Senior Consultant Advanced Planning Systems

Jobs Senior Consultant Advanced Planning Systems Senior Consultant Advanced Planning Systems Experience: Experienced Contract: Permanent contract Location: Aalst or Mechelen, Belgium About the role At Bluecrux, we’re redefining supply chains by combining expert consulting with cutting‑edge technology. As an OMP Consultant you’ll play a crucial role in driving end‑to‑end supply chain planning transformations for our clients across industries such as life sciences, consumer goods, and manufacturing. You will work closely with our clients to implement and deploy OMP solutions that optimize planning, scheduling, and supply chain efficiency. This role is hands‑on, focusing on business process design & system implementation. In this role, you will: Take responsibility for a functional workstream in global transformation projects and keep track of deliverables and milestones of the workstream. Drive OMP Implementations: Design and deploy OMP modules such as Demand Forecasting (FCT), Sales & Operations Planning (SOP) and Operational Planning (OPR). Customize and Optimize Solutions: Set up pyramids, conflicts, dashboards and multi‑user to meet client‑specific business requirements, ensuring seamless integration with their broader supply chain planning. Analyze & Improve Business Processes: Conduct business process analysis to identify gaps and define solutions that enhance operational performance. Engage with Clients: Facilitate workshops and collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into process and system requirements. Develop Functional & Technical Specifications: Create process documentation and detailed functional designs to ensure alignment with business goals and system capabilities. Drive Testing: Work alongside IT teams, and business users to test OMP solutions end to end. Support User Training & Change Management: Deliver training sessions and knowledge transfer to empower clients to maximize the value of OMP. #LI-LA1 About you You’re ready to thrive in the world of value chain transformation, and your background reflects experiences that prepare you for success. Your background includes: Hands‑on OMP Experience: Proven expertise in implementing and configuring OMP planning applications, including solvers, dispatchers, and ADM rules. Deep Supply Chain Planning Knowledge: Strong understanding of manufacturing production scheduling (MPS), detailed planning (DPS), material requirements planning (MRP), and demand/supply balancing. Experience in Process Optimization: Background in improving supply chain operations, designing workflows, and enhancing planning performance. Technical & Functional Skills: Ability to bridge technical solutions and business needs, translating complex business needs into technical requirements. Strong Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to facilitate discussions, manage client expectations, and provide strategic recommendations. Collaborative Mindset: Experience working with cross‑functional teams in an agile or hybrid project environment. Analytical Problem‑Solving: Strong data‑driven mindset with the ability to diagnose issues and develop effective solutions. Industry Exposure: Experience working with global organizations in life sciences, consumer goods, manufacturing, or chemicals is a plus. Educational Background: A Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field. 4+ years of experience in supply chain planning, preferably with 6+ months of hands‑on OMP configuration and deployment experience. You feel connected with and are ready to represent our company values: dig deep, own it, come together move fast and be kind You show a willingness to travel globally and to work in a hybrid working model. You have a valid driver’s license or will obtain this in the next 6 months. You become part of a highly motivated team of hands‑on supply chain professionals that attaches great importance to the above‑mentioned values in their day‑to‑day activities. A flexible & hybrid work environment, combining remote work, office presence and onsite client visits. Room for initiative, room to enhance your personal and professional skills, but most importantly: room to be yourself. Enjoy benefits such as a competitive salary including a bonus and an electric company car with convenient charging options. About us At Bluecrux, we transform supply chains into smart, efficient value chains through a blend of expert consulting and cutting‑edge technology. We collaborate closely with industry leaders like Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Bridgestone, AkzoNobel, Beiersdorf, Oatly, and many more – creating partnerships that drive meaningful impact. With a global presence in Europe, the US and APAC, we’re committed to shaping the future of value chains, one success story at a time. Within the plan squad , we have built up specific expertise in three main areas: Life sciences/pharma, CPG&CH and Chemicals&Industries. In these industries, we support a range of global leaders in their E2E planning transformation journey such as Bayer, Johnson&Johnson, BASF and Bridgestone. During these E2E supply chain planning transformations, our experts support our customers in every step of their journey. We partner up to define a vision and review the operating model to create a strong and agile basis for the future. The PLAN squad designs & implements our customers’ business transformation by defining the future organizational operating model, designing new ways of working & solutions advanced planning systems (APS), feeding their data factory, accelerating their setup towards agile S&OP or guiding them through their end‑to‑end supply chain planning. We do not work for them but rather with them, and we stand by their side the entire time. That is the only way to make changes stick and flourish. #J-18808-Ljbffr