Director E2E Planning Transformations

Bluecrux; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluecrux seeks a Director E2E Planning Transformations to design and implement large-scale supply chain transformation programs across international clients. You will set up workstreams, allocate resources, align stakeholders, and drive end-to-end improvements in processes, data, and systems.

You will coach teams, manage risk, report to steerco, and share expertise within the global Bluecrux network, with a hybrid Barcelona-based role and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• Proven 15+ years leading supply chain transformation programmes.
• Extensive experience in Life Sciences and/or CPG industries.
• End-to-end transformation with a major system implementation (e.g. SAP IBP, APO, Kinaxis, OMP, BlueYonder, o9).
• Strong programme ownership and delivery mindset.
• Fluent in English; willing to travel and work in a hybrid model.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead end-to-end supply chain transformation programs.
• Set up workstreams and allocate resources and skills.
• Coach and develop the Bluecrux team to raise capability.
• Align customers and partners on the methodology and approach.
• Organize client workshops to detect needs and challenges.
• Coordinate internal teams (business, data, IT) and the software partner.
• Create and co-design playbooks with the client; ensure new ways of working.
• Proactively manage risks and debottleneck issues across the program.
• Report progress to steerco and consulting management.
• Share industry expertise within Bluecrux.

Skills

Consulting leadership

Program management

Supply chain transformation

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Tools

SAP IBP

SAP APO

Kinaxis

OMP

BlueYonder

o9

Job description

About the role

In your role as Director E2E Planning Transformations, you will design and 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 50-100 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.

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About you

• You have a proven experience in a consulting organisation, delivering large‑scale supply chain and operations transformation programmes for clients.

• Your program expertise covers more than 15 years, with extensive experience in supply chain and operations transformations, this with a strong track record of driving change and programme delivery. You have affinity with supply chain and operations processes, organisational design, roles and responsibilities, as well as systems and data as key enablers.

• Experience in the Life Sciences and/or CPG / Consumer Goods industry is required, hence you show deep understanding of the specific complexities, regulatory environment and operational challenges of Life Sciences and/or CPG organisations.

• Demonstrated leadership in planning or supply chain transformations, including at least one end‑to‑end transformation with a strong system implementation component (e.g. SAP IBP, APO, Kinaxis, OMP, BlueYonder, o9). Alternatively, you demonstrate a strong interest and learning mindset towards these tools.

• Strong programme ownership and delivery mindset: you maintain the overview, steer teams towards the right priorities, and ensure high‑quality outcomes, while being willing to deep‑divide when needed to unblock issues and shape future‑proof solutions.

• A strong customer‑centric mindset, with excellent communication and presentation skills. You can confidently engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, from executive leadership to planners and operational teams.

• Natural people leader and coach, capable of guiding, developing and motivating multidisciplinary teams in a consulting context.

• Proven experience working in complex, international and multicultural environments.

• 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.

Why join us?

• Join a company at the forefront ofglobal supply chain transformation, we’re a fast‑growing organisation with a clear strategy and ambition to become a worldwide niche leader in supply chain and planning transformation.

• Step into a Director role with a strong focus on stakeholder management and long‑term client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor at executive level.

• Take on a leading role in large, end‑to‑end transformation programmes, creating tangible impact for some of the world’s most recognised Life Sciences, CPG and industrial companies.

• Bepart of this exciting expansion of our new office in Barcelona. Leverage your expertise with the full support of ourinternational team of expertsto drive Barcelona’s success.

• Be part of aglobal networkspanningBelgium, the USA, Switzerland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Singapore—working on impactful international projects.

• Enjoy a workplace wherepersonal and professional growthis prioritized—advance your career atyour own pace.

• We celebrateindividuality, allowing you to thrive by being uniquely yourself.

• Benefit from acompetitive salarypackage, complete withmultiple extra-legal perksdesigned to reward your expertise.

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 Business Unit Supply Chain planning, 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 BU 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.