SCO - Manufacturing - Implementation Consultant - Senior

Global Delivery Services refers to EY's worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EY’s strategy by ensuring effective support to EY’s growth agenda.

Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80,000+ professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Client service is focused on providing Consulting, Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless, high-quality, value-added support, helping deliver exceptional client service.

Enablement Services provides cost-effective, high-skilled, and innovative services to support EY’s global and local enablement teams. Markets, BMC, AWS, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management, Procurement, People Shared Services, IT Service Delivery and IT Global Infrastructure services, are among the services offered by Enablement Services.

Our innovation specialists serve the GDS Client Service and Enablement Services teams, along with Service Lines, Core Business Services and Sectors. The team brings the desired environment, technologies and skilled teams together for facilitation, rapid prototyping and innovative thinking. The competencies offered include analytics, digital, user experience, mobile technology, infrastructure, Microsoft technologies and open innovation.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Consultant with an expertise in Manufacturing and Operational Excellence to join us in EY GDS SC&O. This is a fantastic and rapidly growing opportunity to be part of a leading firm whilst being instrumental in the growth of a new service offering. Most of your time will be spent embedded with our clients’ team and we’ll look to you to provide our clients with a unique business perspective on how they must continue to innovate and remain competitive in this ever-changing industry.

Your Key Responsibilities

Analysing as-is operating model especially for manufacturing clients

Creating the vision for the manufacturing organization in line with the overall business strategy and targets

Designing and frame working implementation to measure and manage the selected operating model of the organization

Led deployment of Manufacturing Excellence work processes across multiple sites, ensuring standardization, capability building, governance, and sustainable performance improvement

Driving operational excellence to improve client’s performance and supply chain stability

Facilitated change management, leadership coaching, and frontline capability development to accelerate adoption of new operating standards and embed a continuous improvement culture.

Designing and implementing EY Smart factory solution

Implementing measures to improve resource utilization and customer satisfaction: OEE, lot size adjustments, SMED, Predictive Maintenance, TPM, 5S, 7QC Tools

Hands on experience of shop-floor process and ability to interact with shopfloor people (technicians, operators, casuals) to understand the real problem and to implement various systems

Lead and deliver digital transformation initiatives across manufacturing operations, leveraging technologies such as Advanced Analytics, Industrial IoT, Power BI, MES, and Smart Factory solutions to improve operational performance

Working knowledge of manufacturing and enterprise systems including MES, ERP (SAP preferred), QMS, CMMS/EAM platforms, Industrial IoT applications, and manufacturing analytics solutions

Assisting in digital shop floor transformation and implement modern technology solutions enabling Factory of the Future

Strong analytical skill to handle structured and unstructured data generated during manufacturing process and ability to devise meaningful stories around the same

Established transformation governance mechanisms, site maturity assessments, benefit tracking, and performance review routines to ensure realization and sustainability of business outcomes

Participate actively in building an industry focused practice across EY GDS service lines

Identify opportunities, lead others to follow your unique solutions to unstructured problems

Ability to share and interact with CXOs and present them with rational way forward and solutions

Responsible for decision-making, optimizing processes, resource management, and overseeing team management as needed for task execution

Accountable for allocating personnel, supervising team members, assigning tasks, ensuring that the team has the necessary tools and support to succeed in their roles and optimizing and evaluating their performance to meet organizational goals

Skills and attributes for success

Strong core consulting skills, including problem solving, analytical thinking, primary and secondary research, logical structuring, storyboarding, and executive-level presentations

Strong leadership and project management skills with the ability to manage complex transformation initiatives

Strong change management and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience driving organizational adoption and leading cross-functional teams through transformation programs.

Self-motivated, innovative, and collaborative team player capable of thriving in dynamic client environments

Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, with experience interacting with shop-floor teams, plant leadership, CXOs, and global stakeholders

Exceptional attention to detail, responsiveness, and a proven track record of delivering high-impact outcomes

Ability to identify opportunities, solve unstructured problems, and develop practical, value-driven recommendations for clients

Strong business acumen and stakeholder management capabilities, coupled with a hands-on implementation mindset

Ideally, you’ll also

Experience with manufacturing analytics and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire, Minitab, Advanced Excel, or similar platforms.

Working knowledge of manufacturing and enterprise systems including MES, ERP (SAP preferred), QMS, CMMS/EAM, APS, SCADA, Historian, and Industrial IoT platforms.

Experience in data-driven performance improvement, manufacturing analytics, and operational decision support.

Exposure to supply chain planning, inventory optimization, production planning, and manufacturing network optimization initiatives.

Understanding of change management frameworks, capability building approaches, and organizational transformation methodologies.

Experience working across global and multi-site transformation programs