Manufacturing Director
About The Position
Perficient is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Director to help lead a strategic manufacturing transformation, evolving a traditional production facility into a highly automated, digitally enabled Industry 4.0 operation. The role combines hands-on program leadership with manufacturing expertise. The Director will work with client stakeholders and delivery teams to drive transformation, identify risks, challenge assumptions, facilitate decisions, and ensure technology and operational changes support business objectives. As a leader in Perficient’s digital consultancy practice, the Director will collaborate with sales, industry partners, and subject matter experts to deliver and expand digital solutions. The role also involves leading cross-functional teams, supporting results and financial performance, and fostering a culture that encourages strong individual and team performance.
Requirements
- 15 or more years of manufacturing leadership experience in complex industrial environments.
- Proven experience leading or supporting large-scale manufacturing, operational excellence, or digital transformation programs.
- Deep understanding of production operations, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and plant management.
- Experience with automation, smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, digital thread, connected factories, or related initiatives.
- Strong program leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to identify risks, challenge assumptions, and guide strategic decision-making.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in heavy equipment, industrial manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, or similar industries.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, plant leadership, and transformation teams.
- Partner with client program leadership to manage and advance manufacturing transformation initiatives.
- Identify operational, organizational, and technology risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, and decision-making forums.
- Validate business requirements and ensure solutions align with manufacturing objectives and operational realities.
- Provide expertise in manufacturing operations, automation, Industry 4.0, smart factories, and digital transformation.
- Drive alignment among business, operations, engineering, and technology stakeholders.
- Support the development of roadmaps, business cases, and transformation strategies.
- Contribute manufacturing thought leadership to client engagements, solution development, and account growth initiatives.
- Provide hands-on program management for site transformation initiatives, including planning, stakeholder alignment, issue resolution, risk management, and execution readiness.
- Collaborate with sales and practice subject matter experts on opportunity identification, solution ideation, and proposal creation and presentation.
- Build strategic client relationships, understand client needs, identify growth opportunities, and drive value.
- Oversee strategic program and project delivery, with results measured by project profitability, account expansion, and customer satisfaction.
- Mentor and guide delivery teams and develop consultants, project managers, and architects.
- Provide strategic thought leadership, develop plans to expand offerings, monitor industry trends and emerging technologies, and share insights internally.
- Manage the technical, business, and personnel aspects of consulting engagements and cultivate effective teams of Perficient and client resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
