MES Functional Specialist/Consultant

Kent based - 3 days per week onsite

Purpose:

Provide deep manufacturing operations expertise, defining how production, quality, scheduling, traceability and shop-floor execution processes should operate, while ensuring alignment with ERP-driven planning and financial processes.

The role focuses on how the business and factory should operate and how those processes are enabled through MES and ERP integration.

Experience in a core manufacturing organisation is essential integrated with core ERP systems is essential

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess current manufacturing processes and operational workflows.
• Define future-state manufacturing processes.
• Lead MES requirements gathering workshops with operational stakeholders.

Define:

• Production execution processes
• Work order management
• Material consumption
• Shop-floor reporting
• Quality management
• Traceability requirements
• Performance measurement

Define ERP integration requirements including:

• Production orders
• Materials and inventory
• Bills of Materials
• Labour and resource reporting
• Cost collection
• Procurement interfaces
• Support process design and solution selection activities.

Experience Required:

• S ignificant MES business process experience.
• Understanding of factory operations and manufacturing execution.

Experience integrating MES with ERP solutions such as:

• SAP S/4HANA
• Oracle
• Dynamics 365
• Experience within:
• Industrial manufacturing
• Construction manufacturing
• Modular construction
• Fabrication
• Precast operations
• Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

Key Deliverables:

• Manufacturing Process Assessment
• Future-State Operational Process Maps
• MES Functional Requirements Catalogue
• ERP Integration Requirements
• Operational KPI Framework
• MES Business Case Inputs

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