Senior Project Manager APS Pre-Study

About the Company At Avaron, you get the security of permanent employment combined with the variety of working at different customers. We place specialists across everything from tech, IT and industry to project management and business support – and whatever the assignment, you have a consultant manager who is there for you and your development. About the Role You will lead a strategic pre-study for a manufacturing company that is defining the future of its Advanced Planning System (APS). The assignment focuses on evaluating multiple APS scenarios, comparing business and technical implications, and building a clear recommendation for the way forward. This is an analysis-driven role where you guide the full pre-study from structure and requirements to decision material and a high-level roadmap. You will work close to senior stakeholders across business, IT and finance, while partnering with an internal Solution Architect on architecture and integration questions. No system implementation is included at this stage. You will be central to enabling a confident decision on the next step, making this a strong opportunity if you enjoy combining project leadership, facilitation and end-to-end supply chain planning in a high-impact setting. Job DescriptionYou will lead the pre-study end to end and create clear structure around scope, objectives, deliverables and governance. You will drive the overall approach across process mapping, requirements capture, solution fit and gap assessment, and roadmap development. You will prepare, facilitate and follow up workshops and interviews with subject matter experts in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Operations, Inventory Management, S&OP, and IT and Integration. You will gather and refine business and functional requirements so they are structured, comparable and linked to business value and pain points. You will surface risks, dependencies, assumptions and trade-offs early, and turn them into clear decision support. You will synthe