Project Manager (Manager, Consulting)

Infor; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Infor seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead MES implementation projects for manufacturing customers in the UK, providing day-to-day leadership and development support to a team of consultants.

You will oversee planning, execution, governance, and delivery, while managing budgets, risks, and stakeholder expectations to ensure customer objectives are met.

Qualifications

• Experience managing software implementation or consulting projects.
• Experience in manufacturing, MES, or ERP environments.
• Customer-facing project delivery experience.
• Experience managing budgets, timelines, resources, and risks.
• Experience leading or mentoring project delivery teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.
• Willingness to travel for customer engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of MES implementation projects.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, budgets, and customer expectations.
• Act as the primary escalation point for customer project-related issues.
• Build and maintain relationships with customer stakeholders.
• Conduct project governance and project review meetings.
• Manage resource planning and forecasting across project teams.
• Coach, mentor and develop consultants within the team.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and growth of consulting resources.
• Collaborate with Sales and Pre-Sales on opportunities and project estimates.
• Support customer workshops, solution discussions, and implementation planning.
• Monitor delivery KPIs, utilization and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Ensure successful handover of projects into ongoing support services.

Skills

Project management

Client-facing delivery

Stakeholder management

Leadership & mentoring

Communication

Travel flexibility

Job description

Description

Infor is seeking an experienced Project Manager, to join our Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) team in the UK. This role is responsible for leading the successful delivery of MES implementation projects for manufacturing customers while providing day-to-day leadership and development support to a team of consultants.

Department

Infor Consulting Services

Location

Remote

Description

Infor is seeking an experienced Project Manager, to join our Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) team in the UK. This role is responsible for leading the successful delivery of MES implementation projects for manufacturing customers while providing day-to-day leadership and development support to a team of consultants.

A Typical Day In The Life Includes

• Leading the planning, execution, and delivery of MES implementation projects.
• Managing project scope, timelines, risks, budgets, and customer expectations.
• Acting as the primary escalation point for customer project-related issues.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customer stakeholders.
• Conducting project governance and project review meetings.
• Managing resource planning and forecasting activities across project teams.
• Reviewing project progress and ensuring successful achievement of customer objectives.
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing consultants within the team.
• Conducting regular performance and development discussions with team members.
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding, and growth of consulting resources.
• Collaborating with Sales and Pre-Sales teams on customer opportunities and project estimates.
• Supporting customer workshops, solution discussions, and implementation planning.
• Monitoring delivery KPIs, utilization, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Ensuring successful handover of projects into ongoing support services.
• Partnering with internal and external stakeholders to promote delivery excellence and best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience managing software implementation or consulting projects.
• Experience working within manufacturing, industrial technology, MES, or ERP environments.
• Demonstrated customer-facing project delivery experience.
• Experience managing project budgets, timelines, resources, and risks.
• Experience leading or mentoring consulting or project delivery teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced customer environment.
• Willingness to travel as required for customer engagements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or supporting Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Experience delivering ERP, manufacturing software, or digital transformation projects.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations and shop-floor processes.
• Experience managing multi-site or global implementation projects.
• Previous experience within a software vendor, systems integrator, or consulting organization.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, workshops, and solution discovery sessions.
• Technical knowledge of manufacturing software solutions.
• Additional European language skills, particularly French.

About Infor

Infor is where ambition meets impact. Join a global community of bold thinkers and innovators, where your expertise doesn't just solve problems. it shapes industries, unlocks opportunities, and creates real-world impact for billions of people. At Infor, you're not just building a career. you're helping to build what's next.

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems. Over 60,000 organizations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve business-wide digital transformation.

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