Principal Consultant - D365 Advanced Warehousing

D365 Advanced Warehousing Principal Consultant

About the Role

As a Principal Consultant, you'll take ownership of complex D365 Advanced Warehousing projects, bringing clarity to clients, mentoring your team, and guiding solutions from concept to go-live. You'll lead scoping sessions, influence design and architecture, and ensure delivery meets the highest standards. You'll be a trusted advisor, helping our clients optimise their finance operations and realise long-term value.

You'll also play a key role internally: coaching consultants, contributing to our best practices, and helping us grow. You'll work across industries, collaborate with talented colleagues, and have space to shape your career in the direction that excites you, whether that's thought leadership, solution design, or strategic consulting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead scoping sessions and influence design and architecture
• Ensure delivery meets the highest standards
• Coach and mentor consultants
• Contribute to best practices
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with C-Level Stakeholders
• Serve as primary contact to customers beyond a core functional area

Location and Travel

Location: Home-based with travel to client site or Columbus offices as required (within 35 mi of Notts contract will state HQ)

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. We continue to offer our customers onsite consultancy time if requested, so flexibility around travel and overnight stays is expected, dependent on the project requirements. On-site time is planned ahead of time, within 2-week blocks, so you know well in advance where you will be working.

We encourage those in customer-facing roles to aim to come into the office at least once a month, and also team meetings and client meetings; however, you can work from Nottingham HQ or any Cubo office regularly if you prefer, whichever suits you.

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)

About You — Essential Requirements

• Experience in implementing D365 Advanced Warehousing modules end to end within a partner environment
• Knowledge of / working within the Manufacturing, Retail, Warehousing & Logistics or Life Science industries
• Ability to deliver complex ERP projects, (7-10 years experience) with the end result being a referenceable customer
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with C-Level Stakeholders and become their Trusted Advisor
• Experience with leading and guiding a team, offering advice and being a primary contact to customers beyond a core functional area
• Full driver's licence and access to a vehicle
• Flexibility on hours and overnight stays
• Curious, looking to challenge the status quo and improve
• Collaborates well with both internal and external colleagues
• Committed to personal development and becoming a Trusted Advisor in your field

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: Negotiable (We aim to improve your current package)

Bonus: Yes

Hours: Full time (36.5 hpw)

Holiday: 25 Days, Plus Bank Holidays (Increasing with Service)

Medical Insurance: Yes (terms apply) plus additional Health Cashback Plan

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 air-conditioned 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)
• Employee Wellbeing Program (terms apply)
• Free 24/7 Access to Cubo Gym(s)
• Vitality Medical Insurance
• Westfield Health Cash plan (includes an Employee Assistance Line)
• Mental health first aiders
• Virtual suggestion boxes

About Columbus Dynamics

At Columbus, we value collaboration, trust-building, curiosity, and delivering customer success. By joining our Dynamics team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to these values while continuously developing your skills and knowledge.

Right from day one, you're welcomed into a team of supportive and friendly colleagues who share the same enthusiasm to deliver customer success. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to diverse projects, each bringing a new challenge, a fresh team to collaborate with, and innovative functionalities to master. The growth opportunities are endless, allowing you to connect with colleagues from around the world and fostering a truly global perspective.

Diversity and Inclusion are close to our hearts. By joining our team, you will be part of a supportive network that values your voice, respects your ideas, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. Our average length of service in the UK is 8 years, as we are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace culture that celebrates and supports career growth and advancement in becoming a Trusted Advisor.

We provide equal opportunities for everyone, ensuring a level playing field for all candidates. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply for positions across our organisation, and in return, we will give you the tools and support to Thrive with us, Grow your Skillsets, and be empowered to Shape the Future.

About Columbus

As a Microsoft Gold Partner for over 20 years, Columbus has access to a range of market-leading resources, training and certifications. As well as a host of awards, Columbus has twice been named partner of the year by Microsoft.

As a Microsoft Inner Circle member, Columbus has been recognised as part of an elite category of partners. This honour is only awarded to the very best in the industry for thought leadership, innovation and dedication, with Inner Circle partners representing only the Top 1% of the Microsoft ecosystem.

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Suitable for candidates working with/as: Senior FSA, Senior Business Consultant, Senior Finance Business Consultant, Senior D365 Consultant