M3 Consultant (Manufacturing)

Primary job role

The Planning & Manufacturing consultant will directly participate in Infor M3/CloudSuite implementations, support services & work packages on the Planning/Manufacturing (Item master, SKU set up, product structures, work centers, routing, operations, forecasting, production planning, scheduling, manufacturing execution, etc.) module for ERP solutions offered by Fortude. The individual will also need to develop his knowledge/skills on the Infor product suite while transferring the same to the other Infor practice members at Fortude.

Main duties/responsibilities

The following duties are related to the Planning & Manufacturing module:

Investigating, analyzing, communicating and documenting business processes, business requirements.
Documenting gap analysis, blueprint and scenarios related to Planning & Manufacturing.
Designing Infor beta solutions.
Configuring, migrating data, creating test data, testing & presenting Infor beta solutions.
Designing the solution, documenting the integration specifications & integration testing.
Creating training material for key users and end users, training & evaluating.
Monitoring system testing.
Planning data migration, data cleansing, validation & migration.
Production configuration of the Planning & Manufacturing module.
Providing first level, second-level, and third-level support during go-live.
Providing post go-live training & testing related to Planning & Manufacturing.
Providing post go-live functional L2 support.
Designing solutions for change requests on the Planning & Manufacturing module, providing estimates, specification documenting, testing and presenting.
Designing pre-sales solutions and presenting them to potential customers, estimating, testing, and documenting.
Mentor project teammates – This includes reviewing the following skills: consulting, writing, speaking, presentation, and training.

Experience

Minimum 2 – 3 years or more of experience in Infor M3 ERP Consulting.

Technical Knowledge

Competency in at least one of the following Infor M3 modules:

Product Data Management (PDM)
Manufacturing (MFG)
Planning (PLN)
Warehouse Management (WHM)
Projects (PRJ)

Knowledge of at least one of the industries/verticals listed below is a must:

Fashion/Textile, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Equipment service management and rental (ESM&R), Distribution

Infor Satellite products & Technologies:

PLM, Factory Track (FT), Demand Plus, Demand Planner (DMP), Scheduling Workbench (SWB), MEC (MEC capabilities & how to apply in integrations), IDM, Enterprise Search, MBM (M3 Business Messages/EDI), ION, Ming.le, AHR (Ad Hoc Reports), ES (Enterprise search), EH/EA (Event Hub Event Analytics), MBM (M3 Business Messages/EDI), MAM (M3 Application Messages), Multi-Language

Other technologies:

DB/SQL
M3 Mgt Pages

Qualifications

Bachelors’ degree or an equivalent qualification

Behavioral competencies

Communication
Client orientation
Teamwork & collaboration
Results & execution orientation

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