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This role can sit anywhere in the US as long as it is near an Accenture Corporate Office.

Who we are:

Industry X combines Accenture’s powerful digital capabilities with deep engineering and manufacturing expertise. We use the power of data and digital to help our clients reimagine the products they make, and how they make them. By connecting engineering and manufacturing operations every step of the way - from how products are designed and engineered, sourced and supplied, manufactured, to how they are serviced and renewed, we help them achieve greater productivity, drive growth and meet their sustainability commitments. Find out more about Industry X. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/digital-engineering-manufacturing-index)

The Role:

The Manufacturing Consulting Consultant/Manager role requires working collaboratively with leadership to design, execute, and lead multiple teams through organizational change efforts of varying size and complexity. This role will utilize change management principles, processes, and tools to focus on driving financial and operational results for our clients, behavioral changes; designing change strategy, assessing stakeholder impacts and organizational readiness, recommending and/or implementing appropriate communication, training, and behavioral change solutions, and measuring effectiveness to enhance organization, group, and individual performance.

The Work:

Strategy & Operating Model: Develop smart manufacturing strategies, value architectures, manufacturing and operating model designs, manufacturing network strategies, and design-to-margin approaches for manufacturing processes.

Manufacturing Operational Excellence: Lead business process reengineering efforts, drive Lean Six Sigma transformations, implement Manufacturing & Operations Excellence frameworks, optimize asset reliability and performance management, enhance process reliability, deploy TPM & TQM methodologies, and drive manpower productivity improvements.

Manufacturing Operations Digitization: Streamline production planning and scheduling, enhance quality management systems, optimize production operations, ensure compliance with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) standards, improve inventory and material handling processes, automate workflows, create insightful reports and dashboards, deploy advanced automation solutions, and utilize process design & simulation techniques.

Smart Manufacturing Transformation: Spearhead platform-driven transformations, establish digital thread frameworks, leverage predictive and prescriptive analytics, implement AI-driven digital twins for assets, processes, quality, and plants, and drive autonomous automation initiatives.

Sustainability: Champion sustainability initiatives such as Net Zero energy management, reduction of GHG emissions, optimization of water and wastewater management processes, and building trust through transparent and sustainable practices.

Job Requirements:

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what you need to Strategize, Execute and Manage Program Delivery

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in management or as part of a consulting practice focused on manufacturing and operations excellence, smart manufacturing transformation, manufacturing operations digitization

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in one of the following industries:

• Industrial

• Automotive

• Life Sciences

• Natural Resources

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related engineering discipline or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have minimum 6 years’ work experience).

  Bonus points if you have functional experience in:

• Integrated process on S4/ HANA (Ariba, extended Warehouse Management, Master Data Governance)

• Integrated Supply Chain Planning and operations (o9 Solution)

• Connected Products Platform including connected worker technologies

• AI-led Autonomous Operations

• Operational twins, Process Design & Simulation

• Advance Process Analytics & Control Tower Implementation

• Internal Plant and Warehouse Automation using VLMs, telemetry, AMRS & AGVs, robotics, vision systems

• Data and analytics driven use cases within manufacturing from descriptive to prescriptive analytics

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York or Washington as set forth below.We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $94,400 to $266,300

Colorado $94,400 to $230,000

District of Columbia $100,500 to $245,000

Illinois $87,400 to $230,000

Minnesota $94,400 to $230,000

Maryland $87,400 to $213,000

New York $87,400 to $266,300

Washington $100,500 to $245,000

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