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IFS Application Consultant (Manufacturing)
Location: Remote

• Salary: $100-140K

 
MISSION & PURPOSE:

• The IFS Application Consultant is responsible for configuring, implementing, and supporting IFS solutions that enable customers to achieve their business objectives. This role works closely with business stakeholders and project teams to translate requirements into effective system configurations aligned with IFS best practices
• The Application Consultant acts as a key delivery team contributor, bridging business processes with system functionality, supporting solution design activities, and ensuring successful execution of ERP consulting, implementations and upgrades. The objective is to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that meet business needs while minimizing risk and ensuring efficient adoption
• We are seeking an Application Consultant who is comfortable working directly with business users and project teams, with strong expertise in IFS Cloud and earlier Apps versions and a proven ability to support delivery across complex ERP initiatives
• We have made Professional Services delivery excellence a cornerstone of our strategy. This is an opportunity to contribute to successful IFS implementations across a growing portfolio of strategic customers

Highest Priority Competencies:

• IFS Solution Expertise: Solid functional knowledge of IFS Cloud and earlier IFS Applications versions across relevant modules, with the ability to configure and support solutions aligned to business requirements
• Requirements Translation & Configuration: Ability to gather, interpret, and translate business requirements into system configurations, ensuring alignment with standard functionality and project scope
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Strong ability to work effectively with business users, functional teams, and technical resources, communicating clearly to support alignment and successful delivery
• Cross-Functional Awareness: Understanding of how business processes span across functional areas, with the ability to support coordination and alignment across modules to enable end-to-end workflows.

Domain-Specific Competencies (IFS Manufacturing Modules)

• Manufacturing Process Knowledge: Understanding of core manufacturing processes, including discrete and/or process manufacturing, production planning, shop floor execution, material requirements planning (MRP), and production reporting
• IFS Manufacturing Configuration: Experience configuring IFS Manufacturing modules, including product structures (BOMs), routings, work centers, labor and machine scheduling, shop orders, and production reporting to support efficient operations
• Production Planning & Scheduling: Knowledge of planning methodologies and tools within IFS, including MRP, master production scheduling, and capacity planning, ensuring alignment between demand, supply, and resource availability
• Manufacturing Data & Controls: Understanding of manufacturing master data, including inventory parts, product structures, and routing data, with awareness of data governance and controls to ensure operational accuracy and traceability
• Shop Floor Execution & Reporting: Ability to support shop floor processes, including order release, material issue, labor reporting, and production feedback, ensuring accurate system transactions and visibility into manufacturing performance
• Cross-Module Manufacturing Integration: Awareness of how manufacturing processes integrate with other functional areas, for example Procurement, Inventory, Quality Management, and Finance, ensuring end-to-end process integrity and accurate cost and inventory tracking

 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gather and analyze business requirements through workshops, interviews, and documentation review, translating findings into clear functional designs and system configurations
• Configure IFS applications to support defined business processes, ensuring alignment with requirements, project scope, and IFS best practices
• Support solution design activities in collaboration with Solution Architects and senior team members, contributing functional expertise and practical implementation insight
• Facilitate and participate in solution workshops to validate requirements, demonstrate functionality, and align stakeholders on design decisions
• Prepare and maintain functional documentation, including configuration details, process flows, and design specifications
• Collaborate with technical teams to support integrations, data migration, and system extensions as required
• Participate in system testing activities, including unit testing, system integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT), ensuring solutions meet defined requirements
• Identify and escalate risks, issues, or design gaps, working with project leadership to support resolution
• Provide end-user support, training, and knowledge transfer to ensure effective system adoption
• Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery practices, templates, and methodologies within the Professional Services team

 
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

• Proven experience implementing or supporting ERP solutions within a Professional Services or consulting environment, with exposure to IFS implementations preferred
• Strong functional knowledge of IFS Cloud or earlier Apps versions within one or more modules
• Experience participating in ERP implementations, including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, and deployment activities
• Understanding of core ERP concepts, including business process design, data structures, and system configuration
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and a structured approach to delivery
• Effective communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage business users and project stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consulting environment
• Experience contributing to project documentation and supporting delivery activities across multiple workstreams
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines

 
ABOUT US:

• We are a leader in enterprise software consulting, implementation and managed services. We're building something special, a customer-first ERP services company that doesn't just implement systems, but helps businesses actually use them to grow

Culture Code:

• We are maniacal about our mission
• We strive to solve for the customer
• We are radically transparent
• We believe in autonomy not autocracy
• We are unreasonably picky about our people
• We invest in individual mastery and market value
• We constantly question the status quo

 
WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?

• Work with diverse customers and stakeholders to deliver solutions that drive meaningful business outcomes
• Contribute to high-impact engagements where your expertise directly influences delivery quality and client success
• Be part of a collaborative, growth-oriented Professional Services team focused on excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are an organization that values diversity. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including minorities and persons with disabilities.
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