BCG Platinion | Consultant, Enterprise Solutions

About the position

Enterprise Solutions Consultants at BCG Platinion are collaborative, interdisciplinary team players who seek alignment and establish relationships ranging from cross-functional stakeholder groups to development teams. They are strategic thinkers, well-versed in performance analysis and use their expertise to tackle difficult business challenges. They are technical experts, critical thinkers with extensive IT and digital expertise that drives novel solutions rooted in complexity. They are comfortable with ambiguity, knowing the best path forward isn’t always well-defined, and are comfortable and confident working through the unknown. They are change agents, knowing how to make change happen across an organization, and can align and onboard teams to implement new processes, toolsets, and IT operating models. They are influencers, building strong relationships to build trust and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Program Management & Governance
  • Managing large-scale ERP (or similar) projects.
  • Developing nuanced transformation roadmaps, cost estimation, and resource plans across internal and external parties.
  • Defining both global and local deployment, program governance, and quality assurance strategies.
  • Maximizing Business Value on Tech Investments
  • Linking financial performance (e.g., distribution costs) and business strategy (e.g., logistics optimization) to digital solutions (e.g., TMS enhancements).
  • Articulating and quantifying value cases for large tech investments, such as ERP programs.
  • Optimizing value realization in ERP and similar solutions.
  • Solution Architecture & Design
  • Evaluating an organization’s IT, enterprise applications, data, analytics, integration, and AI solutions, particularly as it relates to packaged software platforms (ERP, CRM, HCM, EAM, MDG, SRM, TMS, WMS, etc.).
  • Translating business needs into target state system requirements.
  • Recommending packaged software vendors, modules, and configurations tailored to a client’s particular industry and context.
  • Restructuring ERP, HCM, EAM, CRM, etc. processes (functional and/or technical).
  • Developing infrastructure approaches, including service-oriented architectures (SOA), and high-level design of ERP and related solutions, whether deployed on cloud, on-prem, or hybrid.
  • Organizational Change
  • Restructuring business/tech processes and organization/operating models within an ERP (or related) construct.
  • Supporting tech functions during mergers and acquisitions, including the functional and technical transformation of an organization’s IT department.
  • Developing team’s talent by providing direction and facilitating technical discussions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in mathematics, engineering, information technology, business management, or relevant field.
  • 2+ years of practical experience in IT/ERP consulting, professional software development, or IT project management with a focus on one or more of the following: SAP, Salesforce, Oracle (Financials, NetSuite, Fusion, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, etc.), Workday
  • Experience in business process design and configuration.
  • Previous experience with independently managing modules/workstreams in two or more end-to-end ERP implementations in a waterfall or agile setting.
  • Proven responsibility as a team lead within a single module (e.g., OTC, Finance, Procurement) during at least one project phase (Design, Build, Test, Deploy).
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills.
  • Experience with the management of decision processes at large organizations.
  • Strong customer and results orientation.
  • Confidence and persuasiveness.
  • Experience managing large, complex projects.
  • Gen AI tool fluency (e.g., proven usage of GenAI such as ChatGPT, Claude) and validation of response.

Nice-to-haves

  • Willingness to travel around the globe to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects.

Benefits

  • An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, we offer a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications.
  • A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.
  • Zero dollar (\$0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
  • 100% coverage for prescription drugs, with no dispensing fee maximum.
  • Access to Telemedicine – virtual care when you need it.
  • Substantial mental health support, including mental health practitioner coverage and access to meditation and well-being apps.
  • Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits for children and adults.
  • Robust vision coverage.
  • Flexible Spending Account for additional medical and wellbeing activities.
  • Retirement contributions made annually (whether you contribute or not), plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to an RRSP Plan.
  • Premier Family programs including, paid parental and family care leaves, and reimbursement for fertility, surrogacy, and adoption expenses.
  • Generous paid time off, including 10 public holidays and 2 floater days, office closure between Christmas and New Year’s, and 15 vacation days (earned at 1.25 days per month) annually.
  • Paid sick time on an as needed basis.
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