Program Director E2E Planning Transformations

In your role as Program Director E2E Planning Transformations, you will design & implement our customers' business transformation by setting up full E2E supply chain transformation programs, defining next-level processes, guiding our customers through their end-to-end supply chain planning journey in its full aspects of process, organisational, people, data & system change. You will use your industry experience to guide our customers towards the next level of maturity. This is by working with them, standing by their side in order to make the changes stick and flourish.

• You take full responsibility for a program (Typical programs include people from all parties involved (Bluecrux, customer, system implementor, other 3rd party vendors), and keep track of deliverables, milestones, resources and costs.
• You define the best setup of the program into workstreams and define and allocate resources and skills both at the customer and bluecrux side. You align customers & partners on the methodology and way to approach the program.
• You coach our Bluecrux team to deliver their best towards the overall goal. You proactively identify the luggage they still need and work towards improving their capabilities day by day.
• Towards your client, you're a strategic partner. Together, using your industry experience, you work out how supply chain-wide transformation can drive growth, reduce costs and spark innovation.
• You organize client workshops in order to detect the client's needs and the challenges that are tied to their planning and broader supply chain.
• You act as the strongest spider on the web, aligning internal customer teams (business, data & IT), the software solution provider, and our internal bluecrux team. You ensure that at any moment, methodology, project planning & next steps are aligned, and any potential hurdles between parties are mitigated.
• You coach your team to co-create and design the playbook together with the client. You are not afraid of stepping in wherever it is needed. The playbook documents the new way of working, both on process, system and organisational levels.
• You provide guidance during the entire implementation process and make sure it happens in a smooth and structured manner. You do this in a proactive, open, and transparent way.
• You are not afraid of managing the risk of a large program, thinking about mitigation, and talking this through with the respective partners. You anticipate and debottleneck issues in an open and transparent way with all levels of the organization.
• You report the progress of the program at steerco level and internally towards the consulting management team.
• You share your industry experience within our Bluecrux organization.

• You have more than 15 years of experience in supply chain & operations transformations, out of which at least 2 successful projects in the Life Sciences or CPG/Consumer Goods Industry. You have experience with transformation projects that require change/transformation and are passionate about program delivery.

• You have been leading at least 1 successful planning transformation, holding a strong system implementation aspect of either APO, OMP, Kinaxis, BlueYonder, O9, SAP IBP… or alternatively, you show a strong interest in these tools.

• You know the specific complexity & challenges of the Life Sciences or CPG/Consumer Goods industry.
• You keep the overview and direct the team to deliver the right things in quality. You are not afraid to step in and deep dive into issues to unblock and set the solution for the future.
• Customer satisfaction is close to your heart. You have very strong communication & presentation skills and can easily engage with all levels of the organization from EVPs to planners & operators. You are a strong coach for your team.
• You understand the dynamics of working in complex and multinational environments.
• You have a strong affinity with supply chain & operations processes, their organization, and its roles, as well as affinity with systems and the related need for data.
• You're a problem solver with a razor-sharp analytical mind.
• You are able to work and thrive in a fast-paced, international environment. You pose the right questions and are able to quickly translate the answers into tangible results.
• You're fluent in English.
• 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.
• The chance to take up a leading role in Big Transformation projects and to be highly impactful at leading companies.
• A Director role with more focus on stakeholder management & relationship with clients.
• A 50/50 hybrid work regime combining homework with the availability of brand new offices in Aalst and Mechelen, close to the E40 and E19. On your way to a client or on your way back home, it's easy for you to pop in.
• Room for initiative, room to enhance your personal and professional skills, but most importantly: room to be yourself.

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.