Job Summary
Objective: Identify priority skills for an expert MAPICS / Infor XA 9.1 manufacturing consultant, emphasizing Engineer-to-Order (ETO) environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Manufacturing experience outside ETO environments: CTO/MTS/MTO
- Repetitive manufacturing and lean production expertise.
- System-Link, EDI, MES, WMS, and third-party integration experience.
- SQL reporting, dashboards, and Manufacturing Performance Analysis (MPA).
- Multi-site and global manufacturing deployment experience.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, and Continuous Improvement programs.
Skill Requirements
Must-Have Skills
- Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing expertise including project-based planning, complex BOMs, engineering change management, and custom product manufacturing.
- Infor XA 9.1 functional expertise: Product Data Management (PDM), BOMs, Routings, MRP, MPS, CRP, Production Monitoring and Control, and Production Control and Costing.
- Manufacturing Execution Systems implementation and integration experience
- Planning and scheduling including material planning, capacity planning, shop floor control, and demand management.
- Inventory Management, Purchasing, Procurement, and Supply Chain execution within XA.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing costing, standard costing, WIP, and financial integration.
- Requirements gathering, process mapping, solution design, gap-fit analysis, testing, training, and go-live support.
- Experience leading full-cycle XA implementations and manufacturing transformation projects.
- IBM i (AS/400) and DB2 knowledge for troubleshooting, reporting, and data analysis.
- Executive stakeholder management and ERP roadmap/integrations development.
- For US-based resources, ability to travel to Eaton’s North America plants every 2 weeks
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Manufacturing experience outside ETO environments: CTO/MTS/MTO
- Repetitive manufacturing and lean production expertise.
- System-Link, EDI, MES, WMS, and third-party integration experience.
- SQL reporting, dashboards, and Manufacturing Performance Analysis (MPA).
- Multi-site and global manufacturing deployment experience.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, and Continuous Improvement programs.