Senior Consultant -Manufacturing- Supply Chain and Operations - Industries

The opportunity

Manufacturers have long pursued manufacturing excellence programs to continually improve the performance of their facilities and equipment. Many of those initiatives were successful for a time, but they’ve lacked staying power. Today, most manufacturers still struggle to achieve — and sustain — higher levels of performance. And now they also have to deal with escalating digital disruption that increasingly challenges their competitiveness and ability to grow.

Our EY teams understand how to improve productivity for smarter, faster and more advanced manufacturing. With our EY Smart Factory methodology and our unique partnership with P&G at the foundation, we help our clients achieve operational efficiency across the organization to build a better tomorrow!

EY has been rated one of the leading manufacturing consulting firms in the world, and very few organizations match the scope, scale, and ability to lead companies through a sustainable manufacturing transformation. For our growing Supply Chain and Operations practice in Belgium we are looking for a Senior Consultant – Manufacturing to strengthen our manufacturing team.

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 findings and results. You will share your expertise with other colleagues in the manufacturing excellence team of EY Belgium, residing in the broader Supply Chain & Operations team.

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

Your knowledge and experience, combined with EY’s thought leadership on the future of Manufacturing and Maintenance, 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 are thorough and result-oriented and work together with the client on implementing solutions. You often work in an international environment on projects with a significant impact on company results.

When it comes to the technicalities of the job, you’re ready for anything. At the same time, you’re able to inspire and work with a team to deliver excellent results. You have the courage to be an entrepreneur and to keep learning, even with ambiguities along the way.

• A master’s degree in Business, Industrial or Civil Engineering, or related field with strong academic records;
• A minimum of 3 years professional experience with a demonstrated track record of delivering sustained improvements in business performance through operational excellence programs, gained in industry and/or consulting;
• Passion for the manufacturing/production/maintenance environment and you can rely on a first experience in this field; preferably combined with sector knowledge in FMCG and/or Life Sciences.
  • Proven experience in managing and improving production lines;
  • Proven experience in running improvement projects aiming to eliminate line losses (breakdown, maintenance, …);
  • Proven experience in managing and coaching shopfloor teams;
• Experience with delivering trainings on operational excellence to large groups (root cause analysis, data analysis, …);
• Fluent language skills - written and spoken English, French and/or Dutch;
• Knowledge and deep interest in manufacturing trends like Industry 4.0, (I)
  IoT, AI, Smart Manufacturing, Sustainability, Cyber Security;

• A lean six sigma green or black belt and/or demonstrated experience with P&G’s IWS;
• Consulting experience or acted as internal consultant in the industry;
• A…