Managing Consultant - Planning & Dependancy

We're excited to be partnering with our specialist Management Consultancy Client, on our search for an Interim Manager Level Consultant. This role can be based in London with 6-8 days per month worked at the Belgium site, or can be based in Belgium, with occasional visits to the UK office.

Flemish / French speaking advantageous. This is an immediate start role and will run for 6 - 12 months. Excellent Consultancy and a market leading global distribution and manufacturing organisation / end Client.

The organisation is undertaking a large, multi-year enterprise transformation to modernise core business processes, replace and upgrade critical platforms, and improve the availability, quality and usability of business and operational data.

Delivery is executed within a complex, multi-vendor environment, with multiple system integrator partners and varying levels of vendor dependency across projects - so having a strong technical delivery is a definite pre-requisite.

Navigation within this environment requires strong project delivery experience (with experience delivering complex technical programmes) and rigorous governance skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead level 1 planning activities, dependency management, and reporting across the transformation portfolio, including maintaining the 6–12 month roadmap and ongoing validation through analysis (dependencies, capacity etc.).
• Coordinate inputs from project managers to ensure integrated schedules, cross-project visibility, and consistent reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Own portfolio reporting, preparing clear, actionable insights and messaging for the Transformation Board and senior leadership.
• Support impact analysis for cross-project dependencies and advise on contingency planning.
• Support the ongoing transition to a Jira-centric reporting model, migrating Google Sheets reporting into Jira and ensuring accurate, reliable portfolio data.
• Collaborate closely with Transformation leadership, project managers, and vendors.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in multi-stream digital or enterprise-wide transformation programmes.
• Strong planning, scheduling, and dependency management, including roadmap maintenance, impact analysis, and capacity planning.
• Strong Jira skills, with experience using it for portfolio-level planning, dependency tracking, and reporting.
• Experience consolidating data from multiple sources and streamlining reporting workflows.
• Skilled in producing executive-ready reports and messaging for senior stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of multi-vendor environments and technical delivery dependencies.
• Excellent organisational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Preferred: Experience using Jira and Confluence for planning, dependency tracking, and reporting.

If this role is of interest, please apply here, or contact me on 07808 782801 / benjamin@tarkatalent.co.uk for further info.