Pre-Sales Consultant – Siemens Opcenter APS

PeoplePlus; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ProductSpaceSoftwareIndiaPvt.Ltd. in India seeks an experienced consultant to support sales opportunities for Siemens Opcenter APS.

The role involves understanding a manufacturer’s planning and scheduling challenges, shaping the proposed solution, conducting customer workshops and demonstrations, and contributing to proposals and delivery handovers. The position requires strong manufacturing and solution-consulting competence; Opcenter APS experience is helpful but not essential.

Qualifications

• 6–12 years in manufacturing consulting, production planning, supply-chain solutions, enterprise software pre-sales or a closely related role.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Strong customer orientation, professional judgement and willingness to learn Siemens Opcenter APS through structured enablement.

Responsibilities

• Engage with production planning, supply chain, operations and IT stakeholders to understand current processes, pain points and business priorities.
• Translate customer requirements into a practical APS solution covering demand, capacity, materials, resources, constraints and production sequencing.
• Prepare and deliver customer presentations, discovery workshops, product demonstrations and proof-of-concepts.
• Define the high-level solution architecture and integration needs across ERP, MES/MOM and related manufacturing systems.
• Contribute to RFI/RFP responses, technical proposals, solution scope, assumptions, effort estimates and implementation roadmaps.
• Explain the expected business value of APS using measurements such as on-time delivery, schedule adherence, throughput, WIP, lead time and planner productivity.

Skills

Production planning & scheduling

Manufacturing processes

APS problem solving

Consultative pre-sales

Solution design

Demonstration & value communication

Proposal support

Communication & learning agility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Company: ProductSpaceSoftwareIndiaPvt.Ltd.

Experience: 6–12yearsofrelevantexperience;capabilitytakesprecedence

Travel: Customer-sitetravelasrequired

Rolesummary

TheconsultantwillsupportsalesopportunitiesforSiemensOpcenterAdvancedPlanningandScheduling

(APS).Theroleinvolvesunderstandingamanufacturer’splanningandschedulingchallenges,shapingthe

proposedsolution,conductingcustomerworkshopsanddemonstrations,andcontributingtoproposalsand

deliveryhandover.Thepositionrequiresstrongmanufacturingandsolution-consultingcompetence;prior

OpcenterAPSexperienceishelpfulbutnotessential.

Key responsibilities

• Engagewithproductionplanning,supplychain,operationsandITstakeholderstounderstandcurrent processes,painpointsandbusinesspriorities.
• TranslatecustomerrequirementsintoapracticalAPSsolutioncoveringdemand,capacity,materials,resources,constraintsandproductionsequencing.
• Prepareanddelivercustomerpresentations,discoveryworkshops,productdemonstrationsandproof-
• Definethehigh-levelsolutionarchitectureandintegrationneedsacrossERP,MES/MOMandrelatedmanufacturingsystems.
• ContributetoRFI/RFPresponses,technicalproposals,solutionscope,assumptions,effortestimatesandimplementationroadmaps.
• ExplaintheexpectedbusinessvalueofAPSusingmeasuressuchason-timedelivery,scheduleadherence,throughput,WIP,leadtimeandplannerproductivity.
• Workcloselywithsales,productspecialistsanddeliveryteams,andensureanaccuratehandoverofagreedscope,risksandopenitems.
• ExplaintheexpectedbusinessvalueofAPSusingmeasuressuchason-timedelivery,scheduleadherence,throughput,WIP,leadtimeandplannerproductivity.
• Workcloselywithsales,productspecialistsanddeliveryteams,andensureanaccuratehandoverofagreedscope,risksandopenitems.

CandidateProfile

• 6–12yearsinmanufacturingconsulting,productionplanning,supply-chainsolutions,enterprise softwarepre-salesoracloselyrelatedrole.
• Bachelor’sdegreeinengineering,Manufacturing,IndustrialEngineering,Operations,SupplyChain,InformationTechnologyorarelateddiscipline.
• Strongcustomerorientation,professionaljudgementandwillingnesstolearnSiemensOpcenterAPSthroughstructuredenablement.

Requirements

• 6–12yearsinmanufacturingconsulting,productionplanning,supply-chainsolutions,enterprise softwarepre-salesoracloselyrelatedrole.
• Bachelor’sdegreeinengineering,Manufacturing,IndustrialEngineering,Operations,SupplyChain,InformationTechnologyorarelateddiscipline.
• Strongcustomerorientation,professionaljudgementandwillingnesstolearnSiemensOpcenterAPSthroughstructuredenablement.

Mandatory skillsets

• Productionplanningandscheduling: goodunderstandingofMPS,finite-capacityplanning,bottlenecks,sequencing,changeovers,duedatesandscheduledtrade-offs.
• Manufacturingprocesses: AbilitytounderstandBOMs,routings,operations,resources,calendars,shifts,capacities,materialsandalternateresources.
• APSproblemsolving: Abilitytoanalyzeplanningchallengesandconvertthemintoafeasible,constraint-basedsolutionapproach.
• Consultativepre-sales: Experienceincustomerdiscovery,requirementworkshops,solutionpresentationsandhandlingbusinessandtechnicalquestions.
• Solutiondesign: Abilitytodefinesolutionscope,assumptions,risks,dataneedsandhigh-levelintegrationwithERPandMES/MOMsystems.
• Demonstrationandvaluecommunication: Abilitytoexplaincomplexplanningconceptsclearlyandconnectsolutioncapabilitiestomeasurablecustomeroutcomes.
• Proposalsupport: ExperienceincontributingtoRFI/RFPresponses,technicalproposals,estimates,scopedocumentsanddeliveryhandovers.
• Communicationandlearningagility: StrongwrittenandverbalEnglish,analyticalthinking,presentationskillsandprovenabilitytolearncomplexenterprisesoftware.