Business Consultant - OT / IOT / Industry 4.0

Saunders Scott; Düsseldorf; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A consultancy firm is seeking a Business Consultant for a 12-month engagement in Düsseldorf, Germany. The role involves driving sales, leading assessments, and advising on IT/OT architecture while implementing digital strategies. Candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and be fluent in both English and German.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in Industry 4.0 roles with measurable optimisation outcomes.
• Deep knowledge of IIoT architectures and hands-on experience.
• Proven experience in crafting and executing Data / Digital strategies.

Aufgaben

• Drive sales by positioning consulting offers.
• Lead factory assessments and map value cases.
• Advise on IT / OT architecture and governance.

Kenntnisse

Industry 4.0 knowledge

IIoT architectures

Data/Digital strategy

Technical architecture

Communication skills

Fluent English

Fluent German

Jobbeschreibung

Business Consultant - OT / IoT / Industry 4.0

12 month engagement

B22 Freelancing role

• Drive sales by scoping and positioning consulting offers (innovation workshops, strategy, data / AI programs, migrations).
• Lead factory and business assessments; map value cases; build roadmaps, PoCs / pilots.
• Advise on IT / OT architecture (edge, connectivity, data integration) across design → build → run, including governance.
• Run innovation workshops with business and technical stakeholders; discover use cases and value propositions.
• Build commercially viable business cases and decision logic (cost, productivity, quality, safety).
• Provide digital-manufacturing thought leadership and customer inspiration.
• Act as front-of-house consultant with client executives and plant leadership; coordinate multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Produce customer deliverables : requirements analyses, presentations, reports; run on-site and virtual engagements.
• Grow the ecosystem with internal teams and external partners (startups, labs, research centers).

Qualifications / Experience Required :

• 5+ years in Industry 4.0 / smart-manufacturing roles (consulting or in-house) with measurable optimisation outcomes.
• Deep knowledge of IIoT architectures and players and hands-on experience implementing UNS in production environments.
• Proven experience crafting and executing Data / Digital strategy for manufacturing / logistics organisations.
• Strong background in technical architecture and data operations or data-service management across OT / IT (e.g., SCADA / MES / ERP integration, data pipelines, historians / cloud landing zones).Track record designing, improving and scaling digital-transformation solutions.
• Strong grasp of technology and data trends relevant to smart industry.
• Facilitation experience running innovation workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to combine business and engineering viewpoints; trusted-advisor presence with C-level and plant leadership.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; fluent English and German (written and spoken).Ways of working : self-driven, transparent, pragmatic, bold and energetic.