IFS Consultant - Manufacturing and Planning

Timestamp is a technology and innovation company focused on creating and evolving digital solutions to help our clients continuously improve their processes.

Role Description:
We are seeking an experienced IFS Consultant specialising in Manufacturing and Planning with proven knowledge and hands-on experience in ERP implementations across Engineering, Manufacturing and Planning domains. The successful candidate will participate in full-cycle IFS implementations, provide functional and process consultancy, configure IFS modules, and work closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet operational and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support IFS Cloud implementations in the areas of Engineering, Manufacturing and Planning, from requirements gathering to go-live and post‑implementation support;

• Analyse business processes and translate requirements into IFS functional designs and configuration specifications;

• Configure IFS modules related to manufacturing, production control, bills of materials, routing, shop floor control, MRP/DRP and planning;

• Design and implement planning strategies, master data structures, work orders, production scheduling and capacity planning in IFS;

• Collaborate with technical developers to define integrations, data migration approaches and customisations, ensuring alignment with best practices;

• Develop test scenarios, execute functional testing, coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and manage issue resolution;

• Support data migration activities: mapping, cleansing, validation and loading of engineering, product and planning data into IFS;

• Provide training, prepare user documentation and run workshops to enable business adoption of IFS processes and tools;

• Act as liaison between business stakeholders, project managers and technical teams to ensure project milestones and quality standards are met;

• Identify process improvement opportunities and propose solution enhancements leveraging IFS capabilities and industry best practices;

• Support cutover planning, production readiness checks and post‑go‑live hypercare activities;

• Ensure compliance with security, data protection (GDPR) and corporate governance requirements in all implementation activities.

Profile / Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Management, Supply Chain, Information Systems or a related field;

• Proven experience in IFS Cloud implementations with a focus on Engineering, Manufacturing and Planning modules;

• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes (discrete and/or process), production planning, MRP principles, bill of materials (BOM) and routing;

• Hands‑on experience configuring IFS components for production control, shop floor, capacity planning and MRP;

• Experience with data migration, integration patterns (REST/SOAP, APIs), and working alongside developers to deliver end‑to‑end solutions;

• Strong analytical skills, problem solving orientation and attention to detail;

• Experience producing functional specifications, test scripts, user guides and training materials;

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to run workshops and train users at different levels of the organisation;

• Experience in project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) and working within multi‑disciplinary and international teams;

• Fluency in English (written and spoken). Knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish is an advantage;

• IFS certification or formal training in relevant IFS modules is a plus;

• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

Benefits for employees:

• Health insurance;

• Flexibility in your work routine;

• Training and certifications;

• Employee Support Program (covering multiple areas, including psychology);

• Birthday and seniority offers;

• Monthly Happy Hour;

• Benefits portal with attractive offers;