Business Consultant – Manufacturing

At IFS you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company built upon committed and empowered colleagues who come to work knowing they are making a difference. We work everyday with customers who continue to challenge their markets and competitors. As a challenger ourselves, we partner with our customers to guide them through their digital transformations and extract the most value out of our software solutions. We take pride in ensuring that our employees are able to achieve the company goals as well as develop their career. We believe empowered autonomy, committed colleagues and being part of a winning team are the keys to our success and what makes us great! We are #ForTheChallengers and if that resonates with you, we would love to hear from you!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Summary

IFS North America seeks an experienced Business Consultant to play a key role in implementation of IFS Applications by providing the necessary business process consulting, training, documentation, and applications consulting to ensure the customer’s success in using IFS Applications as a tool to improve overall business performance.

Responsibilities

• Secure successful implementations of IFS Applications by providing services
• Develop business related knowledge to be able to understand and solve customer requirements
• Activities related to building and coordinating with other Business Consultants within the Organization.
• These activities include, but are not limited to:
  • Provide training and mentoring to other Business Consultants within the Organization
  • Work with the Customer Director to identify needs for application training and development and be responsible for coordinating and implementing those programs
  • Work closely with other Business Consultants to ensure a complete solution is provided to customer and is the best fit in all areas
  • Take active part in building a strong team
  • Understand the importance of and pursue a high degree of customer service

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related discipline is preferred
• Strong knowledge and experience in Manufacturing for asset intensive industries.
• 3-5 years’ experience in Manufacturing and/or ERP software solutions implementation or systems, and able to apply such knowledge to help solve customers’ business requirements
• Must have good presentation, organizational, and documentation skills
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Products
• Must understand the product and be able to train the customer
• Ability to learn quickly, communicate ideas effectively, define and lead team efforts, and utilize flexibility and creativity to present a variety of solutions
• Must be able to analyze and/or design business processes
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested
• Must be willing to travel up to 75% or more with potential for extended stints of continuous travel 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.