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%.