Strategic Industry Advisor to Manufacturing
About The Position
Tacton helps the world’s leading manufacturers manage the complexity of highly configurable products through our market-leading Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) SaaS platform, ranked #1 by Gartner. For more than 25 years, we have simplified manufacturing complexity. What began as a bold vision to transform product configuration has evolved into a powerful digital platform that enables manufacturers to improve buyer engagement, operational precision, and end-to-end performance. We are now seeking a Strategic Industry Advisor with deep industrial and digital transformation expertise to help us, and our customers, turn structural product complexity into a sustainable operational asset. As a Strategic Industry Advisor, you will operate at a strategic level, guiding Tacton’s leadership and key customers on how to reduce structural cost and unlock value in highly configurable manufacturing environments. You will act as: A strategic sounding board to manufacturing executive leadership A transformation catalyst for customers navigating operational and commercial complexity A thought leader shaping how configurable manufacturing evolves in the digital era Your expertise will help position product configuration not as an operational burden but as a competitive lever.
Requirements
- 15+ years of relevant experience
- Capital equipment or highly configurable manufacturing environments
- Industrial digital transformation initiatives
- IT and enterprise systems landscapes in manufacturing companies
- Business process reengineering across Sales, Engineering, Production, and Aftermarket
- Deep understanding of configurable product lifecycles
- Executive-level perspective on structural cost drivers
- Strong analytical and strategic facilitation skills
- The ability to translate operational complexity into digital strategy
- Credibility with C-level stakeholders in global industrial organizations
Responsibilities
- Advise on how configurable product architectures impact cost structures across engineering, sales, production, and service
- Guide strategies for management of modularization and digital product models
- Elevate configuration from tactical sales support to a structural financial lever and enterprise-wide operational discipline
- Help define how Sales, Engineering, Order Fulfilment and Services and digital thread strategies enable measurable performance gains
- Support executive-level discussions around time-to-quote, engineering accuracy, fulfilment precision, and lifecycle profitability
- Connect digital investments to structural margin improvement
- Provide guidance on future-state operating models for capital equipment and industrial manufacturers
- Advise on end-to-end transformation, from commercial configuration to downstream execution
- Contribute insights on governance, adoption, and change management at enterprise scale
- Contribute to industry narratives around configurable capital equipment manufacturing to promote the concept of a Buyer-Centric Smart Factory. Digitalization that drive customer value, technology leadership and industrial excellence together with outstanding customer engagement.
- Support strategic customer engagements and selected executive sales cycles
- Help codify best practices and transformation frameworks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
