Senior Consultant – Aerospace & Defense

• Guide customers to improve their business through deep understanding of core IFS solutions and industry accelerators
• Understand customers’ Aerospace and Defense businesses, industries, and local asset, service and maintenance practices and policies
• Act as a trusted advisor by articulating and critically evaluating customer-specific business solutions
• Seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships
• Understand customer business needs and guide effective usage of IFS products
• Lead and own solution definition and scope for the Aerospace & Defense portion of IFS solutions
• Identify and bridge gaps between customer business requirements and IFS products
• Conduct customer training sessions and workshops
• Guide and assist customers with testing and Go Live cut-over strategies
• Keep up to date with regulatory and compliance requirements in the Aerospace & Defense domain
• Manage, coach and mentor IFS colleagues
• Contribute to continuous improvement of IFS products, processes and methodology
• Work directly with IFS customers and partners on industry solution implementations
• Collaborate with geographically distributed teams around the globe

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Information Technology or equivalent
• Experience delivering Aerospace & Defense solutions in a similar role
• Proven ability to lead and influence teams, colleagues, customers and partners
• Ability to articulate and critically evaluate customer-specific business needs and solutions in a customer-facing role
• Expertise in business process mapping and deployment
• Strong problem-solving ability, analytical skills and strategic thinking
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills at the executive level
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting
• Fluent in English, both oral and written
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally
• Knowledge and record of IFS product implementations
• Industry-specific knowledge from target industries, including Aerospace, Defense, Manufacturing, Engineering and Construction, Energy, Utilities and Resources
• Experience in Aerospace and Defense work with the appropriate security clearances
• Knowledge and record of successful cloud-based implementations
• Previous experience in consulting services
• Solid knowledge of IFS products or similar ERP/EAM/FSM solutions
• Formal project management training and certifications, such as PMI, Prince2 or IPMA
• Business process certifications, such as APICS or CPIM
• Strategic program certifications, such as Six Sigma Black Belt

• Flexible work arrangements / employees can work remotely
• Opportunity to work in a global, diverse environment
• Commitment to sustainability
• International exposure through project implementation and commercial execution
• Opportunity to work with geographically distributed teams around the globe
• Opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement of IFS products, processes and methodology