Cognizant

Consulting Manager

Cognizant$120K — $145K *
Miami, FL 33186In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience with SAP solutions in manufacturing contexts, including planning and execution.
  • Solid background in process and industrial manufacturing with understanding of compliance.
  • Proven track record in managing complex consulting assignments for large enterprises.
  • Ability to analyze manufacturing KPIs and correlate them with SAP functionalities.
  • Strong communication skills for collaboration with diverse stakeholders in hybrid settings.
  • Hands-on experience with SAP upgrades and cloud deployments preferred.
  • Familiarity with analytics tools integrated with SAP for performance insights.

Responsibilities

  • Manage SAP consulting projects from end to end for manufacturing clients, ensuring business alignment.
  • Lead discovery and blueprint phases to create effective SAP designs for manufacturing processes.
  • Coordinate SAP teams to configure, test, and deploy solutions optimizing production and inventory management.
  • Advise clients on implementing standardized best practices in SAP for enhanced performance.
  • Oversee SAP module integration with plant and enterprise systems for seamless data flow.
  • Track project risks and progress to ensure milestones are met on time and within budget.
  • Help develop reusable SAP templates and process maps for manufacturing scenarios.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on impactful SAP transformation projects for industry leaders.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Engagement in professional development through sharing project learnings and knowledge repositories.
  • Participation in sustainability initiatives promoting responsible operations.
  • Possibility for hands-on exposure to modern SAP technologies, including cloud.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Consulting Manager role in a global organization focusing on SAP driven transformation programs for process and industrial manufacturing clients. The role involves managing complex hybrid delivery engagements guiding cross functional teams and ensuring robust SAP solutions that enhance operational efficiency quality and compliance for enterprise scale customers.

Responsibilities
  • Manage end to end SAP consulting engagements for process and industrial manufacturing clients ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory expectations
  • Drive discovery and blueprint phases to translate client manufacturing processes into robust SAP designs that support efficiency quality and safety
  • Coordinate cross functional SAP teams to configure test and deploy solutions that optimize production planning shop floor execution and inventory control
  • Guide client stakeholders on adopting standardized manufacturing best practices in SAP to improve throughput reduce waste and enhance traceability
  • Oversee integration of SAP modules with plant systems and enterprise platforms to ensure accurate data flows across procurement production maintenance and finance
  • Monitor project progress risk and issue logs to ensure timely delivery of milestones within agreed quality and budget constraints
  • Develop reusable SAP templates accelerators and process maps tailored to process manufacturing and industrial manufacturing scenarios
  • Collaborate with business users to design and validate test cases that reflect real life production scenarios and compliance needs
  • Provide direction on SAP master data strategy for materials batches equipment and work centers to support reliable manufacturing analytics
  • Support change management initiatives by preparing training content and guiding key users through new SAP enabled ways of working
  • Analyze production and operational data from SAP to identify improvement opportunities and recommend continuous enhancement initiatives
  • Engage with internal teams to share project learnings and contribute to knowledge repositories focused on manufacturing and SAP topics
  • Align daily work with company sustainability and safety goals by promoting SAP processes that reduce resource consumption and support responsible operations


Qualifications
  • Require extensive experience in SAP solutions relevant to manufacturing such as planning execution quality maintenance and related areas
  • Require strong background in process manufacturing and industrial manufacturing environments with exposure to complex plant operations and compliance
  • Require proven experience in managing consulting assignments for large enterprise clients with emphasis on structured delivery and stakeholder engagement
  • Require ability to interpret manufacturing key performance indicators and map them to SAP functionalities that support measurable improvement
  • Require strong communication and facilitation skills to collaborate with business users technical experts and management in hybrid working arrangements
  • Nice to have hands on exposure to SAP upgrades migrations or cloud deployments that modernize manufacturing landscapes
  • Nice to have experience with analytics or reporting tools integrated with SAP to provide insights on production performance and quality trends
  • Nice to have prior involvement in process optimization lean initiatives or continuous improvement programs enabled by SAP capabilities


Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

About Cognizant

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Size
340,400 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
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