Supply Chain Modelling & Optimization Consultant

Vacancy Intro

A great opportunity to join and shape a new entrepreneurial team focused on providing data-driven solutions and advisory to our clients. Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV) is a highly respected 140+ year old engineering consultancy company that designs & builds industrial assets such factories and logistics centers for many leading organizations. In 2022, we’ve joined forces with Districon, a leading supply chain analytics and logistics consultancy with 45 years’ experience developing strategies and solving issues for supply chain management and integrated logistics.

Our new joint team forms the Supply Chain & Logistics Centre of Excellence within RHDHV. We provide top-tier logistics & supply chain advisory as well as digital supply chain advanced analytics services on top of RHDHV’s traditional engineering and consultancy domain knowledge. Supply chain is our DNA, engineering and analytics our key focus and interest. We believe that applying the right technology enables our clients to improve their supply chain processes and planning. And, as a consequence, improve their business: better results, build resilience and be sustainable.

What will you do

What is strategically the optimal supply network? What is tactically the optimal balance between demand, supply and capacity? What is the optimal order batching and picking sequence in a warehouse? What is the optimal production schedule in manufacturing environment? What is the optimal fleet utilization of an ocean, air, rail, or road carrier? And any other supply chain optimization challenge.

As a Supply Chain & Optimization Consultant you solve these challenges by modelling optimization & simulation applications for our clients, that enable them to make data driven, scenario base, decisions. You apply your operations research skills and work together with the team to collect and validate the data, to connect the application with the core systems, to design a user interface, to train and support users.

• You participate in or lead the developments, testing and implementation of new applications, guide the project team and the client’s team.
• You participate in or lead the support and maintenance of the applications: updating applications, identifying and solving bugs, and continuously improving applications by developing new functionalities.
• You participate in or lead regular sprint meetings, connecting the business challenges with the solution requirements.

Next to the project work, you will also get responsibilities in business development. Think about setting up and giving demos, preparing material for conferences, and talking to potential clients. As we work project-based it is important for us to get new clients and keep on generating work.

We work a lot with the mathematical optimization platform AIMMS, simulation software WITNESS Horizon, and SQL, Python, and PowerBI.

Where you will work

This role is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Candidates are required to have valid work permits for the place of work (no sponsorship). The role offers flexibility to work partly at home and partly in the office. Travel to client sites across APAC for project work is occasionally required.

What you bring

A strong interest for complex puzzles in the supply chain domain. You have an affinity with programming and connecting data sets. You are critical, accurate and show courage, you like to create your own opportunities.

Furthermore, as Supply Chain Modeling & Optimization Consultant  you are:

• Analytically strong: capable of understanding and explaining complex processes.
• Good at mathematics: you can easily draw the right conclusions from a large amount of data.
• Pragmatic: you apply a creative approach, and, not always the most complex mathematical solution will help our client.
• Technology driven: you have an interest in collecting, optimizing, connecting and structuring data from multiple sources.
• A bit headstrong: you think further than necessary and also give unsolicited advice.

As a basis, you bring along:

• A completed academic master’s degree in Operations Research, (Applied) Mathematics, Industrial Engineering or a related study.
• Some work experience or interest in supply chain, logistics or ICT, gained during or after your studies.
• (Demonstrated) experience or interest in mathematical optimization software programs, simulation software (Witness), SQL, Python, R, PowerBI or Qlik.
  • Experience with AIMMS is nice to have, as most of our application we support have been developed using AIMMS software.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English – excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Can work independently on projects, but is as well a powerful team player who wants to work on a wide variety of projects.
• Willingness to travel, both for incidental trips to our offices in Singapore and The Netherlands, or to APAC clients.
• We welcome both starters as consultants with 0-3 years of relevant working experience.

What we offer you

At Royal HaskoningDHV we offer a great working atmosphere in which organizational and personal development take central stage. Our assessment and rewarding process will always be based on your personal competences. We offer you a wide range of projects in which you can participate and gain experience. You will learn from working with experienced consultants and get a glimpse of the various areas of expertise we have on offer. Learn and experience in order to map out your own career path.

Furthermore, we offer:

• Open and respectful environment
• A great work-life balance and flexible hours
• Flexibility to work partly at home and partly in the office
• Variety of exciting and challenging projects with a diverse range of clients
• Participation in the multi-year development program that consists of coaching and training of practical skills and your consulting skills
• Vacation days for time off
• A competitive primary salary

Are you our new colleague?

If this role sounds like the right challenge, we are interested in hearing from you! We will share more about us and the benefits of coming to work together in our small but quickly growing team and the wider RHDHV & Districon cultures and work benefits during our interview process.

Please apply with your CV and feel free to connect directly with our team directly on LinkedIn for any questions.