Start: as soon as possible after screening approval
Duration: project ends Dec 2027
Rate: €107.50 including MSP fee, depending on education and work experience
Self-employed: Yes, but preference is given to a salaried employee
Location: Arnhem; hybrid work (min. 2 days on-site)
Screening: The candidate must be screened before starting. This screening takes at least 4–6 weeks.

Strategy Consultant, Asset Project
Alliander context
The Netherlands runs on energy. And by 2050, it will run entirely on renewable energy. It’s up to the network companies and all our partners to help make this energy transition possible. And we’re working hard to achieve that. For example, by managing and adapting our energy grids. By providing the data and services that our customers, governments, and partners need. We do this so that everyone who needs energy—or can supply it—can do so or receive it. At the same time, we ensure that the energy system as a whole remains reliable, affordable, and accessible to everyone—both now and in the more sustainable Netherlands of tomorrow. Serving our customers and achieving our goals requires a future-proof and robust information infrastructure.

Alliander committed to digitalization early on to facilitate the energy transition, with teams that develop, implement, and manage digital solutions. These include apps for field technicians and municipalities, as well as advanced algorithms for investment optimization and preventing bottlenecks in the power grid. However, for part of our information provision, we are still dependent on outdated systems with complex interfaces and data that is difficult to access. That is why we will be replacing and modernizing core IT systems over the next five years.

Fit4Future
From a business perspective, we have identified the initiatives needed in the coming years to accelerate the execution of this mission. At the same time, during the initiation and planning phase of Fit4Future, we defined where we want to be in five years and beyond, and what capabilities we want to have—translated into a future-proof architecture with a focus on processes and systems. In the current design phase, blueprints are being developed and partners are being selected for implementation.

However, when replacing the core IT systems within the Fit4Future scope, we face a number of specific challenges and risks. For example, we must spend several years working on IT that does not immediately deliver visible functionality, while we expect demand for new digitalization (outside the Fit4Future scope) to increase significantly. This puts pressure on the overhaul of the digital foundation, with the risk that necessary Fit4Future work will not be given the proper priority. In addition, we no longer frequently implement large, complex changes to the existing ecosystem, with the risk that we will miss lifecycle and contractual deadlines.

To address these challenges and mitigate risks, we have decided to organize some of our activitiesalongside—rather than within—the digital ecosystem. As part of this, a centrally managed Fit4Future program of projects delivers IT products to the ARTs within the existing digital ecosystems. The Fit4Future program includes five projects: Fuse (SAP S/4 HANA), Asset (EAM/APM/FSM), ISU (large-scale consumption billing), Data (new platform and methodology), and IAM (Identity & Access Management). Each of these projects has its own steering committee with business representation at the executive level and reports to the Fit4Future program.

Do you like to keep track of the big picture and are you good at making connections? Are you up for the complexity of a project that’s constantly being challenged? Then the role of experienced strategy consultant on the Asset project is the right fit for you!

In this role, you will serve as the project manager’s right-hand person and step in for them when necessary.

Job Description

• Actively manage the project roadmap (in Jira)
  • Monitoring the teams' progress
  • Checking for Quality and Deviations
  • Assessing the impact on resources and the budget
  • Proactive advisory role for project management
• Make connections between what you hear and what you see
• Establishing partnerships to achieve asset goals
• Preparing various periodic management and progress reports, both within and outside the project
• HR Management by the implementation partner (including onboarding and offboarding)
• Actively manage risk and quality in accordance with Alliander standards
• Organizing (and possibly facilitating) meetings and workshops

Requirements and preferences:

• At least a higher vocational education (HBO) level of thinking and work experience, with a proactive, hands-on attitude;
• Knowledge and experience (at least 7 years) with complex IT and/or business projects;
• Knowledge of or experience with Jira is a must;
• Experience as a sounding board for those around you;
• Power BI knowledge is desirable
• Strong analytical skills