IT Consultant Smart Factory Applications OESLJob ID: REF90920V
Continental AG
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Are you excited by the opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing through digital technology? Join our Business Application Product Team and help transform OESL's production environments into smart, data-driven, and automated operations.
Your Impact
As our IT Consultant for Smart Factory Applications, you’ll collaborate closely with manufacturing and operations teams to design, implement, and support cutting-edge digital solutions. By connecting business needs with innovative technologies, you’ll play a key role in driving automation, operational excellence, and continuous innovation across our global Smart Factory landscape.
What You’ll Do:
- Act as a strategic partner for operations and manufacturing teams, identifying and delivering digital solutions that drive efficiency and automation.
- Design, implement, and manage smart factory applications and platforms (e.g., MES, IoT, data automation).
- Bridge business and IT by translating operational requirements into robust, scalable IT solutions.
- Identify opportunities for Industry 4.0 enablement and support project delivery from concept to rollout.
- Ensure integration of smart factory solutions into the broader IT landscape, including cloud and infrastructure environments.
- Apply project and service management best practices to ensure quality, security, and compliance.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure timely, high-quality solution delivery.
- Support supplier evaluation, selection, and contract management in partnership with corporate IT purchasing.
- Foster a culture of innovation, technical compliance, and process reliability on the shop floor.
- Encourage continuous improvement and challenge the status quo to develop sustainable, future-ready solutions.
Your profile
To succeed in this role, you bring advanced expertise across several critical domains:
- Smart Factory & Industry 4.0 Concepts: Strong experience with MES, IoT, and automation technologies within manufacturing environments.
- IT Infrastructure & Cloud Concepts: Solid understanding of IT architecture, connectivity, and cloud integration.
- Manufacturing Processes & Operational Technology: Familiarity with production processes and shopfloor systems, including PLCs and SCADA.
- Business/IT Consulting & Requirements Engineering: Ability to translate operational needs into IT requirements and guide stakeholders through implementation.
- Project Management: Proven skills in leading end-to-end IT and OT projects using Agile or Waterfall approaches.
- Vendor & Service Management: Experience in managing solution providers, ensuring SLAs, and optimizing performance and cost.
Our offer
What we offer:
- Compensation package: 14th salaries plus performance bonus
- Health Insurance and Life Insurance;
- Lunch Allowance: in line with local regulation
- Flexibility - Flexible schedule, hybrid work.
- Home-Office - Employees received 1,00€ net for each Home-Office day, paid monthly.
- Vacation days - 22 days per year + 3 extra days the following year (considering absenteeism). Seniority days added starting from 3 years in the company.
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About Original Equipment Solutions:
With more than 17.000 employees and around 2bn€ sales, present in 15 countries with 35 locations and tech centers – OESL is a global player in the automotive sector with extended material competence in rubber, plastic, and metal, serving all major OEM’s and commercial vehicle customers’ needs with millions of parts in high quality.
About OESL IT
OESL IT is at the forefront of our transformation, being built from the ground up to be agile, forward-thinking, and strategic. As we shape the future of OESL, our IT team will play a pivotal role as a strategic advisory partner, driving digital capabilities and enabling business success across the organization.
Why Join OESL IT?
Greater Impact: Take part in shaping the future of a newly formed, dynamic IT organization, with the opportunity to bring ideas to life and reap significant professional rewards.
Growth and Innovation: Work in a fast-moving, cloud-based infrastructure and application environment that encourages innovation and offers opportunities for continuous growth and expanding your skill set.
Creative Space: Experience the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up culture within a global organization, enjoying both the creative freedom and the responsibility needed to thrive in modern working environments.
Tight-Knit Team: Join a highly collaborative team where individuals have the power to shape their work, make meaningful contributions, and drive collective success.