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 (ie ClickLearn or similar)
Experience with process modelling tools such as 2c8