Consulting Partner for CPG

Consulting Partner for CPG

Location : USA
Travel: 25%
Experience: 10 - 15

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Techno functional Experience on one of MES Job Description:

Required Skill Set:
I4.0 and Manufacturing IT Consulting in Supply chain and smart manufacturing space for CPG F&B Clients

Preferred Specializations or Prior Experience:
Rich experience in driving large I4.0 & MOM digital transformation programs for CPG clients

Brief about the Unit:

The Connected Plants and Industry 4.0 business unit is focused on transforming factories into digitally enabled, flexible and connected manufacturing hubs leveraging the Industry 4.0 framework. These future factories are brought to life with cutting edge digital technologies, industry leading platforms and deep domain expertise.

As manufacturing enterprises across the world focus to bring resiliency and adaptability to their operations, Bringing Life to Things IoT business framework, Industry 4.0 and plant solutions are will enable clients to unlock exponential value by responding to physical context with digital intelligence. The Neural Manufacturing framework is an industry leading thought leadership framework that is helping our global clients build adaptive, resilient and sustainable value chains that sense, learn, and adapt. To learn more on the integrated triad approach of Cognitive Enterprises, Connected Value Chains and Collaborative Ecosystems click here

Connected plants is engaged with customer across verticals including Automotive, Aerospace, Chemical, CPG, Energy, Metals, Pharma, Medical in delivering complex programs in MES, Industry 4.0. These programs need complex solutions needing integrations with shop floor systems, PLCs and Corporate IT solutions like SAP, PLM, Asset management. These solution digitize shop floor processes and enables First Time Right Quality for manufacturing plants. New generation cloud enabled technology solutions cover Cloud applications including Digital Twin implementation for these customers at scale.

We are looking for Consulting Partner to manage our CPG Clients in US. This position requires collaborative working with CPG Clients to understand their business pain areas, recommend them solutions to improve their top line and bottom line. Subject role will carry revenue, benefit realization KPIs, customer satisfaction goals.

Responsibilities / Expected Deliverables from the Consulting Partner:

Following would be some of the key roles and responsibilities:
Work with our CPG clients on identifying their multi-dimensional Business challenges in supply chain and manufacturing space.
Address Client challenges by translating deep industry experience into actionable insights.
Have clear understanding of client Business Process and existing application landscape.
Mentor client to establish World Class Manufacturing Capability and to improve Top Line and Bottom Line.
Work with Client to define and drive the I4.0 digital transformation roadmap for Supply chain and Manufacturing.
Collaborate with Industry Advisory and Solutioning team to recommend POV, Solutions to address the business challenges.
Create Proactive proposals on the recommended solutions, actively participate and drive RFI and RFP
Work collaboratively with Delivery Partners operating from India to keep track of Quality, Ontime, On-budget delivery for all programs and ensure the business benefits are realized.
Work collaboratively with similar CPG accounts and cross leverage the learnings and success stories.
Develop strong relationship with client leadership and influence with Thought Leadership.
Participate in customer reviews and STEERCO meetings.
Look for opportunities for growth.
Drive customer satisfaction

Desired Competencies (Managerial/Behavioral Competency):

Must-Have**
Strong CPG F&B domain and Production Process
Min 15+years of experience in I4.0 & MOM consulting, solutioning and driving large transformation programs.
Good knowledge on CPG Supply chain and Smart Manufacturing (Production, Quality, Warehouse & Inventory, Maintenance) end to end Business Process
Expertise in I4.0 and Manufacturing IT solutions across supply chain and manufacturing landscape
Good understanding of integration with middleware, SAP, PLM, Recipe Management
Good understanding of control systems automation and its integration with MES solution.
Experience in translating Business pain areas to I4.0 solutions by mapping business processes to IT capabilities.
Worked as consulting partner for CPG F&B customer and ensured margin improvements & cost savings for client.
Knowledge of ISA95 / MESA standards
Knowledge on CPG market trends
Strong leadership qualities, assertive and ability to drive independently
Strong communication and presentation skills
Good teaming abilities
Experience of working with offshore teams collaboratively

Good-to-Have
Worked with Top 3 CPG F&B customers.
Shopfloor Experience
Knowledge on SAP Modules (PP, PM, products like GE Proficy Plant Apps MES, SAP DMC
Techno functional Experience on I4.0 programs on Azure, AWS or GCP