Brainbox Consulting BV aligning great talent with clients’ needs is at the core of who we are. We are passionate about our consultants, our clients, and our Partners. Our rich IT legacy combined with our unyielding care for our people and business is the driving force behind all we do, and we deliver! On this journey, we are looking for Functional Application Manager who is also interested to take on a wide range of activities.

The role:
As a Functional Application Manager, you ensure that applications and data solutions effectively support both operational and strategic business needs. You manage, optimize, and continuously improve the application landscape that enables large‑scale, asset‑intensive planning processes and supports grid performance. You translate functional business requirements into concrete application improvements and safeguard system stability, data quality, security, and usability. With your analytical and data‑driven mindset, you turn insights into actionable improvements that increase efficiency and business value.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Managing and optimizing the functional performance, configuration, and lifecycle of applications, with a strong focus on planning capabilities, specifically Primavera and related probabilistic planning applications.
• Translating business needs into functional improvements, including database splits, new structural setups, and coordinating implementation with IT teams and vendors.
• Providing expert user support, incident handling, and promoting best‑practice usage; acting as a trusted advisor for planning processes.
• Safeguarding data quality, analysing planning data, and delivering insights to support data‑driven decision‑making.
• Ensuring system stability, integrations, and compliance with relevant standards and best practices.
• Designing and refining processes, tools, and functional solutions to improve efficiency and performance within the planning domain.
• Maintaining documentation and training materials, and sharing knowledge across teams to ensure consistent application use.
• Representing planning application expertise within the organization while embodying and promoting core values.

What do you bring?

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in functional application management.
• Deep expertise in enterprise planning or scheduling applications, specifically Primavera (Must have)
• A strong Business IT background, with the ability to translate complex business processes into functional system enhancements.
• Advanced analytical and data‑interpretation skills, including experience with reporting tools and converting insights into actionable improvements.
• Proven stakeholder‑management and advisory skills, supporting planners, project managers, and business leaders in large or complex organizations.
• Hands‑on experience with system integrations, upgrades, testing, and change management in environments with high compliance and reliability requirements.