Manager, Consulting

Infor Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Infor is seeking a Project Consulting Manager to lead end-to-end MES implementations for manufacturing customers. You will oversee scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables, ensuring successful outcomes and risk mitigation. The role involves guiding teams, coordinating resources, and engaging customers throughout the project lifecycle.

Travel globally ~10% or more and mentor junior consultants on MES technologies, processes, and best practices within a consulting services framework.

Qualifications

• Experience leading MES project delivery from planning through go-live.
• Experience managing a consulting or professional services team.
• Experience with MES delivery methodologies and frameworks.
• Experience coordinating resources across project phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end MES implementations for manufacturing customers.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables for projects.
• Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and escalations.
• Assign tasks and monitor progress against plans and milestones.
• Conduct on-site or remote project activities including design workshops.
• Review time tracking and support accurate client invoicing.
• Engage with customers to manage expectations and outcomes.
• Guide junior consultants on MES technologies and processes.

Skills

MES project delivery

Leadership

Risk management

Customer engagement

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/IT

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Description

The Project Consulting Manager is responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementations for manufacturing customers, including management of scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables. This role is accountable for overall project execution and customer outcomes, including management of risks, dependencies, and escalations.

Department: Infor Consulting Services

Location: Prague

The Project Consulting Manager is responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementations for manufacturing customers, including management of scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables. This role is accountable for overall project execution and customer outcomes, including management of risks, dependencies, and escalations.

A Typical Day In The Life Includes

• Assign project tasks to team members based on documented skills, certifications, and project experience
• Monitor team progress against defined project plans, milestones, deliverables, and timelines
• Develop and maintain project plans with defined customer and internal deliverables and target completion dates
• Maintain resource plans for active and forecasted projects to support services forecasting processes
• Conduct recurring project review meetings with customers to review status, risks, and deliverables
• Participate in on-site or remote project activities, including requirements gathering sessions, design workshops, user training, and go-live support
• Develop estimates and service work orders, including documented assumptions, scope boundaries, and exclusions
• Review and adjust time tracking entries to support accurate customer invoicing
• Manage customer issues and escalations, including tracking, documentation, and resolution within agreed timelines

Basic Qualifications

• Experience leading MES project delivery from planning through go-live, including management of scope, schedule, budget, system integrations, and production-related requirements
• Experience managing a consulting or professional services team delivering MES implementations, including task assignment and tracking performance against defined project deliverables
• Experience conducting recurring team check-ins and providing guidance aligned to defined MES delivery methodologies, standards, and implementation frameworks
• Experience managing resource utilization, including time tracking and scheduling, across project phases
• Experience working in a manufacturing or factory environment
• Ability to travel globally 10% or more

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting MES pre-sales activities, including requirements gathering, solution scoping, and feasibility evaluation
• Experience defining MES solution requirements and supporting solution design activities
• Experience guiding junior consultants on MES technologies, manufacturing processes, and system integration standards
• Experience working in manufacturing industries using MES solutions, including automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, or industrial manufacturing

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.

For more information visit www.infor.com

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At Infor, we strive for an environment that is founded on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management™ (PBM™) and eight Guiding Principles: integrity, stewardship & compliance, transformation, principled entrepreneurship, knowledge, humility, respect, self-actualization.

We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on PBM™. Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM™ prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.

Infor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. Infor does not discriminate against candidates or employees because of their sex, race, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law. If you require accommodation or assistance at any time during the application or selection processes, please submit a request by following the directions located in the FAQ section.

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