Senior Consultant – Aerospace & Defense
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Senior Aerospace & Defense Consultant guiding IFS enterprise software implementations for Australian customers. Defining solutions, training users, and supporting testing and Go Live across global teams.
Responsibilities:
- Guide customers to improve their business through deep understanding of core IFS solutions and industry accelerators
- Understand customers’ Aerospace and Defense businesses, industries, and local asset, service and maintenance practices and policies
- Act as a trusted advisor by articulating and critically evaluating customer-specific business solutions
- Seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships
- Understand customer business needs and guide effective usage of IFS products
- Lead and own solution definition and scope for the Aerospace & Defense portion of IFS solutions
- Identify and bridge gaps between customer business requirements and IFS products
- Conduct customer training sessions and workshops
- Guide and assist customers with testing and Go Live cut-over strategies
- Keep up to date with regulatory and compliance requirements in the Aerospace & Defense domain
- Manage, coach and mentor IFS colleagues
- Contribute to continuous improvement of IFS products, processes and methodology
- Work directly with IFS customers and partners on industry solution implementations
- Collaborate with geographically distributed teams around the globe
Requirements:
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Information Technology or equivalent
- Experience delivering Aerospace & Defense solutions in a similar role
- Proven ability to lead and influence teams, colleagues, customers and partners
- Ability to articulate and critically evaluate customer-specific business needs and solutions in a customer-facing role
- Expertise in business process mapping and deployment
- Strong problem-solving ability, analytical skills and strategic thinking
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills at the executive level
- Ability to work independently and within a team setting
- Fluent in English, both oral and written
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally
- Knowledge and record of IFS product implementations
- Industry-specific knowledge from target industries, including Aerospace, Defense, Manufacturing, Engineering and Construction, Energy, Utilities and Resources
- Experience in Aerospace and Defense work with the appropriate security clearances
- Knowledge and record of successful cloud-based implementations
- Previous experience in consulting services
- Solid knowledge of IFS products or similar ERP/EAM/FSM solutions
- Formal project management training and certifications, such as PMI, Prince2 or IPMA
- Business process certifications, such as APICS or CPIM
- Strategic program certifications, such as Six Sigma Black Belt
Benefits:
- Flexible work arrangements / employees can work remotely
- Opportunity to work in a global, diverse environment
- Commitment to sustainability
- International exposure through project implementation and commercial execution
- Opportunity to work with geographically distributed teams around the globe
- Opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement of IFS products, processes and methodology



















