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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