Global Industry Consultant (CPG) – Digital Transformation Strategy

About the role

The Global Industry Consultant (IC) serves as a manufacturing technology strategist and trusted advisor to global CPG customers. You will combine expertise in industrial operations, automation, digital transformation, and OT/IT convergence to help manufacturers modernize production systems, improve operational performance, and accelerate their journey toward autonomous operations.

Responsibilities

• Making global manufacturers define and execute digital transformation strategies focused on production, quality, maintenance, sustainability, and workforce productivity.
• Helping customers establish roadmaps connecting operational technology (OT), industrial data, edge platforms, cloud infrastructure, analytics, and AI capabilities.
• Translating manufacturing challenges into scalable technical and operational solutions.
• Using your expertise in industrial automation systems, manufacturing operations, industrial networks, edge computing, industrial data platforms, and cloud architectures to shape customer transformation programs.
• Developing reference architectures and use cases that connect plant floor systems to enterprise and cloud environments.
• Providing guidance on industrial interoperability standards, data contextualization, and scalable industrial data strategies.
• Engaging plant leadership, operations leaders, engineering organizations, manufacturing excellence teams, and executive stakeholders to align technology investments with operational objectives.
• Facilitating workshops focused on operational performance, digital operations, autonomous operations, industrial AI, and connected enterprise strategies.
• Developing executive messaging and business value frameworks grounded in measurable manufacturing outcomes.
• Maintaining expertise in emerging manufacturing technologies, industry standards, and digital manufacturing trends.
• Representing Rockwell Automation in strategic discussions with customers, partners, industry organizations, and key influencers.
• Contributing to industry-specific content, thought leadership, and strategic customer engagements.
• Identifying capability gaps, emerging requirements, and evolving manufacturing trends.
• Collaborating with Product Management, Business Units, Marketing, and Sales to influence future portfolio direction.
• Supporting qualification and prioritization of strategic opportunities aligned to CPG industry requirements.

Requirements

You will have a bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience. Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. A valid driver's license is required. The ability to travel 30-50% of the time to customers is preferred.

Preferred

• Typically requires 8+ years of experience supporting manufacturing operations, process engineering, industrial automation, manufacturing systems, digital manufacturing, or operational excellence initiatives.
• Direct experience within Consumer Packaged Goods manufacturing or manufacturing-focused system integration organizations.
• Demonstrated experience solving operational challenges in production environments.
• A strong understanding of Industrial Automation and Control Systems, including PLC, SCADA, HMI, Historians, MES, OT, Industrial Networking, Industrial Data Platforms, Edge Computing, and Cloud-based Manufacturing Solutions.
• Knowledge of ISA-95, Purdue Model, Industry 4.0 concepts, OPAF, CESMII, PackML, Weihenstephan, MQTT, OPC UA, Unified Namespace, or related manufacturing standards.
• Understanding of manufacturing performance management, production systems, and operational improvement methodologies.
• Strong workshop facilitation and strategic communication capabilities.
• Experience bridging technical, operational, and business discussions.
• Experience with Rockwell Automation solutions including Logix, PlantPAx, FactoryTalk, Plex, Fiix, FactoryTalk Optix, FactoryTalk Hub, Industrial Data Fabric solutions, Analytics, Edge, and AI-related offerings.
• Experience working with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or industrial cloud ecosystems in manufacturing environments.
• Experience developing industrial architectures spanning plant floor, edge, and cloud.
• Experience leading multi-site digital transformation programs.

Benefits

Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
401(k)
Paid Time off
Parental and Caregiver Leave
Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to set a schedule flexible with your personal life.

To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

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