PML Functional consultant

Do you want to help companies transform how they manage their products — from ideation through design, development and launch? Do you have hands‑on experience with PLM platforms and a strong grasp of product development processes? Are you energised by working closely with clients to design and deploy solutions that make a tangible difference to how products are created and managed?

Your job As a PLM Functional Consultant within our Supply Chain & Engineering practice, you will support and lead PLM deployment and transformation projects at Belgian and international clients. You will work across industries including Consumer Goods, Retail, Industrial Equipment and Pharma & Life Sciences — contributing to projects that span process design, platform deployment and change management.

Examples of projects you can work on

• PLM deployment: support the end-to-end deployment of a PLM platform at a consumer goods or manufacturing client — from requirements gathering and process design through configuration, testing and go‑live
• BOM and product data management: help a client define and implement structured BOM processes, engineering change workflows and product data governance across their organisation
• PLM maturity assessment: conduct a PLM maturity assessment for a client, identify gaps in their current product data management approach and define a prioritised improvement roadmap
• Process design and optimisation: analyse current product development and engineering change processes, design improved future‑state workflows and translate them into PLM system configurations
• User training and adoption: develop training content and support end‑user adoption of new PLM processes and tools across engineering, product and commercial teams

In this role you will

• Support requirements gathering workshops and process design sessions with client teams
• Analyse and map current product development and engineering processes
• Contribute to functional solution design, configuration and testing of PLM platforms
• Own user stories and functional specifications across one or more PLM workstreams
• Support data migration activities including data mapping, cleansing and validation
• Communicate PLM concepts clearly to both technical and business audiences
• Contribute to proposal development and internal knowledge sharing
• Work in international project teams, collaborating with Accenture's global Engineering and PLM network

Your team

Our consultants in Supply Chain & Engineering are changing businesses every day using deep industry insights, knowledge and innovative ideas. Positioned at the crucial intersection of business, technology and industry, we devise creative new strategies based on trends, insights and data. With an eye for competitive advantage, sustainability, digital disruption, operating models and the future workforce, we take on the challenge of designing and implementing transformative business solutions, using the newest technology. Our research‑based advice and situational analyses enable our clients to act with speed and confidence. Whether we're investigating complex issues or identifying new opportunities, our work always comes down to one thing: unlocking value and creating real, tangible impacts.

Your background

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Information Systems or a related field
• 2 to 4 years of experience in PLM, product data management or engineering consulting roles
• Hands‑on experience with at least one PLM platform (Siemens Teamcenter, Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE, SAP PLM, PTC Windchill, or a consumer goods-focused PLM platform)
• Solid understanding of product lifecycle and engineering processes: BOM management, engineering change, data governance, lifecycle workflows
• Experience or strong interest in Consumer Goods or Retail industry is a plus — understanding of product ranging, specification management or recipe/formulation management is an asset
• Ability to analyse and map business processes and translate them into system requirements
• Exposure to ERP systems, master data management or data migration tools is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a collaborative, client‑first mindset
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written
• Fluent in French and/or Dutch, both spoken and written
• Ability to travel to client sites; a valid driving licence is strongly recommended

Nice to have

• Experience or strong interest in Consumer Goods or Retail industry — understanding of product ranging, specification management or recipe/formulation management
• Exposure to ERP systems, master data management or data migration tools
• Interest in AI or GenAI applications in product development or engineering contexts
• Exper