Anaplan Solution Architect

About the Role

We’re seeking an experienced Anaplan Solution Architect to work closely with our clients, helping them navigate supply chain transformations and implement advanced planning systems like Anaplan. In this role, you will:

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and implementation of Anaplan models for supply chain processes, including demand planning, supply planning, and inventory optimization.

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, define use cases, and ensure solutions align with strategic supply chain objectives.

• Architect scalable, efficient, and high-performance Anaplan models, ensuring best practices are implemented across modules.

• Use leading planning platforms to empower decision-makers with integrated solutions powered by a patented modeling engine, predictive analytics, and cloud collaboration.

• Translate customer requirements into detailed Anaplan model blueprints in close cooperation with your project lead.

• Drive best practices within the Anaplan team and across projects, ensuring the highest standards in design and implementation.

• Act as a primary Anaplan SME, training end-users and other team members in tool capabilities and model functionalities.

• Provide technical guidance and support to other model builders on your projects, fostering a collaborative, solution-driven environment.

• Support data integration and validation between Anaplan and other supply chain systems, ensuring accurate and reliable data flows.

• Focus on usability, user experience, and engagement, ensuring planning tools deliver impactful results.

• Ensure planning tools integrate critical processes, such as aligning demand forecasts from account managers with cash flow projections from controllers.

• Provide expertise and thought leadership in supply chain modeling and scenario planning, enabling continuous improvement.

• Streamline business processes and enhance information management to foster collaboration between commercial and supply chain planning functions.

• Ensure project control through rigorous model compliance, clear communication, and effective change management.

• This is a unique opportunity to shape innovative supply chain solutions, working alongside cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact.

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About you

• You have 5 years of relevant work experience in the fields of supply chain and/or finance

• You are a certified Anaplan Solution Architect or have a minimum of 2-3 years of Anaplan model builder experience and are ready to become a Solution Architect

• You have worked on multiple Anaplan use-case implementations

• You are capable of thinking in structures and systems and are skilled in translating customers’ issues into Anaplan

• You have excellent oral and written communication skills and a good listening ear.

• You have an affinity with one of these industries: life sciences, food & beverage, manufacturing, service logistics & parts or telecom.

• 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

• We are the supply chain frontrunner in the Anaplan eco-system and you’ll 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.

• Enjoy a flexible and hybrid work environment, combining remote work, office attendance and onsite client visits.

• A great place to work with lots of growth opportunities, where we make room for initiative and allow you to enhance your personal and professional skills, but most importantly: there is room to be yourself!

• We know you by your first name and 'don't let titles or levels withhold us from being truly aware of your talents.

• Team events & fun such as yearly bluecrux weekends, last Friday meetings with drinks, teambuilding & activities.

• Enjoy benefits such as a competitive salary including a bonus and an electric company car with convenient charging options.

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.

With the power of Anaplan, a leading connected planning solution, and our planning expertise, we help our customers make the right planning decisions and drive growth. We connect people, plans and data, bring scenario planning capabilities and connect supply chain to sales, finance and HR. Visit our Anaplan page to learn more about our services and the implementations we have worked on with our customers.

Our Anaplan squad is a successful and fast-growing part of the consulting business unit. We make a difference for clients by combining our strong supply chain and Anaplan expertise. We are the supply chain frontrunner in the Anaplan eco-system. We love to collaborate with Anaplan sales, product and customer success teams to develop the best solutions for and with our clients. We bring standard best practices on a.o. Demand Planning, Supply Planning and S&OP as well as specific developments such as advanced optimization and AI forecasting to fit client-specific needs.