IFS MRP Consultant

Job Description:
• Responsible for IFS instance and site upgrades, improvements and support projects on IFS applications within or relating to MRP and manufacturing functionality.
• Apply business facing skills to create, document & implement best practice TOMS for MRP & manufacturing.
• Create specification documents for proposed IFS improvements, alongside best practice change management principles to process, training materials, data and people.
• To provide expert guidance to steer the internal business system champions on best practice use of IFS from an IFS MRP and manufacturing perspective
• Lead remediation of business created problem statements with IFS MRP & manufacturing functionality
• Be the subject matter expert for IFS MRP & manufacturing and provide support for the IFS Projects interactions
• Be responsible for the deployment of Aps 10 IFS AURENA capability to critical shop floor roles. Produce & manage test plans and perform issue resolution through to live deployment.
• Be responsible for the deployment of mature barcode scanning capability to critical shop floor roles. Produce test plans and manage testing through to live deployment.
• Support the business in its transition to a paperless factory by transitioning processes, forms & data to IFS where possible.
• Support data cleansing activities and be integral to establishing a data health 1st culture.
• Design lobbies, measurement data, KPI & data health indicators based around business processes to empower staff to action priority responsibilities.
• Produce design documents and artefacts for approved configurations, modifications, integrations and reports and assist deploying solutions liaising with technical resources.
• Plan and drive necessary test regimes such as verification, acceptance, readiness testing based on the delivery methodology
• Work with the business and training team to maximise IFS skill development, and feed in content to training material
• Be subject matter export for Planning, P/MRP, Costings setup and reconciliation of shop order costs.
Skills required:
• Several years experience with IFS 9 & 10 both in implementation and post-implementation support roles
• Experience in a business using IFS in a MRP & manufacturing environment
• Expertise on manufacturing module and Integration with Projects / Supply Chain
• Good communication skills
• Experience of utilising an Agile project management tool such as JIRA
Training Requirements:
• Work with the business to build process maps & documentation, training guides and learning material for all core business processes
• Deliver training in a train the trainer environment
• Ensure business system champions are appropriately skilled to deliver training material internally in the future
• Establish process for regular review and update of training material
Preferred training skills
• Experience with automatic training creation tools (i.e. ClickLearn or similar)
• Experience with process modelling tools such as 2c8