MFG​/Principal - Business Consulting

Principal – Manufacturing – Infosys Consulting

Infosys Consulting, the management and technology consulting unit of Infosys Ltd, is seeking motivated Manufacturing Industry Consultants. Management Consultants seeking long‑term growth and career‑enhancing opportunities will find both as part of our team of front‑runners in Manufacturing Industry consulting.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 12 years of experience in the Manufacturing sector with a strong understanding of one or more of the following industries:
Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, and Industrial Products. Successful candidates will understand manufacturing, distribution and supply chain for discrete and continuous manufacturing processes, including enabling technologies. A key focus area would be the demonstrated ability to re‑imagine manufacturing and help our clients innovate and transform their companies for the future leveraging Industry 4.0, machine learning, AI, IoT and other enabling technologies. The ability to create collaborative partnerships internally and externally is highly desirable.

As a Principal, you will lead and manage the delivery of consulting engagements, being responsible for quality, budget and staffing, working closely with senior client managers. You will contribute to the firm’s development by guiding and mentoring teams and sharing knowledge. You will be recognized as an expert in your respective domain and contribute to advancing Infosys Consulting’s thought leadership in the industry.

• Develop manufacturing strategy and implementation roadmaps to help manufacturing companies transform and modernize their factories to improve throughput, quality and lower cost of production
• Assess client’s end‑to‑end supply chain and redesign to provide speed, agility and transparency
• Lead customer research, customer journey and persona definition exercises, and design end‑user experiences
• Support business case and roadmap definitions by linking digital capabilities to business value levers and benefits

• Lead the design and delivery of client advisory, solution delivery and organizational transformation engagements in standalone projects or as part of wider client programs
• Advise clients on strategy and detailed use cases by leveraging insights from industry best practices
• Lead and manage a team of consultants to develop concise and practical strategies, roadmap and/or re‑engineering program recommendations with a clear implementation path
• Seek out client input in a structured manner to better understand needs and develop ideas to meet those needs
• Collaborate with clients to define long‑term vision, goals and strategies
• Direct teams of global consulting, IT professionals & subject matter experts in establishing comprehensive business and functional requirements, then translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives with associated metrics
• Play a key liaison and coordinator between the business, IT, senior management, vendor teams and other members of the change programs

• Provide insights on new and emerging manufacturing best practices and contribute to the development of service offerings
• Work with other practice members to support Infosys Consulting thought leadership activities and develop innovative assets, including differentiated viewpoints and methodologies
• Build social networks that enable knowledge and information flow and stay abreast of market trends and how manufacturing companies need to respond
• Prepare thought papers and participate in industry conferences and forums
• Contribute to practice growth and vitality through roles such as recruitment, training and retention

• Coach and develop junior team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development

• Lead small, medium sized sales pursuits and business development activities ranging from creation of client proposals to formulating commercial constructs / contracts
• Develop and build relationships at senior management and CXO levels
• Formulate and present Infosys Consulting propositions and service offerings