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To be successful in this role, the Enterprise MES IT Lead must possess a strong understanding of manufacturing business processes and enterprise application technologies while effectively partnering with business leaders, manufacturing stakeholders, vendors, and executive leadership.

• Lead and oversee the implementation, integration, upgrades, support, and continuous optimization of the enterprise Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Serve as the primary IT owner and subject matter expert for the organization's MES platform.
• Partner with manufacturing, operations, engineering, and business stakeholders to understand operational needs and translate them into scalable MES solutions.
• Collaborate with implementation partners, application support providers, and internal IT teams to successfully deliver MES initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Define technical requirements, functional specifications, and solution architecture aligned with business objectives and manufacturing processes.
• Evaluate business requirements and recommend scalable configuration and integration approaches while minimizing unnecessary customizations.
• Employ application and integration best practices, enterprise architecture standards, environment management, testing, and change management throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Ensure MES solutions are successfully implemented across manufacturing plants while supporting integration with SAP and other enterprise and shop floor systems.
• Partner with Application Managed Services (AMS) teams to coordinate ongoing support, issue resolution, upgrades, and release activities. This role provides technical leadership but is not responsible for day-to-day help desk or application administration.
• Ensure the long-term sustainability, security, performance, and scalability of MES technologies while aligning platform capabilities with business objectives and future roadmaps.
• Identify, investigate, and recommend improvements to manufacturing applications, business processes, integrations, and system capabilities.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving manufacturing stakeholders, implementation partners, offshore support teams, and future internal MES resources through influence rather than direct authority.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase manufacturing efficiency, product quality, traceability, compliance, and operational visibility.
• Stay current with MES technologies, manufacturing best practices, and digital manufacturing trends to identify future enhancement opportunities.
• Serve as the primary IT point of contact for all enterprise MES-related initiatives and future platform expansion.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Manufacturing Systems, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Experience within engineer-to-order, heavy industrial, mining, construction equipment, automotive, or other complex manufacturing environments is required (if you don't have DELMIA Apriso)
• 7-10+ years of experience supporting Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), including implementation, integration, and ongoing support, with 4+ years of experience providing technical leadership for enterprise manufacturing applications.
• Hands-on experience with an enterprise Manufacturing Execution System (MES). 
  • Experience with DELMIA Apriso is highly preferred; experience with comparable enterprise MES platforms such as Siemens Opcenter, Plex, SAP Digital Manufacturing (DM), SAP ME, IbaseT, or similar enterprise MES solutions will also be considered.
• Experience integrating MES with SAP or other enterprise ERP systems.
• Techno-functional background with the ability to understand system configuration, integrations, and solution design while partnering with implementation teams and vendors. Hands-on software development is not required.
• Experience supporting enterprise manufacturing environments and partnering with plant operations, engineering, and business stakeholders. 
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving internal teams, implementation partners, vendors, and distributed support organizations.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify opportunities for system optimization and continuous improvement.
• Experience with project planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing application support.
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), PLC/SCADA integration, machine connectivity, serialization, lot traceability, WIP management, routing, dispatching, remanufacturing workflows, or Industry 4.0 initiatives is a plus.
• Experience working with global implementation partners or offshore application support teams is preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to travel approximately 20-30% to manufacturing facilities.
• Ability to work onsite four days per week in Milwaukee, WI or Chicago, IL