Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation

Bnode is Belgium’s leading postal and logistics operator and a growing parcel & omni-commerce logistics partner in Europe, North America, and Asia. Our ambition is to become a regional and digital expert in parcel-sized logistics by 2029. With close to 40,000 employees worldwide, we connect consumers, businesses, and governments by delivering mail and parcels to millions of doorsteps and providing e-commerce logistics services.

Under the leadership of our Group CEO, Chris Peeters, and the Executive Committee, Bnode has launched an ambitious company-wide transformation program: #Reshape2029.

The Group Strategy & Transformation Office, led by Willem Vanlaer, plays a central role in this strategic transformation. Positioned at the heart of the organisation, it supports the Executive Committee in tackling key strategic questions and driving the group’s most critical transformation initiatives.

We are strengthening this team with experienced professionals who will work on high-impact topics that directly shape the group’s strategic direction and performance.

Your Mission

As a Senior Manager within the Group Strategy & Transformation Office, you will work on high-impact initiatives that cut across business units and corporate functions. These may include:

• Growth strategy, market entry, and competitive positioning
• Corporate strategy and business model evolution
• Strategic partnerships, ecosystem strategy, and M&A assessments
• Post-merger integration, synergy identification, and value capture
• Target operating model design and organisational effectiveness
• Portfolio strategy, investment prioritisation, and resource allocation
• Performance transformation and structural cost optimisation

You will lead a rotating set of the group’s most pressing strategic and transformation topics, in close interaction with senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

1. Shape and drive group-level strategic priorities

• Frame and structure complex strategic questions, often characterised by ambiguity or incomplete information
• Develop clear, decision-oriented convictions, assessing options and associated trade-offs
• Lead the full portfolio of workstreams, from problem definition through analysis, recommendation and execution follow-up
• Translate strategic choices into coherent roadmaps
• Challenge underlying assumptions and help elevate the quality of strategic reasoning

2. Act as a strategic partner to C-level leadership

• Work in close interaction with Executive Committee members and senior leadership on their highest priority topics
• Prepare, refine and present materials for Executive Committee and Board discussions
• Provide an independent, fact-based perspective in high-stakes decision contexts
• Contribute to clarity and strategic alignment where perspectives or priorities diverge

3. Enable cross-organisational impact

• Align senior stakeholders across departments and business units around shared priorities
• Help ensure that strategic direction translates into tangible actions and outcomes
• Identify structural issues or inconsistencies that may affect execution or value realisation

4. Develop talent across the organisation

• Actively develop team members, both within the S&T team and beyond, through regular feedback, sparring and exposure to senior stakeholders
• Provide hands-on guidance on problem structuring, storyline development and executive communication
• Serve as a role model for structured thinking, ownership and delivery discipline across the broader organisation