Job Summary
The Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O Manufacturing & Planning Functional Consultant to lead and support end-to-end implementation projects across manufacturing, production control, and supply chain planning functions. The successful candidate will possess strong functional expertise in Production Control, Master Planning, Product Information Management, Inventory Management, and Warehouse Management, combined with proven experience delivering real-world D365 FSCM implementations from requirements gathering through go-live and hypercare support. The individual will work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, technical teams, and project managers to design, configure, test, and deploy scalable manufacturing and planning solutions that align with industry best practices and Microsoft standard functionality. Experience in discrete, process, or mixed-mode manufacturing environments is highly desirable
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end Dynamics 365 FSCM Manufacturing and Master Planning implementations.
Conduct business process workshops and gather requirements from production, planning, supply chain, and operations stakeholders.
Analyze current manufacturing and planning processes and recommend D365 standard solutions.
Configure and implement Production Control, Master Planning, Inventory Management, and Warehouse Management modules.
Design and configure Bills of Materials (BOMs), Routes, Resource Groups, and Production Parameters.
Configure Master Planning, Coverage Groups, Safety Stock, Forecast Planning, and Demand Planning processes.
Lead solution design sessions for discrete, process, and lean manufacturing scenarios.
Configure and optimize production scheduling, operation scheduling, and job scheduling processes.
Design capacity planning and finite scheduling solutions to improve shop-floor efficiency.
Support Production Floor Execution (PFE) implementation and shop-floor process transformation.
Create Functional Design Documents (FDDs), process flows, gap-fit analysis, and solution documentation.
Work closely with technical consultants to define integrations, customizations, reports, and data migration requirements.
Lead SIT, UAT, SAT, and production readiness activities.
Provide end-user training, super-user enablement, and knowledge transfer sessions.
Support data migration activities related to products, BOMs, routes, forecasts, and planning parameters.
Troubleshoot manufacturing and planning-related issues during testing and post-go-live support.
Lead cutover planning, go-live execution, and hypercare support.
Work with business stakeholders to improve inventory accuracy, production throughput, and planning effectiveness.
Ensure the adoption of Microsoft standard functionality and industry best practices wherever possible.
Mentor junior consultants and contribute to solution governance, estimation, and delivery of quality.
Skill Requirements
• The candidate should possess strong ERP experience, preferably in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (D365 FSCM) or Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, with a focus on Manufacturing and Planning.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of consulting experience in Manufacturing, Production Control, and Supply Chain Planning.
• Have worked on at least 3-4 end-to-end D365/ERP implementation projects and possess a strong understanding of Dynamics implementation methodologies.
• The candidate should have worked extensively on key Manufacturing and Planning processes including:
Production Control
Master Planning (MRP)
Capacity Planning
Production Scheduling (Operation and Job Scheduling)
Bills of Materials (BOM)
Routes and Resource Management
Shop Floor Execution / Production Floor Execution (PFE)
• Should have strong knowledge of manufacturing planning workspaces, inquiries, reports, and analytics within D365 FSCM.
• Should be capable of conducting requirement gathering workshops, fit-gap analysis, and solution design sessions.
• Experience in configuring and supporting discrete, process, or mixed-mode manufacturing environments.
• Ability to support data migration, testing activities (SIT/UAT), cutover planning, go-live, and hypercare support.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and documentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a positive, proactive, and can-do attitude.
• Experience working in a collaborative project environment with business users, solution architects, developers, project managers, and testing teams.