Planisware Configuration Specialist

Job Description: Planisware Configuration Specialist Location: Warren, MI or Austin, TX (Hybrid Onsite) Role Overview An experienced Planisware Configurator is required to support the implementation, enhancement, and ongoing optimization of the enterprise Planisware platform. This role serves as a critical liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating business requirements into scalable Planisware solutions that support portfolio management, project planning, resource management, financial planning, and strategic decision-making. The selected candidate will work closely with PMO, Product Development, R&D, Finance, Planning, IT teams, and implementation partners to configure Planisware capabilities, improve business processes, drive user adoption, and ensure alignment with enterprise portfolio management strategy. Key Responsibilities - Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand objectives, processes, challenges, and reporting needs. - Facitilate workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and solution design reviews. - Analyze current-state and future-state business and IT processes to translate requirements into Planisware functional designs and configuration specifications. - Configure Planisware modules, workflows, forms, views, dashboards, reports, and portfolio structures. - Configure project lifecycle, stage-gate, resource management, demand management, financial planning, and governance processes. - Support setup and maintenance of user roles, permissions, and security configurations. - Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize portfolio and project management processes. - Develop test scenarios, validate configured solutions, and support system integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT). - Design and maintain dashboards, reports, KPIs, and executive scorecards to assist users in leveraging Planisware reporting capabilities. - Develop user documentation, job aids, training materials, and conduct end-user training sessions to drive platform adoption. Required Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field of study. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Functional Consultant, Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Planisware Configurator, including at least 3 years of hands-on Planisware configuration experience. Technical Skills: Proven experience supporting Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) processes including Resource Management, Financial Planning, Demand Management, and Stage-Gate Processes. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and requirements gathering workshop facilitation skills are required. Preferred Qualifications - Prior experience with Planisware Enterprise implementations. - Automotive, engineering, manufacturing, R&D, or product development industry experience. - Familiarity with SAP, Jira, Power BI, and enterprise reporting solutions. - Experience supporting SaaS-based enterprise applications. - Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project delivery methodologies. - Planisware certification is highly preferred. Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United S