OMP opens the position of Solution Consultant for the purpose of Job Shadowing, offering PhD candidates (≥ 3rd year of the PhD trajectory) / postdocs affiliated with 1 of the 5 Flemish universities the possibility to see for themselves what tasks and responsibilities come with this particular job function. 

We are OMP, a game changer that optimizes supply chains of the world’s leading companies with our very own smart software and services.  Do you enjoy solving complex supply chain problems? Are you passionate about adding value to Fortune 500 companies? And are you dedicated to offering high-quality solutions to real-world problems? As a Solution Consultant, you get the best of both worlds. You deep dive into one of OMP's industry-specific solutions to improve the OMP software solution and enrich its functionality. You gather input about the customer’s needs and support the project team in implementing and delivering high-quality, fully tested, and well documented solutions.

You are responsible for:
-Collecting, formulating, and mapping the business and project requirements to the functionalities in the industry solution.
-Gathering and deriving new requirements for the industry solution.
-Continuously improving OMP's industry solution by developing new functionalities.
-Validating new functionalities with the different stakeholders.
-Applying your industry solution knowledge to provide support during the implementation phase, from start to finish, together with the customer’s project team.
-Offering industry solution knowledge in customer project tracks, during and after implementation.

Soft Skills: Communicative, Team-player, Collaborative in a global context, Pragmatic, Passionate
Hard Skills: Programming skills, Analytical skills, Supply chain planning knowledge
> Bonus Points (Profile): Experience with SQL, Knowledge of a versioning system.
   

> Open to PhD candidates / postdocs with a background in Engineering.  Preference is given to candidates with a strong affinity with IT as programming skills, including macro coding similar to VBA, as well as with great analytical skills and problem-solving abilities, and good communications skills. 

OMP offers a 1-day Job Shadowing experience. The date for Job Shadowing will be decided upon in close consultation with the selected candidate.