Senior Consultant Supply Chain & Operations Planning - Sector Focus Industries

Are you willing to take the challenge of building a better working world in a dynamic, digital environment?

In a nutshell

 

Join EY Belgium's Planning team as a Senior Consultant and be at the forefront of Supply Chain & Operations innovation. Dive into a role where sustainability, resilience and digital transformation are reshaping the industry, and your expertise in planning operations, strategies and technologies will drive excellence. With a master's degree and 2 to 5 years of professional experience, you'll lead and support projects, nurture client partnerships, and expand business horizons. We are looking for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit fluent in English and either Dutch or French. Embrace a career that offers competitive rewards, personal growth through continuous learning, and the chance to balance work with life, all while championing diversity and building a better working world.

 

The opportunity

 

In today’s shape-shifting world, companies are forced to do more than just meet customer needs — they anticipate them. Customers want on-demand access to products that are specifically tailored to their preferences. In response, companies and their supply chains are being transformed to deliver faster than customers think. This need for greater agility, while being the bottom line is constantly watched, puts pressure on supply chain planning and the planners who are expected to keep pace within an ever-accelerating environment.

 

At EY, we assist our clients with those challenges through a unique combination of industry-specific insights, practical application of digital and emerging technologies and collaborating with a broad range of alliance partners. We ask better questions to find better answers, delivering better outcomes and shape the future of supply chain focused on Innovation, Technology and Sustainability. 

For our growing Supply Chain and Operations practice in Belgium we are looking for a Senior Consultant to strengthen our Planning team.

 

Your key responsibilities

 

As a Senior Consultant you support and (co-)lead project delivery teams improving our client’s business performance, in line with our Exceptional Client Service approach, while helping grow our practice outside of your client work. Drawing on your knowledge, skills and experience, you will start to build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers, support bids, proposals and thought leadership.

 

You will work independently as well as in teams. You will coach and support consultants and client team members, perform analyses and report finding and results. You will share your expertise with about 40 other colleagues in the Supply Chain & Operations team of EY Belgium. Our team focuses on delivering challenging projects across the entire supply chain. Typical projects are the creation of a supply chain strategy, network (re-)design, supply chain planning, logistics & distribution, sourcing & procurement, and manufacturing excellence.

In addition, you’ll actively establish and strengthen the relationships with our regional and global Supply Chain leadership teams and take part in our international communities.

 

 

Skills and attributes for success

 

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed choices. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about helping our clients to solve their toughest supply chain problems.

 

 

Your knowledge and experience, combined with EY’s thought leadership on the future of Supply Chain Management, will allow you to provide innovative insights for clients, adapting our service offerings, solutions, and methods to fit the operational teams and cultural needs. You will consequently actively grow your knowledge by taking part in educational pr