About the position
Bring your hands-on expertise across operational ERP modules and your love of partnering with customers to optimise manufacturing, supply chain, and core operations through smart ERP solutions.
Play a key role in delivering ERP implementations and improvements for clients operating in manufacturing, distribution, and project driven environments.
(Note: A key summary of the job specification is provided below. Full details are available after initial contact and shortlisting)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
ERP Implementation & Delivery
- Participate in and, where appropriate, lead end to end ERP implementation.
- Translate operational business requirements into clear functional specifications and solution designs.
Operations & Manufacturing Focus
- Configure and support ERP modules related to operations and manufacturing.
- Analyse and improve client processes.
- Promote ERP best practices while balancing practical, real world operational requirements.
Client Engagement & Enablement
- Act as a trusted advisor to operational and production stakeholders.
- Facilitate discovery sessions, workshops, and design reviews.
- Deliver end user training and create operational documentation, SOPs, and process flows.
- Support change management and drive user adoption across operational teams.
Collaboration & Issue Resolution
- Work closely with technical consultants, developer, Project Managers and support services teams.
- Assist with functional troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and solution optimisation.
- Support clients post go live with continuous improvement initiatives.
Reporting & Operational Insights (Advantageous)
- Assist clients with operational and production reporting.
- Experience with ERP reporting tools or BI platforms (e.g. Power BI) is advantageous but not essential.
REQUIREMENTS
- A tertiary qualification is mandatory (Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, IT, Commerce, or similar)
- Strong experience in operations, manufacturing, or supply chain focused ERP implementations.
- Solid understanding of manufacturing and distribution business processes.
- Experience working in a client facing consulting or implementation environment.
- A tertiary qualification is mandatory (Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, IT, Commerce, or similar).
- ERP related certifications are advantageous (vendors specific or functional).
- Manufacturing, engineering, or supply chain background is highly beneficial.
- Project-based travel as required. Travel may include client site visits for requirements workshops, solution design sessions, on-site testing, end-user training, go-live support, and other implementation activities.
The proposed salary for the role is R30k - R60k per month, but it's marginally negotiable if you can demonstrate stronger value. Any offer will be market related salary aligned with qualifications, skills, and experience.
Desired Skills:
- erp implementation
- finance
- microsoft sql
- microsoft excel
- epicor kinetic
- ms dynamics
