Industry X PLM Manager

We are Industry X :

We embed innovation, intelligence and sustainability in the way the world makes things and the things it makes. Industry X enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future.

We define Industry X as digital reinvention of manufacturing / engineering and believe that smart, sustainable, connected digital products and assets are about to create hyper-personalized industrial experiences, completely new levels of operational efficiency, transparency and traceability, tangible impact on sustainability and brand-new sources of revenue growth.

Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.

You are :

In your role within our Industry X.0 team, you'll help clients take advantage of significant market opportunities as digital technology moves into the core of industry in product development and manufacturing environments.

You'll help them transform their product, manufacturing and product related services value chains in Products, Communications, Media, High Tech, Aerospace & Defense, Chemicals, Mining, Oil & Gas and Utilities.

As part of Accenture Digital, you'll benefit from tailored career management and specialist skills that will fuel your ambitions in the Industry X.0 space.

Responsibilities of the PLM Manager may include :

• Perform project management activities in the areas of Product Engineering and Manufacturing & Digital Operations.
• Work closely with the Accenture team and key stakeholders to understand requirements, owning specifications and design documents and deploy the applications.
• Assist in the analysis, design and development of a roadmap and implementation based upon a current vs. future state in a cohesive architecture viewpoint.
• Facilitate development of assets and solution frameworks that combine knowledge of the R&D and Engineering business processes and issues, technology trends and digital priorities.
• Identify key value drivers and demonstrate how digital transformation of R&D and Engineering can enable key enterprise imperatives.
• Lead customer workshops.
• Lead functional teams.
• Coach the implementation team.
• Provide Functional system solutions for PLM / MES systems.
• Participate in the functional design and the functional Architecture of the solution.
• Design and implement application configurations to meet business process and application requirements. Review and approve functional specifications and conduct code walk-throughs.
• Gather and analyze data and develop architectural requirements at project level.
• Act as an advocate of Product Lifecycle Management and / or Manufacturing best practices, methods, and processes.
• Develop test plans to assure that the developed solutions satisfy client requirements.
• Management and follow up on internal and external sales campaigns.
• Continuing development and refinement of offerings and collateral to support / promote the sales of offerings (overviews, case studies, account planning, marketing information).
• Successfully support the sales process from origination to successful closing (including offering fine tuning, solution shaping, proposal preparation, client presentations).
• Meet travel requirements, up to 80%.

Basic Qualifications :

• 8 + years of professional experience with a major PLM system (PTC, Dassault Systemes, Siemens, SAP-PLM, Oracle Agile) and / or Master Data Management.
• 10 + years of professional experience in Engineering / Manufacturing IT systems including ERP, PLM, MES and QMS.
• 2 + years of projects management experience in IT systems (Engineering / Manufacturing) including ERP, PLM, MES and QMS.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language.

Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience in at least 2 of the following industries :
• Aerospace & Defense
• Electronics & High Tech
• Energy & Utilities
• Automotive / Tier 1 Suppliers
• Industrial Equipment
• Travel, Transportation and Logistics
• Consumer packaged goods
• Good analytical & troubleshooting skills
• Experience managing teams of 5 or more people
• Systems Implementation methodology knowledge (Agile Methodology, Waterfall)
• Proactive demonstrated ability to search and provide information on the key industry challenges and trends and apply new technology to, and reusing existing technology for, end to end R&D and Engineering business processes.
• Self-starter with a bias toward action and the ability to produce results.
• Strong team player with a "can do" attitude, and the flexibility to jump in wherever needed
• Able to comfortably manage multiple tasks, communicate status, escalate issues and juggle competing priorities.
• Ability to understand business needs, articulate trade-offs, and discuss solutions with business and development teams.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Desire to work in an information systems environment
• Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
• Business development support experience
• Time management skills

About Accenture :

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading

businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their

operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at

speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 742,000 people serving

clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of

the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We

combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and Al with unmatched

industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to

deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across

Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities,

together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 3600 value, enable us

to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by

the 3600 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and

communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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