Industry Consulting Manager - Manufacturing SME

NTT DATA, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Manufacturing & Process Expert to partner with plant leadership and drive digital transformation across process, batch, and discrete manufacturing environments.

The role focuses on MES design, integration with ERP and OT systems, and delivering strategic client engagements. The candidate will lead architecture reviews, roadmaps, and deployment activities, translating operational needs into scalable technical solutions while collaborating with automation

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant industry/consulting experience in two or more manufacturing areas.
• 5+ years of practical operational experience in factories, incl. KPI development and OEE analytics.
• 5+ years of experience with enterprise packages (SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to travel for client needs

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant leadership, operations, engineering, and IT stakeholders to assess current-state manufacturing processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support and/or Lead manufacturing digital transformation initiatives across process, batch, and discrete manufacturing environments.
• Translate operational requirements into technology-enabled solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops and interviews with plant personnel to capture business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Design, implement, and optimize MES solutions supporting production, quality, genealogy, traceability, OEE, electronic batch records, and reporting.
• Support and/or Lead MES platform selection, architecture design, roadmap development, and deployment activities.
• Integrate MES systems with ERP, historians, SCADA, DCS, PLCs, laboratory systems, and enterprise analytics platforms.
• Define manufacturing data models and workflows aligned to operational requirements.
• Assess and design architectures involving DCS, SCADA, PLC, HMI, Historian, and industrial communication systems.
• Support and/or Lead modernization initiatives involving OT infrastructure and industrial control systems.
• Collaborate with automation engineers and plant personnel to ensure reliable and scalable system integration.
• Support and/or Lead client workshops, assessments, architecture reviews, and solution design sessions.
• Develop recommendations, roadmaps, business cases, and implementation strategies.
• Present findings and recommendations to both technical and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Manufacturing process improvement

Operational analytics

KPI development

Workforce readiness programs

OEE/MTBF/C/O analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

Oracle

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing & Process Expertise

Partner with plant leadership, operations, engineering, and IT stakeholders to assess current-state manufacturing processes and identify improvement opportunities.

Support and/or Lead manufacturing digital transformation initiatives across process, batch, and discrete manufacturing environments.

Translate operational requirements into technology-enabled solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

Facilitate workshops and interviews with plant personnel to capture business, operational, and technical requirements.

MES & Manufacturing Systems

Design, implement, and optimize MES solutions supporting production, quality, genealogy, traceability, OEE, electronic batch records, and reporting.

Support and/or Lead MES platform selection, architecture design, roadmap development, and deployment activities.

Integrate MES systems with ERP, historians, SCADA, DCS, PLCs, laboratory systems, and enterprise analytics platforms.

Define manufacturing data models and workflows aligned to operational requirements.

Industrial Automation & OT Systems

Assess and design architectures involving DCS, SCADA, PLC, HMI, Historian, and industrial communication systems.

Support and/or Lead modernization initiatives involving OT infrastructure and industrial control systems.

Collaborate with automation engineers and plant personnel to ensure reliable and scalable system integration.

Client Delivery & Consulting

Support and/or Lead client workshops, assessments, architecture reviews, and solution design sessions.

Develop recommendations, roadmaps, business cases, and implementation strategies.

Present findings and recommendations to both technical and executive stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant industry and/or consulting experience in two or more manufacture areas (design, build, sell or support)
• 5+ years of practical industry functional operational experience (OpEx/continuous improvement implementation) in factories, including warehouse, production, and distribution performance metrics, KPI development, shopfloor TPM/IWS deployment, OEE/MTBF/C/O analytics, integration of smart factory tools/solutions, and knowledge of workforce readiness programs.
• 5+ years of experience in the functional capabilities of enterprise packages (SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to travel for client needs

Preferred Skills:

• Experience within Life Sciences, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, or Energy industries.
• Prior consulting experience preferred.