ERP Implementation Consultant

Engagement:

Contract / consulting (structure open — see below)

Location:

Mostly on-site at our mill in Benson, NC Start date: Summer 2026 Mule City Specialty Feeds is a livestock feed mill and agricultural supply business. We custom-blend proprietary feed formulas, sell whole grains, branded feeds, supplements, animal-health products, and ag supplies, and serve thousands of farm and ranch customers through both retail counter sales and charge accounts. Day-to-day, the business runs on a legacy flat-file system (filePro) that has served us for decades but is now holding us back. We're ready to move to a modern cloud ERP — Odoo is our leading candidate, but we're open to alternatives if a strong case is made. What we're hiring you to do Lead the implementation of a cloud-based ERP at Mule City, end to end: discovery, configuration, data migration from filePro, integration with our POS hardware, user training, go-live support, and stabilization. You'll be on-site most of the time, working alongside the owner, mill operators, counter staff, and bookkeeping. This is a hands-on role — we need someone who can sit at the counter to understand how a charge ticket actually gets written, then go configure the system to match (or push back when our process needs to change). Scope at go-live Accounting, AR, and GL — including our existing pricing tiers (retail, wholesale, and several contract tiers), monthly interest on AR balances with customer-specific exceptions, payment application logic, and clean financial reporting. Inventory and purchasing — multiple units of measure (bagged, bulk, per-pound), reorder points, vendor management, and accurate cost roll-ups. We have ~400 active SKUs across grains, custom mixes, branded feeds, supplements, health products, equipment, pet food, and bedding. Manufacturing — BOMs and work orders for our proprietary feed formulas, ingredient consumption, finished-goods receipts, and accurate manufacturing cost capture. Today, finished feed inventory is not always tracked correctly when production completes; fixing this is a priority. POS / retail counter — fast counter transactions, charge sales, customer lookup, and integration with the rest of the system so a counter sale immediately updates inventory and AR. Likely Phase 2 (out of scope for go-live, but worth knowing) Grain storage accounts and bushel-month billing Customer portal / online ordering Advanced reporting and dashboards beyond the standard module reports Data migration We have decades of history in file

Pro:

roughly 5,000 customers, 400 products, 845,000 invoice headers, and 2 million invoice lines. Not all of it needs to come over — we'll work with you on what's essential for operational continuity vs. what can stay in an archived snapshot. Experience migrating off legacy/DOS-era systems is a meaningful plus. Must-have qualifications Multiple full-cycle implementations of a cloud ERP — Odoo strongly preferred ; experience with NetSuite, Acumatica, SAP Business One, or Dynamics 365 Business Central also welcome Deep configuration experience in Manufacturing (BOMs, work orders, MRP), Inventory, Accounting/AR, and POS modules Track record of data migration from legacy ERPs into a cloud system Comfortable training non-technical staff and writing simple, usable SOPs Self-directed and able to work primarily on-site with our team Nice to have Experience with feed mills, grain elevators, co-ops, agribusiness, or any small-batch manufacturer with custom formulas Familiarity with multi-UOM inventory (bagged vs. bulk, per-pound vs. per-unit pricing) Light development capability (Odoo Studio, Python/XML for Odoo, or scripting for data prep) Comfort with SQL or working with extracted data for reconciliation How we'd like to engage We're open on engagement structure — please propose what fits the work and your practice. We're equally willing to consider: Hourly with a not-to-exceed budget per phase Fixed-bid by phase (discovery / config / migration / go-live / hypercare) A blend (e.g., fixed-bid for go-live, hourly for hypercare and Phase 2) Whatever you propose, we'd like clear deliverables and checkpoints so both sides know when a phase is done.

Pay:

$1,500.00 - $3,000.00 per month

Benefits:

Flexible schedule

Work Location:

In person