Senior Functional ERP Consultant for Service – Energy Utility & Resource

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7500+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

IFS Norway is seeking for a dynamic and ambitious individual to join our team as a Senior Functional Service  Consultant. You will be at the forefront of IFS product implementations working directly with IFS customers and partners on cutting edge industry solutions in the Energy Utility & Resource sector.

Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to work with geographically distributed teams around the globe which will provide you with international exposure through project implementation and commercial execution.

To be successful in the role, you will have a background of successful ERP project implementations and enjoy being the key functional expert for Service in the Energy Utility & Resource domain.

You will be responsible for combining industry experience with IFS best practices to guide the customer through the implementation of our core IFS business solutions.

Qualifications

To succeed in the role as a senior consultant, we expect you are:

• Experienced in guiding our customers to improve their business through a deep understanding of the core IFS solution and industry accelerators.
• An expert in Service processes and interfaces.
• Confident in designing and documenting solutions, challenge and advise customers, and deliver on expectation thus ensuring success for both parties.
• Acting as a trusted advisor in articulating and critically evaluating customer-specific business solutions.
• Seeking opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships.
• Understanding customer business needs and guiding them in the most effective usage of IFS Products.
• Conducting customer training sessions and workshops.
• Guiding and assisting the customer with testing and Go Live cut-over strategies and following rollout implementation.
• Keeping up to date with regulatory and compliance requirements of the EU&R domain in the key focus industries.
• Managing, coaching and mentoring IFS colleagues.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of existing IFS products, processes and methodology.

Must have:

• An academic background with a university degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• Experience of working in ERP projects (leading workshops, writing specifications, configuring applications, conducting training, documentation) as a consultant, key user at an end customer, or other software supplier, with a minimum of 5+ years of experience.
• Proven ability to lead and influence teams, colleagues, customers, and partners.
• Ability to articulate and critically evaluate customer-specific business needs and solutions in a customer-facing role.
• In-depth knowledge of the processes in the Service area.
• Expertise in Service business proc