Practice
Strategy & Consulting – Industry X
Area
Production & Operations
Level
Senior Manager
Location
Mexico City/Monterrey (hybrid/remote depending on project)
Years of Experience
12+ years (manufacturing operations + transformation/digital)
Travel
~50% depending on client needs
Role Summary
Lead Manufacturing Operations and Digital Manufacturing transformations (line improvement, productivity, quality, maintenance, and shop-floor digitization) by combining process excellence, technology, and analytics to deliver ROI. You will shape initiatives, build business cases, and lead delivery teams executing IT/OT programs across MES/SCADA/PLC/ERP ecosystems, driving measurable operational outcomes and sustainable adoption.
Key Responsibilities
Operations Transformation & Delivery
- Lead shop-floor improvement and digitalization workstreams: improve OEE, scrap, yield, throughput, lead time, safety, and compliance.
- Run Industry 4.0 maturity assessments and support roadmap definition; prioritize use cases based on value/ROI (traceability, quality analytics, digital work instructions, predictive maintenance).
- Support IT/OT architecture design integrating plant systems, MES, ERP, and data platforms; coordinate with cybersecurity and industrial networking teams.
- Coordinate automation and industrial connectivity (e.g., OPC UA, Profinet, Modbus, Ethernet/IP) to enable reliable data capture and visibility.
Business Case & Value Realization
- Build business cases and value models for improvement/automation initiatives; track benefits realization.
- Define KPI frameworks and dashboards for performance management and operational reporting.
- Partner with operations, quality, maintenance, supply chain and IT/OT to ensure adoption and change management.
Proposals & Growth
- Support origination and proposal development (assessment → roadmap → implementation) for manufacturing clients.
- Present value propositions and results to senior stakeholders; support scope and sequencing discussions.
- Develop relationships with plant leaders, operations, quality, maintenance, and IT/OT leadership.
People Leadership & Practice Building
- Lead multidisciplinary teams (operations, automation, data/AI, SAP/MES); coach and develop team members.
- Contribute assets and accelerators in digital manufacturing, connectivity, analytics, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechatronics, Electrical/Electronics, Mechanical, or related).
- Experience leading operations improvements and/or digital programs in manufacturing plants (MES/SCADA/ERP) and line improvement initiatives.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes (discrete and/or process) and operational metrics; ability to quantify ROI and value levers.
- Exposure to IT/OT environments, ISA-95 principles, and shop-floor data integration practices.
- Leadership, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Automation/PLC exposure and industrial connectivity experience.
- Experience with SAP (PP/QM/MM/EWM/PM) and/or leading MES platforms; integration with analytics/data platforms.
- Lean/Six Sigma, APICS, Agile, or other relevant certifications.
- Experience with multi-site programs and vendor management.
Core Competencies
Domain & Functional Expertise
- Operational excellence, Industry 4.0, IT/OT integration, MES/SCADA, and operations analytics.
- Use-case design, ROI-based prioritization, and initiative portfolio management for plants.
Leadership & Delivery
- Workstream execution and coordination across operations, engineering, IT, quality, and maintenance.
- Change management to sustain operational improvements and adoption of digital tools.
Presence
- Public speaking, executive presentations, workshop Facilitation and storytelling.
- Relationship-building and negotiation with senior stakeholders.
Accenture is an equal opportunity employer.
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 approximately 791,000 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 AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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