Delivery Executive Manager - Smart Factory - Consumer Goods, Food And Beverages & Retail

Delivery Executive Manager – Smart Factory – Consumer Goods, Food and Beverages & Retail Job description

The Delivery Executive will be responsible for leading and orchestrating the end-to-end delivery of Smart Factory programs within the Fast-moving Consumer goods and retail sectors. This includes overseeing MES / MOM implementations, Industry 4.0, Smart factory initiatives and IT / OT integration across global manufacturing sites. The role demands deep domain expertise in consumer goods, strong program & Delivery governance, and the ability to drive value realization through digital innovation

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

Program Delivery : Lead large-scale MES / MOM, Industry 4.0, Smart Factory and IIOT / Manufacturing Data Platform initiatives across multiple sites

Client Engagement : Act as the delivery interface for geography and clients, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, efforts, cost and quality expectations.

Pre sales, Solution Design and CoE : Oversee proposed solution design and provide pre sales support and grow Smart factory CoE

Team Leadership : Manage cross-functional teams including solution architects, domain consultants, and delivery managers.

Governance & Risk Management : Establish delivery governance frameworks, manage escalations, and ensure risk mitigation strategies are in place.

Innovation & Best Practices : Promote adoption of AI / ML, Gen AI and other digital innovation for future-proof operations

QUALIFICATIONS :

15 to 18 years of experience in manufacturing IT, with at least 5 years in delivery leadership roles within the Consumer goods and Food & Beverage domain.

Proven track record in delivering MES / MOM solutions (GE Proficy, Aveva Wonderware, Traksys .Siemens Opcenter Process), IIOT using Azure, AWS etc.

Strong understanding of Good manufacturing practices, Food & Beverage compliance frameworks.

Experience in agile, lean, Six Sigma, or TQM methodologies.

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills.

Ability to handle 100+ team members and multiple stakeholders, process owners

Good collaboration and business acumen.

PMP, SAFe, or Scrum certifications.

Experience with global rollouts and multi-site implementations.

Qualification – Bachelor of Engineering, / Master of Technology and above

Job Location – Pune