Industry X Advisor

Come join us
Avanade’s Integrated Go-To-Market (IGTM) function brings the full breadth of propositions, offerings, and capabilities to life for our clients. The scope of the IGTM function includes our Global Lines of Business (LOBs), Global Industry Leads, Portfolio Management, Partner Ecosystem & Alliances, and Integrated Center of Excellence (ICOE), and Managed Services to ensure our strategies, solutions, and delivery drive significant business value. Industry X is one out of five strategic LOBs (Lines of Business), representing a significant opportunity to drive incremental growth for Avanade. The ICOE is a single organization that brings together Avanade’s existing COEs (Center of Excellence) to deliver excellence at scale to Avanade and clients. The three missions of the ICOE: - Driving client impact by providing competitive positioning and solutioning support on key deals; helping regions transition from sales to delivery and jump-start projects; and delivering a consistent SME-based and shared services capability across regions. - Advancing our Solution Areas and Lines of Business by supporting and incubating innovative solutions; developing new capabilities; fostering technical skill development; and demonstrating Avanade’s technical leadership in the market. - Support Practice Development by collaborating to evolve innovative points-of-view, assets, and differentiators; supporting key learning mechanisms and knowledge sharing; and coordinating with Microsoft and Accenture as needed around each of our asset development roadmaps. The Global Industry X Advisory team is part of the ICOE and directly linked into the Industry X LOB.
Skills and experiences
- 3-8 years of experience in the Manufacturing industry with an understanding of the business drivers and requirements of the industry supported with a view on transformation/change within it. - A solid understanding of Manufacturing processes, its KPIs and standards. From special interest would be relevant expertise in: o Manufacturing Operational Excellence / Lean Principles o Manufacturing Execution o Quality Management o Sustainability & Energy Management o Maintenance o IT/OT Operating Model - Knowledge of the digital and industry 4. technologies that can enhance the shopfloor performance, such as IoT, cloud computing, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, additive manufacturing, etc. - Presales and business development, including the creation of Point of Views and the support of demos. - Conducting assessments and diagnostics of the current state of the client's shopfloor, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
About you
- Good ability to translate business requirements into plausible responses, spanning technology, process and people, and aptitude to explain complex solutions and concepts in a non-technical language. - Proficiency to communicate effectively with clients across various levels, presenting findings and recommendations in a clear and convincing manner. - Hands-on mentality
What you'll do
- Help foster market reputation and awareness for Avanade Industry X solutions and services. - Work with clients to advise on Smart Manufacturing strategy, use cases and how to best use digital technologies for operational excellence. - Support and sustain relationships with Accenture, Microsoft, and relevant industry partners. - Help enable, support and coach local teams in unlocking and capturing Industry X growth opportunities, thereby actively driving Avanade Industry X Pipeline, overall and for Advisory services. - Contributing to Bid Teams with Industry expertise for defining and developing tailored solutions and services. - Deliver Industry X projects, defining and introducing appropriate solutions & services and ensuring value realization. - Help create reusable assets and accelerators and contribute to the continuous launch of new Industry X advisory services.
Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade : - Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 8 hours per year for training and paid certifications) - Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally - Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth - Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.
A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving th