
  • Engineering-to-Order (ETO).
  • Configure-to-Order (CTO).
  • Make-to-Order (MTO).
  • Lean Manufacturing.
  • MES integrations.
  • Barcode and warehouse solutions.
  • Power BI reporting.
  • SQL knowledge.
  • Azure DevOps or Jira.

Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Strong analytical thinking.
  • Problem-solving mindset.
  • Stakeholder management.
  • Workshop facilitation.
  • Documentation skills.
  • Ability to challenge constructively.
  • Team player.
  • Self-motivated.
  • Customer-focused.

Qualifications

Essential:

  • Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Business, or equivalent experience.

Desirable:

  • IFS Cloud Certification.
  • APICS/CPIM.
  • Lean Six Sigma.
  • Prince2 or Agile certification.

Key Deliverables

  • Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
  • Functional Design Specifications (FDS)
  • Solution Design Documents
  • Configuration Documentation
  • Test Scripts
  • Training Materials
  • Data Migration Validation
  • Go-Live Support
  • Process Documentation

Success Measures

  • Successful delivery of manufacturing workstreams.
  • High user adoption following implementation.
  • Minimal post-go-live manufacturing issues.
  • On-time delivery against project milestones.
  • Improved manufacturing efficiency and process standardisation.
  • Positive stakeholder feedback.
  • Effective knowledge transfer to support teams.

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