Job Title:
Manufacturing ERP/MES Project LeaderJob Description:Reporting to the
Operations ERP Project Leader, the
Manufacturing ERP/MES Project Leader is new to Trystar and will be key in shaping our shop floor operations for the next 5 years. This position will be leading the business changing Trystar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations across our manufacturing footprint with specific focus on the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Trystar is a high growth company (both organic and through acquisitions) and will require cross enterprise leadership from this team to ensure we deliver our customers high quality solutions in industry leading lead times. This role requires a strong analytical mindset, excellent facilitation skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. Your contributions will be highly visible and the expectation is continued value returned back to the business.
In this role you will get to:
- Lead the multiple MES system change initiatives across all parts and functions of the Manufacturing organization within Trystar associated to our Epicor Silver/Epicor Gold programs.
- Help build and advance the ERP systems that support Operations in order to ensure our customer service and delivery success continues to rise while improving value and margins for our business.
- Identify how to utilize Epicor MES as the key process for all transactions and/or help identify an appropriate business alternative that integrates with the Epicor Silver/Epicor Gold solutions.
- Lead Manufacturing wide work sessions to leverage and advance our ERP and other IT systems to drive long term success across Manufacturing with focus on how we will execute these new systems on our shop floors.
- Focus on finding solutions that meet the needs of all Operations areas and Manufacturing Plants by having 100% focus on learning business requirements across all locations and determining solutions that can meet the needs of those locations.
- Partner with IT to find new methods to leverage AI across Manufacturing while implementing new MES systems that support all Manufacturing teams and develop/drive solutions for complex elements of electro/mechanical builds and box build.
- Benchmarking industry standards for MES, trends, and advancements in continuous improvement techniques and IT/ERP technologies and incorporating these system enabled best practices into the Trystar business.
- Work across all Trystar business functions to develop solutions that advance our Customer Focus with special considerations on improving the working model between Operations, Sales, Customer Experience, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources. This will be complex work to complete this.
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert and primary owner for the Epicor system platform for Manufacturing assembly and test operations and driving solution implementations across the business.
- Lead the design, configuration, and deployment of Epicor modules across manufacturing.
- Be a key member of the Trystar ERP Core Team and represent the Vice President of Manufacturing in ERP/Systems related meetings and investment requirements for successful implementations of new processes.
- Develop training materials, SOPs and other elements to ensure successful process controls and training can occur for change management purposes.
- Coordinate and report out to an Operations Steering committee that is made up of the COO and the functional leaders across all of Operations.
- Evaluate current operational workflows and identify opportunities to automate, streamline, or enhance processes through Epicor functionality.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management or Engineering
- 10+ years of various Operations functional leadership experience including worked across at least three different functional areas
- Strong ERP & IT experience and success with utilizing ERP systems without major modifications
- Item Master Expertise and the ability to drive change across all business functions in order to delivery business efficiency.
- Familiarity with standard root cause analysis methodologies (KT, is/is-not, fishbone, 5 whys, etc...)
- Production Supervisor Experience of complex manufacturing lines with at least 5 years of experience in this kind of environment
- Ability to facilitate workshops and meetings to obtain idea generation and innovative process improvements
- Supported and managed resources/functions across multiple plant locations
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in data analysis and performance metrics
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
- Ability to drive change, influence stakeholders, and manage resistance to change
- Track record of sustaining change (assemblers to CEO)
- Ability to communicate project value to different organizational stakeholders
- Know how to use data to influence decision making
- Ability to create process maps, conduct analysis and implementation of solutions
Preferred skills
:- PMP certification
- Lean Sigma Black Belt
- Experience in electromechanical assembly
- Expertise with Epicor and/or other ERP Implementation Projects
- Data fluency with intermediate statistical capability (Minitab, JMP)
- Experience owning lean transformations from discovery to sustaining
Additional Information:
- Position may require up to 40% travel within North America
- Fluency in Spanish or French is a plus
- Position reports to Trystar Operations ERP Project Leader
