Manager Network Operations (Warehousing and Distribution)

About the role

• As a (Senior) manager, you define, design or redesign your client's business processes to improve our clients operational efficiency (distribution network, operational assessments or warehouse processes) and lead the program throughout the whole transformation wave.
• In co-creation with the client, you organize client workshops in order to detect the client’s needs and operating model changes in their ways of working as well as the connected broader supply chain.
• You assume a coaching role and guide your project team towards their goals. You train and guide the team on process design improvements. Besides that, you take full responsibility for a functional domain in a larger program for which you keep track of deliverables, milestones, resources and costs.
• You ensure full integration of all processes and linkage to best practices. You manage to gather all necessary information, without losing yourself in details. In this process, you make sure all stakeholders are involved and aligned.
• You co-create the playbook together with the client. It documents the new way of working both on a process and on an organizational level.
• You provide structure, and guidance during the entire implementation process and make sure it happens in a smooth and structured manner.
• Internally you take a people responsibility as a team/people lead; coaching & growing colleagues in their career paths.
• You bring your experience into internal continuous improvement initiatives, bringing a strong growth mindset to our own ways of working.

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About you

• You hold a master’s degree in engineering or economics. An MBA is a plus.
• You have at least 6 years of experience in consulting, with logistic activities such as the organization of (a network of) distribution centers and you’re familiar with the system landscape to support logistic processes.
• You can shape & define project plans & structures, creating a clear path to the intended vision.
• You are able to set a methodology and approach, defining ‘what needs to be done’ based on previous experience, in your area of expertise and in adjacent areas.
• You have strong experience in designing or redesigning business processes, with network operations projects that required change/transformation within a complex and multinational environment.
• You’re a problem solver with a razor-sharp analytical mind. You are hands-on and make things happen.
• 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 a strong communicator, both towards your team as well as towards the client.
• You have a passion for working with people and you get energy out of coaching & growing less experienced colleagues.
• 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?

• 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.
• We let go of titles and make sure no politics is needed to prove your leadership in a caring, growing organization.
• Enjoy a flexible working arrangement with a 50% office and 50% remote work structure.
• Convenient and accessible office locations in Aalst and Mechelen.
• Benefit from a comprehensive salary package, encompassing a competitive base salary and a bonus, net allowance, electric company car (with convenient charging options), and comprehensive health and group insurance coverage.

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.

In our Network Operations squad, we look at our clients’ performance from supplier up until delivery to the final customer as an integrated whole. We do not only drive transformation programs within plants and warehouses to turn them into network high performers, but we also break silo thinking across internal and external nodes by adopting common systems and processes, with installed common drivers and KPI’s.