Mindset Consulting seeking a highly skilled and experienced Functional PLM Expert to lead the design, development, and optimization of process workflows within our client’s PLM system, with a strong focus on integration with SAP. This role will serve as a key liaison between business users, IT, and integration teams to ensure seamless alignment of product lifecycle processes with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
This will be a 3 month-contract, 20 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather business requirements and translate them into PLM process workflows.
- Design, configure, and optimize end-to-end functional workflows within the PLM application (e.g., Siemens Teamcenter, PTC Windchill, Dassault ENOVIA).
- Lead efforts to integrate PLM workflows with SAP (e.g., BOM synchronization, change management, materials master data).
- Ensure data consistency, quality, and traceability between PLM and SAP systems.
- Document functional specifications, use cases, test cases, and standard operating procedures.
- Drive process harmonization and continuous improvement within PLM and adjacent systems.
- Provide expert-level support and troubleshooting for PLM-related issues, particularly around integrations.
- Support user training, change management, and adoption of new workflows.
- Work with developers and integration teams to ensure functional requirements are accurately implemented.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; Master’s preferred.
- 5+ years of functional experience with PLM systems.
- Proven experience designing and implementing PLM workflows and business processes.
- Strong experience with PLM–SAP integrations, including middleware knowledge (e.g., SAP PI/PO, BAPIs, REST APIs).
- Familiarity with product structures, engineering change management, document control, and BOM management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to navigate complex enterprise systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in industries such as manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, or high tech is a plus.
Preferred Tools & Technologies:
- PLM platforms: Siemens Teamcenter, Windchill, ENOVIA, or equivalent.
- ERP: SAP ECC or S/4HANA.
- Integration platforms: SAP PI/PO, SAP CPI, TIBCO, or similar.
- Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Visio, or BPMN tools.