BCG Platinion | Enterprise Solutions Principal - Planning Platforms

Full-time - Senior

Washington, DC

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About the position

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and establish relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Advocate for Agile methodologies to tackle challenges and implement change.
• Comfortably navigate ambiguity and work through undefined paths.
• Utilize extensive IT expertise to drive novel solutions.
• Act as change agents to align and onboard teams for new processes and toolsets.
• Build strong relationships to influence stakeholders.
• Plan platform solution design and deployment, including feasibility studies and platform suitability assessments.
• Support core planning process redesign and alignment with platform capabilities.
• Lead full lifecycle implementations for Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Merchandising Planning, Financial Planning, and/or Workforce Planning tools.
• Develop integrated solution architecture designs for Planning Platforms, ensuring integration with enterprise systems.
• Create implementation roadmaps and ensure alignment with evolving technology landscapes.
• Lead the creation of client-specific strategic materials and manage organizational change for new planning solutions.
• Establish KPIs and value metrics to measure platform success and ensure ROI realization.
• Facilitate technical and strategic working sessions with client and internal teams.
• Build relationships with key clients and provide direction on key work items.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master's degree in mathematics, natural sciences, information technology, business management, or relevant field.
• 8+ years of practical experience leading Planning Platform implementations focusing on Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, SAP IBP, or SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Experience in business process design and configuration.
• Domain knowledge on Supply Chain, Merchandising, Finance, and/or Workforce Planning.
• Previous experience in a management role in four or more end-to-end Planning platform implementations in a waterfall or agile setting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially with senior executives.
• Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills.
• Experience managing decision processes at large organizations.
• Strong customer and results orientation.
• Confidence and persuasiveness.
• Experience planning and managing medium to large-sized projects.
• Willingness to travel 30-50% to work with clients and BCG teams.

Benefits

• Zero-dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
• $10 (USD) copays for doctor visits, urgent care, and generic prescriptions.
• Dental coverage with up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.
• Vision insurance covering glasses and contact lenses annually.
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and fitness activities.
• Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, regardless of employee contributions.
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
• Paid Parental Leave and family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.