Manufacturing Lead, Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Toronto, Ontario

Huron Consulting; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron Canada is seeking a Manufacturing Lead to bring deep manufacturing operations acumen to Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain implementations, with a strong automotive background preferred. This on-site role is based in the Toronto, Ontario area and requires Canadian citizenship.

The Lead directs how AI-enabled tools, including Copilot and Dynamics 365 AI-assisted capabilities, are used in workshops, requirements capture, and testing to accelerate deployment and improve design quality.

Qualifications

• Canadian citizenship is required.
• 5-7+ years of MS D365 implementations experience.
• On-site work at the client location in the Toronto, Ontario area with travel as required.
• Deep manufacturing operations acumen across production planning, shop floor execution, and quality management.
• Experience leading manufacturing business process design and requirements definition on ERP implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead client reviews of production planning, shop floor execution, BOMs and routing, and quality management.
• Own functional requirements for the manufacturing workstream and translate into a design for the architecture and technical teams.
• Facilitate and document design sessions with plant managers, production supervisors, and SMEs to confirm requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Supply Chain and Finance Leads on manufacturing decisions.
• Direct the use of AI-enabled tools, Copilot, and Dynamics 365 AI in discovery, requirements capture, testing, and enablement.
• Identify AI-driven features to strengthen future-state manufacturing design.
• Build and sustain on-site client relationships with plant leadership and operations executives.
• Serve as the day-to-day client contact for manufacturing questions during the implementation.
• Lead manufacturing configuration validation, testing, training, and deployment; mentor team members.

Skills

Manufacturing operations

Business process design

Facilitation

Client relationship management

Tools

MS Dynamics 365

Copilot

Dynamics 365 AI

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

About Huron

Huron is a global professional services firm that helps organizations in healthcare, education, financial services, and commercial industries solve their most complex challenges and build sustainable success. The Digital, Marketing & Analytics practice designs and delivers technology solutions, including the Microsoft Business Solutions (MSBS) practice, which focuses on Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, Microsoft Fabric, the Power Platform, and applied AI, delivered through a global model spanning the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

Position summary

Huron Canada is looking for a Manufacturing Lead to bring deep manufacturing operations business acumen to Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management implementations, with a strong preference for automotive industry background. This is a Lead role, not a Solution Architect role: the primary mandate is to understand a client's shop floor and production operations, discrete, process, or lean manufacturing, deeply enough to shape business process design and hold plant and operations stakeholders through it, working side by side with the solution architecture and technical teams who own the underlying system build. The Lead directs how AI-enabled tools, including Copilot and other Dynamics 365 AI-assisted capabilities, are used in workshops, requirements capture, and testing to increase the speed and quality of the implementation. This is an on-site role based in the Toronto, Ontario area and requires Canadian citizenship.

Manufacturing Lead, Microsoft Dynamics 365 | Manufacturing and Automotive Toronto, Ontario area. On client site, with travel as the engagement requires

Key responsibilities

• Business process leadership
  • Process ownership. Lead client business process reviews across production planning, shop floor execution, bill of materials and routing, and quality management, assessing current-state maturity and shaping future-state design.
  • Requirements ownership. Own functional requirements definition for the manufacturing workstream, translating shop floor and production requirements into a solution design that the architecture and technical teams configure and build.
  • Design facilitation. Facilitate and document design sessions with plant managers, production supervisors, and manufacturing subject matter experts to confirm requirements are met and understood.
  • Cross-functional alignment. Understand the cross-functional effect of manufacturing decisions on supply chain and financial performance, and coordinate with the Supply Chain and Finance Leads accordingly.
• AI-enabled delivery acceleration
  • AI-enabled acceleration. Direct the use of AI-enabled tools, Copilot, and Dynamics 365 AI-assisted capabilities in discovery, requirements capture, test scripting, and user enablement to compress timelines without sacrificing quality.
  • AI-informed design. Identify where AI-driven production planning, quality prediction, or process optimization features can strengthen the client's future-state manufacturing design.
• Client relationship and stakeholder management
  • Relationship building. Build and sustain trusted, on-site relationships with client plant leadership, operations executives, and shop floor supervisors.
  • Client point of contact. Serve as the client's day-to-day point of contact for manufacturing questions throughout the implementation.
• Team leadership and delivery quality
  • Delivery leadership. Lead and guide internal and client team members through manufacturing configuration validation, testing, training, and deployment.
  • Mentorship. Mentor consultants on manufacturing business process design and client-facing delivery discipline.

Required qualifications

• Canadian citizenship (required for this client engagement).
• 5-7+ years of related experience with MS D365 implementations.
• Willingness and ability to work on-site at the client location in the Toronto, Ontario area, with travel as the engagement requires.
• Deep business acumen in manufacturing operations: production planning, shop floor execution, and quality management, gained through industry or consulting experience.
• A track record of leading manufacturing business process design and requirements definition on ERP implementations, in a role accountable for the business outcome rather than the technical build.
• Demonstrated experience working in a discrete, process, or lean manufacturing environment.
• Strong facilitation skills, with experience leading design workshops with plant leadership and production subject matter experts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the