Shape the Future as Our Global Planning & Resource Allocation Director - #147613
Columbus
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Manchester
Contract type: Full time
Job Title: Global Planning & Resource Allocation Director
Location: Home-based with travel to client site or Columbus offices as required
Salary: Negotiable (We aim to improve your current package)
Bonus: Yes / No (delete)
Holiday: 25 Days, Plus Bank Holidays (Increasing with Service),
Medical Insurance: Yes (terms apply) plus additional Health Cashback Plan
Hours: Full time (36.5 hpw)
Travel/Expenses: A car is required for travel to client sites - expensed at 45p per mile from home address (excluding travel to any Columbus Office within 35mi)
THRIVE, GROW and SHAPE THE FUTURE
Are you ready to shape the future of global consulting resourcing? At Columbus, we’re looking for a visionary and hands-on leader to take on the Planning & Resource Allocation Director role—a strategic position at the heart of our global delivery model.
Start Date: After the summer
What you'll do
As our Planning & Resource Allocation Director, you will take the lead in driving global resource planning across all business lines and markets. You’ll ensure staffing is closely aligned with pipeline forecasts and delivery timelines, making sure the right people are in the right place at the right time.
You’ll promote using planning tools like Silverbucket and push the boundaries of innovation through AI, predictive modelling, and the Microsoft Power Platform. Balancing onshore, nearshore, and offshore capabilities will be a key part of your role, as well as navigating labour laws and visa requirements in complex, global environments.
Working closely with Talent Acquisition, you’ll help accelerate hiring while supporting strategic upskilling initiatives. You’ll play a critical role in driving cultural change—promoting the value of resource optimization and encouraging non-traditional staffing models to build a more agile and future-ready workforce.
You’ll also lead our global Resource Planning Application (RPA) community and represent the function in executive forums and strategic meetings, ensuring that resource planning is recognized as a strategic enabler. In this role, you will travel to different countries for management or global forum meetings.
What you'll bring
Step into a strategic role where your work truly makes a global impact. Help shape how we deliver value across markets and lead a high-visibility, cross-functional community. You'll be able to introduce smarter, more efficient ways of working—like AI-driven resource matching—and drive meaningful change. Join a collaborative, forward-thinking culture that supports innovation, transparency, and continuous improvement.
About Columbus Dynamics
As a Microsoft partner, we’re a team of skilled Dynamics consultants delivering D365 implementation projects to our clients. We work with large, global, and exciting customers! You can read more about our client projects here. Our goal is to help our clients achieve their business objectives and make their day-to-day operations more efficient. We aim to ensure their long-term success by guiding them as their Trusted Advisor. That’s why we also offer maintenance, support, and continuous development of their solutions. We collaborate closely with our clients to optimize their systems, improve performance, and prevent incidents.
Working for Columbus
We value ambition and take pride in what we do. With us, you’ll grow your skills, advance your career, and help solve real industry challenges.
Our customers work in fast-moving markets. They can’t afford to stand still – and neither can we. That’s where you come in.
At Columbus, you’ll be part of a people-first culture built on trust, flexibility and collaboration. You’ll thrive in a modern workplace where well-being is prioritised, ideas are welcomed, and your contributions are recognised. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership, think boldly, and shape the future for our customers – and for yourself.
Whether you're diving into complex projects, building new capabilities or stepping into leadership, we’ll give you the tools, support and freedom to be your best.
We take initiative and meet challenges with confidence. When we succeed, we celebrate together – and we are always looking for ways to grow and improve along the way.
Let’s create something great together.
Travel and Hybrid Working
We have an environment that gives you the flexibility to achieve an effective work-life balance for you and your family, whether you want to work from home or at one of our luxury Cubo offices around the UK.
What We Can Offer
You will be a part of both a local and global team, where you not only share knowledge but also a laugh or two. We value our employees and leave room for flexibility so that you can enjoy a work-life balance.
At Columbus you will get;-
If this sounds like the role for you, then please drop a copy of your CV over today via our website and “Apply for this job” or CV not up-to-date? then apply using your LinkedIn profile in seconds.
You may also be prompted to "Connect with us", but please don’t worry if you don’t have the time; it does not impact your application.
In the meantime, check us out on Instagram or LinkedIn
STAY CURIOUS, COLLABORATE, BUILD TRUST, and DELIVER CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Location: Home-based with travel to client site or Columbus offices as required
Salary: Negotiable (We aim to improve your current package)
Bonus: Yes / No (delete)
Holiday: 25 Days, Plus Bank Holidays (Increasing with Service),
Medical Insurance: Yes (terms apply) plus additional Health Cashback Plan
Hours: Full time (36.5 hpw)
Travel/Expenses: A car is required for travel to client sites - expensed at 45p per mile from home address (excluding travel to any Columbus Office within 35mi)
THRIVE, GROW and SHAPE THE FUTURE
Are you ready to shape the future of global consulting resourcing? At Columbus, we’re looking for a visionary and hands-on leader to take on the Planning & Resource Allocation Director role—a strategic position at the heart of our global delivery model.
Start Date: After the summer
What you'll do
As our Planning & Resource Allocation Director, you will take the lead in driving global resource planning across all business lines and markets. You’ll ensure staffing is closely aligned with pipeline forecasts and delivery timelines, making sure the right people are in the right place at the right time.
You’ll promote using planning tools like Silverbucket and push the boundaries of innovation through AI, predictive modelling, and the Microsoft Power Platform. Balancing onshore, nearshore, and offshore capabilities will be a key part of your role, as well as navigating labour laws and visa requirements in complex, global environments.
Working closely with Talent Acquisition, you’ll help accelerate hiring while supporting strategic upskilling initiatives. You’ll play a critical role in driving cultural change—promoting the value of resource optimization and encouraging non-traditional staffing models to build a more agile and future-ready workforce.
You’ll also lead our global Resource Planning Application (RPA) community and represent the function in executive forums and strategic meetings, ensuring that resource planning is recognized as a strategic enabler. In this role, you will travel to different countries for management or global forum meetings.
What you'll bring
- Proven experience in global resource planning, ideally within consulting or professional services.
- Strong understanding of delivery cycles (D365FO/CE/M3/Data & AI) and the skills needed at each phase.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills—you’re comfortable influencing at the executive level.
- A data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action.
- Experience working, networking and communicating across cultures and geographies, especially with India-based teams.
- Experience in leading communities in a cross-functional set-up.
- A full driver's licence and access to a vehicle are desirable
Step into a strategic role where your work truly makes a global impact. Help shape how we deliver value across markets and lead a high-visibility, cross-functional community. You'll be able to introduce smarter, more efficient ways of working—like AI-driven resource matching—and drive meaningful change. Join a collaborative, forward-thinking culture that supports innovation, transparency, and continuous improvement.
About Columbus Dynamics
As a Microsoft partner, we’re a team of skilled Dynamics consultants delivering D365 implementation projects to our clients. We work with large, global, and exciting customers! You can read more about our client projects here. Our goal is to help our clients achieve their business objectives and make their day-to-day operations more efficient. We aim to ensure their long-term success by guiding them as their Trusted Advisor. That’s why we also offer maintenance, support, and continuous development of their solutions. We collaborate closely with our clients to optimize their systems, improve performance, and prevent incidents.
Working for Columbus
We value ambition and take pride in what we do. With us, you’ll grow your skills, advance your career, and help solve real industry challenges.
Our customers work in fast-moving markets. They can’t afford to stand still – and neither can we. That’s where you come in.
At Columbus, you’ll be part of a people-first culture built on trust, flexibility and collaboration. You’ll thrive in a modern workplace where well-being is prioritised, ideas are welcomed, and your contributions are recognised. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership, think boldly, and shape the future for our customers – and for yourself.
Whether you're diving into complex projects, building new capabilities or stepping into leadership, we’ll give you the tools, support and freedom to be your best.
We take initiative and meet challenges with confidence. When we succeed, we celebrate together – and we are always looking for ways to grow and improve along the way.
Let’s create something great together.
Travel and Hybrid Working
We have an environment that gives you the flexibility to achieve an effective work-life balance for you and your family, whether you want to work from home or at one of our luxury Cubo offices around the UK.
What We Can Offer
You will be a part of both a local and global team, where you not only share knowledge but also a laugh or two. We value our employees and leave room for flexibility so that you can enjoy a work-life balance.
At Columbus you will get;-
- 25 Days Annual Leave (Increasing with Service)
- Columbus Benefits Hub – Discounts on Tickets, Shopping, Car leasing, Holidays, Food and More
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Access to Free Training Courses Delivered by Columbus Academy
- Free Microsoft Certifications and access to Microsoft Learn
- Modern Airconditioned Office Spaces fully managed by Cubo (multiple UK locations)
- Free Barista Coffee and hot drinks made in-house
- Free Beer and Fizz every day (2 - 5pm)
- Casual Dress Code in our Offices
- Personal Pension Plan
- Life Assurance x4 Salary
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- £2,500 payment for successful candidate referrals
- Flexi-phone upgrade scheme (if eligible)
- Plus many many more (check out our careers pages for details)
- Free 24/7 Access to Cubo Gym(s)
- Vitality Medical Insurance
- Westfield Health Cash plan (includes an Employee Assistance Lines),
- Mental health first aiders
- Virtual suggestion boxes
If this sounds like the role for you, then please drop a copy of your CV over today via our website and “Apply for this job” or CV not up-to-date? then apply using your LinkedIn profile in seconds.
You may also be prompted to "Connect with us", but please don’t worry if you don’t have the time; it does not impact your application.
In the meantime, check us out on Instagram or LinkedIn
STAY CURIOUS, COLLABORATE, BUILD TRUST, and DELIVER CUSTOMER SUCCESS
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