Manufacturers are running two transformations at once: replacing the enterprise backbone and connecting production itself. Both are unforgiving of downtime.
Start a conversationS/4HANA programmes are reaching their decision point, MES and shop floor systems are being connected to enterprise data, and predictive maintenance is moving from pilot to production.
The best profiles combine process understanding with technology. They can talk to a plant manager in the morning and to an architect in the afternoon.
We take the site reality into account: shift patterns, travel, language on the floor and the willingness to be physically present when a cutover happens.
Everyone is migrating in the same window, and the market for experienced consultants reflects that.
Case: keeping an insurer's S/4HANA cutover on scheduleA Belgian insurance group lost two key functional consultants eleven weeks before go-live.
Case: closing a Kafka expertise gap at an international logistics groupA conversation surfaced a missing skill set; a candidate we already knew filled it.