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MES Acceleration Leader
Kforce • New York, NY
No Relocation
Posted: September 9, 2026
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate MES acceleration initiatives, ensuring alignment on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
- Partner with project leadership, business stakeholders, and technical teams to drive execution and remove roadblocks
- Monitor, track, and communicate project status, risks, issues, and key decisions to both business and technical audiences
- Provide functional expertise related to MES processes, including routings, work orders, and manufacturing operations
- Support the coordination and integration of MES, SAP, and legacy system interfaces
- Gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into functional solutions and work closely with technical teams to support implementation
- Facilitate communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams to ensure project objectives are achieved
- Drive accountability and follow-through across multiple stakeholders and workstreams
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Strong experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) in a manufacturing environment
- Deep understanding of routings, work orders, and production processes
- Demonstrated project management experience, including planning, prioritization, progress tracking, dependency management, and status reporting
- Working knowledge of SAP and system integrations/interfaces
- Proven ability to lead workstreams and coordinate efforts across business and technical teams
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable functional solutions
- Experience managing cross-functional initiatives in large-scale transformation or system implementation projects
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Remote position
- Four-day workweek
- 10-hour workdays (Eastern Time)
- Fridays off