Senior JDE Manufacturing Functional Consultant

Senior JDE Manufacturing Functional Consultant
Experience: 20+ Years
Location: Irvine(Hybrid-2 Days/Week)

Employment Type: Contract(6+ Months)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced JD Edwards (JDE) EnterpriseOne Manufacturing Functional Consultant with over 20 years of experience in ERP implementation, support, and digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in JDE Manufacturing modules, extensive experience in business process consulting, solution design, stakeholder management, and leading global ERP implementations across manufacturing organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end implementation, rollout, upgrade, and support projects for JDE EnterpriseOne Manufacturing.
• Analyze business requirements and design scalable JDE Manufacturing solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct requirement gathering workshops and prepare Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Specifications (FS), and Solution Design Documents.
• Configure and support Manufacturing modules including:
• Product Data Management (PDM)
• Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Routing
• Work Orders
• Shop Floor Management
• Manufacturing Accounting
• Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Demand Planning
• Inventory Management
• Quality Management
• Collaborate with technical teams to develop customizations, Orchestrations, reports, and interfaces.
• Support integrations between JDE and external systems such as MES, WMS, PLM, Salesforce, MuleSoft, RFSmart, and other third-party applications.
• Lead conference room pilots (CRP), system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production deployments.
• Perform fit-gap analysis and recommend best-practice solutions.
• Manage production support, root cause analysis (RCA), defect management, and continuous process improvements.
• Mentor functional consultants and provide leadership to cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, project managers, architects, and offshore/onshore teams.
• Drive process standardization and ERP transformation initiatives.
• Support change management, user training, and knowledge transfer activities.

Required Skills

• 20+ years of ERP consulting experience.
• 12+ years of hands-on experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Manufacturing.
• Strong expertise in:
• Manufacturing
• Product Data Management
• Shop Floor Management
• Manufacturing Accounting
• Inventory Management
• Procurement
• Sales Order Processing
• Warehouse Management
• Demand Planning
• Capacity Planning
• Experience with JDE EnterpriseOne 9.2.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing business processes in process and discrete manufacturing industries.
• Experience with JDE Orchestrator and workflow automation.
• Knowledge of integration technologies such as MuleSoft, REST APIs, and middleware.
• Familiarity with reporting tools such as BI Publisher, One View Reporting, or Power BI.
• Strong understanding of ERP implementation methodologies (Waterfall and Agile).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• JDE EnterpriseOne certification is preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification is an added advantage.
• Experience in Oracle Cloud Manufacturing or other ERP transformation programs is desirable.

Desired Industry Experience

• Food & Beverage
• Manufacturing
• Automotive
• Consumer Goods
• Chemicals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Industrial Manufacturing

Key Competencies

• ERP Strategy & Consulting
• Business Process Reengineering
• Manufacturing Operations
• Supply Chain Management
• Solution Architecture
• Leadership & Team Mentoring
• Risk & Issue Management
• Change Management
• Vendor & Stakeholder Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Production Support & Incident Management

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with RFSmart, MES, and Warehouse Automation.
• Knowledge of Oracle Cloud SCM.
• Exposure to DevOps, Azure DevOps, Jira, and ServiceNow.
• Experience leading global rollouts and multi-country implementations.
• Strong presentation and executive communication skills.

This role is ideal for a seasoned JDE Manufacturing functional leader who can drive ERP transformation initiatives, optimize manufacturing processes, and provide strategic guidance while leading cross-functional global teams.