What You'll Do
Collaborate with manufacturing clients to assess their operational needs across production, quality, traceability, and process flow. Translate these requirements into functional designs using Siemens Opcenter Execution Discrete, ensuring solutions support core business objectives. Develop detailed functional specifications, define business process models, and establish clear validation criteria.
Work closely with technical teams to guide system configuration and ensure accurate implementation of workflows. Contribute to integration planning with ERP platforms such as SAP, automation systems, and shop-floor devices. Lead functional testing phases, including unit, integration, and user acceptance testing, ensuring system behavior matches real-world manufacturing conditions.
Support training initiatives, documentation, and change adoption efforts. Serve as the primary functional liaison during project delivery and post-launch support periods, ensuring smooth deployment and user readiness.
Requirements
- Proven understanding of MES and manufacturing operations management principles, including work order management, routing, WIP tracking, and non-conformance handling
- Direct functional experience with Siemens Opcenter Execution Discrete
- Ability to model manufacturing processes using standard MES functions
- Familiarity with ISA-95 standards and shop-floor execution frameworks
- Background in discrete manufacturing sectors such as automotive, aerospace, electronics, or industrial equipment
- Knowledge of key production metrics including OEE, throughput, scrap, and downtime
- Understanding of roles on the shop floor, from operators to quality and maintenance teams
- Strong communication skills with experience facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Capacity to convert business needs into structured functional documentation
- Organized, practical approach with a focus on customer outcomes
- Experience working across technical and business teams in global, multi-site environments
- Minimum of 3 to 6 years in MES, manufacturing IT, or digital transformation projects
- Participation in at least one complete Opcenter Discrete project lifecycle from design through go-live
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating MES with ERP systems, particularly SAP, in live production environments
Technical Stack
Siemens Opcenter Execution Discrete, ERP platforms (e.g., SAP), automation systems, shop-floor equipment, BPMN, ISA-95
Benefits
- Full remote work flexibility across Europe
- Preferred alignment with team hubs in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, UK, Serbia, Hungary, or Belgium
