Job Description
Location - Pan India
Experience - 7 to 12 Years
Role Summary
The IFS Cloud Manufacturing Functional Consultant designs, configures, and deploys manufacturing execution & planning processes across Make‑to‑Stock/Forecast (MTS), Make‑to‑Order (MTO), Assemble‑to‑Order (ATO), Configure‑to‑Order (CTO), and Engineer‑to‑Order (ETO); sets up BOMs, routings, work centers, shop orders, production reporting, quality/SPC, and connects planning, inventory/WMS, and finance for one‑truth operations.
Key Responsibilities
- 1) Manufacturing Process Design
- Run footprint discovery for discrete & mixed‑mode operations; map AS‑IS/TO‑BE covering BOM/PDM, routings, shop floor reporting, and backflushing.
- Define ETO/CTO governance (engineering change, variant management) and PLM handshakes.
- 2) Configuration & Execution
- Understand the Configuration and test the business processes for work centers, calendars, labor & machine resources, operation standards; shop orders & execution, quality checks/SPC, and non‑conformance flows.
- Align inventory valuation and WIP postings with Finance.
- 3) Planning & Scheduling
- Enable S&OP / master planning & simulation, MRP/DDMRP where applicable; set planning policies, horizons, and buffers;
- Connect ATP/CTP with Sales for order promising.
- 4) Integrations (PLM/MES/SCM) & Reporting
- Specify interfaces to PLM (CAD connectors/PDM), MES/Shop‑floor data capture, and Supply Chain;
- Implement reconciliation and exception controls; configure manufacturing dashboards.
- 5) Quality, Compliance & Traceability
- Understand the Configuration and test the business processes for in‑process inspection, SPC, NC/CAPA and traceability requirements for regulated industries.
- 6) Testing, Training & Hypercare
- Build end‑to‑end test packs (plan→make→move→account); deliver super‑user training and SOPs; hypercare focused on throughput and first‑pass yield.
Required Skills & Experience
- 7–12 years in manufacturing ERP with 2+ IFS Cloud implementations across MTS/MTO/ATO/CTO/ETO, shop floor execution, and planning.
- Deep hands‑on in BOM/routings, shop orders, quality/SPC, master planning/MRP, and finance integration for WIP & variances.
- Experience with PLM connectors and MES/IoT‑style data capture preferred; strong governance/UAT/cutover.
Preferred Skills
- Exposure to lean manufacturing and visual/finite scheduling;
- Awareness of IFS roadmap considerations in manufacturing towers.