MES Functional Analyst

Overview  Rovi Sys Nederland is seeking a Lead Functional Analyst to play a pivotal role in the delivery of holistic MES solutions for manufacturers across a wide range of industries. This role supports solution areas including Production Management, Directed Work, Quality, Traceability, Maintenance Management, and Performance. Extending beyond traditional requirement gathering, you will help define, structure, configure, and validate digital manufacturing solutions by translating operational needs into clear solution definitions that support both current-state operations and future-state objectives.
Functional Analysts are central to Rovi Sys’ delivery methodology, leading and contributing to Integrated Process Mapping (IPM) activities that capture process intent, decision logic, and system interactions. In addition to solution definition, this role plays a hands‑on part in system configuration, master data design, testing, and post‑deployment support, ensuring solutions are not only well‑designed but effectively realized in live manufacturing environments.
We work with leading manufacturers in semiconductors, life sciences, discrete manufacturing, consumer goods, and specialty chemicals, industries operating at the forefront of operational and technological complexity. Our mission is to help these customers improve efficiency, reliability, and quality through well‑designed, practical digital execution solutions.
Rather than relying on rigid, upfront specifications, our methodology emphasizes collaborative discovery, progressive refinement, and continuous validation. Functional Analysts work closely with customers to understand existing workflows, identify improvement opportunities, and define scalable, high‑impact MES solutions aligned with future‑state manufacturing strategies. This role combines technical leadership, project ownership, and customer engagement within a collaborative, fast‑growing systems integration environment in the Netherlands and across Europe.
Responsibilities   Core Responsibilities, Client Support & Relationships
Serve as the primary point of contact for customers and trades, growing relationships
Assist with new project estimating and systems engineering as well as pursuing new and repeated business actively.
Decompose manufacturing processes and workflows into clear, structured operational models
Collaborate with customers and Rovi Sys project teams to define and refine to‑be business processes and operational workflows, leveraging our Integrated Process Mapping (IPM) methodology to capture process intent, decision flows, and system interactions
Develop well‑structured user stories and associated acceptance criteria that guide solution design, configuration, and validation based on functional knowledge of the MES platform being leveraged
Serve as a key liaison between customer stakeholders and technical delivery teams, ensuring alignment and shared understanding
Support solution realization through hands‑on configuration of MES and low‑code / no‑code platforms
Lead and support master data definition activities, ensuring solutions are grounded in accurate operational models
Lead and contribute to testing efforts, including definition of validation scenarios and expected system outcomes
Help define success criteria and validation conditions for workflows, transactions, and user interactions
Facilitate workshops, solution reviews, and validation discussions with customers
Create and maintain documentation supporting solution functionality, configuration, and long‑term sustainability
Support training, user adoption, and post‑deployment hyper‑care activities, often within live manufacturing environments
Participate in continuous improvement efforts across projects and delivery practices
Demonstrate a willingness to explore and contribute to next‑generation, AI‑enabled automation toolsets supporting process definition, solution configuration, and testing
Team Leadership
Lead digital transformation projects for clients
Plan, lead, and participate in project meetings and assign project tasks
Provide technical and non‑technical assistance to the project team
Lead, attend, and participate in…