Industry X Consultant - Digital Manufacturing & Operations

kindly note that the start date for this role will be early 2025

The work

In Industry X we shape the future of making things, and the things we make.

Our Industry X Team drives innovation by delivering the best-in-class management consultancy based on industrial experience leveraged by the latest technologies. The future of making things, and the things we make. Evolution of industry practices have been witnessed with evolution of technology. We've been helping businesses adopt and implement the new for years; it is critical we apply this to manufacturers and products companies, service organizations and software companies, to fuel their next level of growth.

Digital Manufacturing & Operations helps clients replace existing manufacturing and supply chain methods with the ‘New’- digitally enabled multi-site plant optimization. From strategy, vision and ambition plans, to digitizing global plant networks and embedding cross factory operations at speed and at scale; our solutions help enable ever smaller lot size production, hyper personalization and lower total operating costs throughout the product life cycle. Our way of working is to collaborate across the industries and the services to reinvent clients’ products, services and platforms, to be smarter and more connected. Join us as we reinvent industries across Consumer Goods & Services and Retail Products, Industrial Equipment & Construction, Medical Tech Equipment, Media, High Tech, Aerospace and Defense, Chemicals, Oil and Gas, and Utilities.

Your Job

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Industry X group in the Netherlands with focus on Digital Manufacturing & Operations (DMO). We partner with our clients to build platform-based business and operating models, helping to navigate the shift to experience-driven innovation and accelerate time to revenue. We architect, design, develop, and build solutions, hardware and scalable business in this space. We help our clients transform their organizations to innovate and digitize businesses to optimize the return on investment to ensure long-term sustainability.

What are your responsibilities?

• Lead your team in Manufacturing & Operations transformation programs to drive process & innovation activities at our clients
• Be passionate to work on Industry X related technologies and drive client digital transformation journeys
• Collaborate with technical architects and business teams to determine the details and value of proposed solutions
• Collaborate with other key capabilities where relevant such as Industry Groups, Applied Intelligence and Supply Chain & Operations practices
• Help your team pinpoint the right Industry X strategic approaches & points of view, capabilities (where relevant such as Industry Groups, Applied Intelligence and Supply Chain & Operations practices) and technologies to meet the needs of clients and help draw up practical transformation road maps that position clients for long-term success
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• You’re as good with people as you are with business processes and technology, a true team player with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Your team

At Industry X we like to do it differently. We embrace change. We reimagine. We transform. How companies design, engineer, manufacture, service and maintain their products. We embed sustainability and bring digital into every part of the company’s enterprise. We create value by strategy and design, unraveling complexities with our approach as a powerful instrument of change. The way we do so is by designing and engineering products, platforms and services that build bridges between users, technology and business needs. Putting people and planet in the center of everything we do to add value to our clients’ businesses. Are you ready to make a difference? The time for change is now!

Qualifications

Your background (please send a cover letter along with your CV)

• University degree with a strong affinity for technology
• 3-5 years of relevant industry experience and digital transformations
• Experienced in working with Digital Manufacturing concepts, Connected Manufacturing, IIoT, Connected Platforms, Edge & Cloud Analytics, Digital Twins, MES/MOM etc.
• Familiar with system implementation methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall
• Fluent in Dutch and English, both spoken and written
• Willingness to travel to (international) client sites (in compliance with up-to-date travel policies)

Please send a cover letter along with your CV.

Our offer

Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world-class brand and reputation. Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we take an agile approach, provide end-to-end services and maintain a realistic mindset. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So, you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise.

Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent employee benefits, including:

• A flexible transport arrangement that suits your personal situation (electric car or bicycle, flexible budget including NS business card)
• An expense allowance
• Discount on Accenture shares
• The possibility to work 4 x 9 hours a week