AI and Automation Project Manager

Deltalight North America; Wevelgem; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Challenging role

International environment

Career growth

Modern work environment

Job summary

Deltalight is seeking an AI and Automation Project Manager to drive cross-functional improvement projects, focusing on commercial processes and customer-facing digital solutions. You will translate business needs into functional requirements, collaborate across departments, and lead change management to ensure adoption of new processes and AI-enabled tools.

You will identify digital opportunities, translate requirements, and work with teams to implement AI-based, automated solutions, bridging

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Engineering, Business Administration, Information Management or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience in project management, business analysis or digital process improvement.
• Strong initiative, ownership, and ability to connect departments around improvement goals.
• Ability to bridge business workflows and technical AI integration, translating needs into functional requirements.
• Knowledge of SAP S4/Hana, customer portals or digital sales tools is a plus.
• Fluent in Dutch and English, both within project teams and to higher management.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving with a hands-on results-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional improvement projects focusing on commercial processes and customer-facing digital solutions.
• Track timelines, budgets, milestones, and escalate risks with mitigations.
• Identify digital improvement opportunities through AI and automation and translate into practical solutions.
• Monitor and report progress to stakeholders with data-driven insights.
• Analyze business processes to identify opportunities for simplification, standardization and digitalization.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Digital process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SAP S4/Hana

Customer portals

Digital sales tools

Job description

AI and Automation Project Manager

Deltalight Group HQ - Wevelgem

As AI and Automation Project Manager you will be responsible for the management of cross-functional improvement projects, with a focus on commercial processes and customer-facing digital solutions. You will collaborate in project teams to diagnose, redesign, and future-proof our core business workflows. You handle all change management related aspects to facilitate successful adoption of processes and solutions among stakeholders.

In parallel, you are the go-to person for identifying digital improvement opportunities through AI and automation, within the broader organization. You will translate business needs into functional requirements and practical solutions.

Process Improvement Management

• Coordinate project teams, ensuring alignment between departments, and stated objectives.
• Track project progress, monitor timelines, budgets, and milestones, and ensure corrective actions when needed.
• Identify project risks, manage mitigation strategies, and elevate when required.
• Report regularly to the stakeholders providing data-driven insights.
• Analyze existing business processes, with a particular focus on customer-facing, processes to identify opportunities for simplification, standardization and digitalization

AI & digitalization for business process optimalisation

• Monitor the evolution of AI in business technologies and applications relevant for Deltalight.
• Verify the maturity of available AI solutions for use within Deltalight business applications and define possible improvement projects.
• Analyse bottlenecks in workflows and discover opportunities for AI-based, digital or automated solutions.

Profile

• You have a master's degree in Business Engineering, Business Administration, Information Management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• You have 3y relevant work experience in project management, business analysis or digital process improvement.
• You take initiative, show ownership and can connect departments around improvement goals.
• You can bridge the gap between business workflows and technical AI integration, translating business needs into clear functional requirements and specifications.
• Knowledge of SAP S4/Hana, customer portals or digital sales tools is a plus
• You communicate fluently in Dutch and English., both within the project teams as towards higher management
• You combine analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with a hands-on, results-oriented approach.

We offer

• A challenging and multifaceted role within an innovative, international, and growing organization.
• Collaboration with a dynamic, multidisciplinary team that values initiative and ownership.
• Opportunities for taking initiative, personal development, and career growth.
• A modern work environment where innovation and quality are at the core.
• A challenging and multifaceted role within an innovative and growing organization.

Company

Incorporated in Belgium in 1989 by business manager and designer Paul Ameloot, today Deltalight has developed to become the market leader and trendsetter in architectural lighting. Presenting innovative lighting designs, the company is recognised throughout the world for its subtle blend of ambiance, elegance, functionality, and design, both in interior and exterior lighting. The future of Deltalight is guaranteed with Peter and Jan Ameloot joining their father at the helm of the company, bringing additional dynamism and ambition to the team.

Building on its reputation as manufacturer of architectural lighting, Deltalight has grown to become a trendsetter when it comes to lighting designs for residential, commercial and professional environments. Ranging from retail to residential, office, public, showrooms to hospitality and landscape projects, small to very large scale, Deltalight has the product range, experience and knowledge to meet the functional and aesthetic needs of your projects.

Over the years Deltalight established its growth based on in-house design, R&D, quality control, testing and production. From design to engineering and prototyping, all the way to production, packaging and stocking... all is handled at the Deltalight headquarters in Belgium. DELTALIGHT