Lead Consultant | Anaplan & Pigment (m/f/d)

CloudSpot

12h • Remote

About The Position

CloudSpot is seeking a Lead Consultant to take end-to-end responsibility for complex client engagements using Anaplan or Pigment. The role leads project delivery, manages senior stakeholders and sponsors, develops consulting teams, and builds long-term client partnerships by addressing planning needs across Finance, S&OP and Supply Chain, Workforce and HR, and Sales Planning.

The Lead Consultant owns complex engagements from discovery and scoping through delivery, provides effort estimates, coordinates project teams and workstreams, manages risks and escalations, and ensures solution quality. The role also coaches consultants and contributes to follow-on business, proposals, commercial scoping, and pre-sales.

Requirements

• University degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in enterprise planning consulting.
• Deep expertise in Anaplan or Pigment and a strong record of delivering complex transformations in at least one planning area: Finance, Workforce, Supply Chain, or Sales.
• Ability to combine solution architecture, project leadership, and business consulting.
• Experience leading multi-consultant teams and taking accountability for end-to-end delivery.
• Confidence communicating with executive sponsors and handling challenging stakeholder situations.
• Strong commercial awareness, coaching ability, clear decision-making, and excellent communication skills.
• Fluent English.

Nice To Haves

• German language skills.

Responsibilities

• Own successful delivery of complex end-to-end Anaplan or Pigment engagements.
• Lead discovery and scoping, shape delivery approaches, and provide reliable effort estimates.
• Serve as the primary contact for project sponsors and senior client stakeholders.
• Coordinate multi-consultant projects and workstreams, including priorities, dependencies, risks, and timelines.
• Manage critical project situations and escalations with clarity and sound judgement.
• Ensure solution quality and guide teams through complex functional or technical challenges.
• Develop consultants through feedback, coaching, and quality reviews.
• Identify follow-on demand and contribute to commercial scoping, proposals, and pre-sales.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Gym membership.
• Food vouchers.
• Bike leasing.
• Regular team events, including sailing trips, ski trips, offsites, and team meetups in Cologne.
• Confidential mental health and wellbeing support, including 1:1 sessions with psychologists and coaches in over 40 languages.
• Flexible working hours.
• Option to work abroad through the workation policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior