Job Description

Job description

As a Senior Process Analyst in KOS PLAN & DELIVERY Europe, you will lead complex planning and logistics improvement initiatives. You will combine supply-chain and logistics expertise, investment and profitability analysis, functional leadership and hands-on implementation to help manufacturing organizations achieve measurable and sustainable results. You will move confidently between strategic planning, detailed logistics process understanding and collaboration with client and operational teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead continuous-improvement projects focused on logistics performance, including OTIF improvement, WIP optimisation and logistics-cost reduction.

• Diagnose logistics and planning performance gaps, establish improvement targets and define implementation roadmaps.

• Design and improve Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes, governance, decision forums and planning routines.

• Evaluate the profitability and business impact of logistics investments in hardware and software, including costs, benefits, risks and expected returns.

• Manage Logistics and Planning teams, or lead consulting projects in these functional areas.

• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across Sales, Operations, Production, Procurement, Warehousing, Logistics and Finance.

• Use planning data and key legacy IT systems to support fact-based decisions, planning reliability and performance management.

• Understand and apply the functional use of key IT systems supporting Planning.

• Facilitate structured problem solving, workshops, performance reviews and management discussions.

• Coach and develop less experienced team members in analytical methods, improvement approaches and stakeholder management.

• Prepare clear business cases, executive-level recommendations, implementation plans and progress updates.

• Ensure improvements are implemented sustainably and embedded into management routines, planning processes and operating standards.

Who you are

We are looking for a collaborative, curious and practical problem-solver who can connect analytical findings with real operational conditions. You bring:

• 4–6 years of professional experience in a manufacturing company or in operations consulting.

• Demonstrated experience delivering continuous-improvement projects in logistics, including OTIF improvement, WIP optimisation and logistics-cost reduction.

• Strong knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning principles, processes, governance and decision-making routines.

• The ability to perform profitability analyses for logistics investments in hardware and software, including business-case development and return assessment.

• Experience managing Logistics and/or Planning teams, or leading consulting projects in these functional areas.

• Knowledge of the functional use of key IT systems supporting Planning.

• A strong understanding of planning, warehouse, internal logistics, inventory and supply-chain performance management.

• The ability to connect operational, technological and financial perspectives when defining improvement priorities.

• Leadership, influencing and communication skills, with a structured, results-oriented and collaborative approach.

• Curiosity and the ability to quickly understand new technologies, processes and industrial environments.

• English proficiency at a minimum C1 level.

What we offer

• Early responsibility and hands-on opportunities to work with manufacturing and operational teams across Europe.

• Structured, on-the-job learning and development, supported by experienced colleagues and continuous feedback.

• An open, collaborative and international environment where diverse perspectives are valued.

• The opportunity to build expertise across industries, processes and technologies while making a practical impact.

• A culture that encourages you to be yourself and bring your ideas to the table.

Please submit your CV through the Kearney careers website. Your application should highlight the experience and capabilities most relevant to the role.

Interview process

Candidates selected for the next stage will be contacted with details of the interview process.