Anjana Sathian
Brussels, Belgium · Open to roles

I turn business requirements into working Odoo systems.

Odoo Techno-Functional Consultant. I sit between what a company needs and what gets configured — qualifying requirements, mapping process, and deciding what's standard Odoo and what needs to be built.

Odoo 16 · 18 · 19English · Hindi · Malayalam · Dutch
Portrait of Anjana Sathian
How I work

From the first requirements conversation to go-live

Requirements

Qualify what the business actually needs, in its own words, before anything is configured.

About

Background

I work as the point of contact between clients and the systems they need built. That means qualifying what a business actually needs, mapping how their process really works, and deciding what fits inside standard Odoo versus what has to be built custom.

I've delivered a performance-management module end-to-end — from the first requirements conversation through go-live — and supported a multi-domain Odoo 18 ERP rollout across procurement, inventory, warehouse, production, accounting, and regulatory compliance for an international client, coordinating delivery across countries and time zones. I'm currently extending UAT coverage onto that same client's Odoo 19 upgrade.

Before Odoo, I taught physics — which turned out to matter more than I expected. Explaining a workflow to a manager who's never used Odoo isn't so different from explaining electromagnetism to a student who's never seen it: you find the plain version of the idea first.

Based in Brussels with unrestricted Belgian work authorization.

Skills

What I work with

Functional consulting

  • Requirements gathering
  • Business process mapping
  • Standard-vs-custom solution scoping

Client-facing delivery

  • Direct point of contact
  • Requirement qualification
  • Solution demos & expectation management

QA & UAT

  • Structured test case writing & execution
  • Defect identification & documentation
  • Pass/Fail reporting against acceptance criteria

Technical

  • Odoo 16 / 18 / 19 — functional config & customization
  • Python
  • Microsoft Excel (advanced)
Selected work

Case studies

2025 – Present · Junior Odoo Techno-Functional Consultant

Performance Management System

Odoo 16 · Python · OWL (JS) · SCSS

A company with no formal review process — just attendance, timesheets, and leave records — needed a way to run structured performance reviews. I owned this end-to-end: from the first stakeholder conversation through to go-live.

RequirementsData model designConfigurationTestingGo-live
  • Designed a multi-stage Employee → Manager → HR review workflow with automated scoring and promotion/PIP recommendations
  • Defined the KPI/goal scoring logic myself — weighted targets rolling up into an automated performance rating
  • Built 360° feedback, recognition badges, and training-recommendation features on top of the core review flow
  • Set up scheduled reminders and mail automation so reviews keep moving without HR chasing people manually
  • Built a custom management dashboard and report views for review status and performance distribution

Outcome: Live for two weeks, used company-wide by all ~15 employees. First system of its kind at the company — replacing what had previously been tracked manually.

Experience

Career so far

2025 — Present

Junior Odoo Techno-Functional Consultant

Delivering functional configuration, custom module development, and UAT for Odoo 16–19 projects.

Dec 2022 — Dec 2024

Freelance Tutor (Physics)

Direct point of contact for students and parents, running personalized sessions and adapting approach to each client's needs. Helped students improve grades by up to 30–50% within 5 months.

Aug 2022 — Aug 2023

Teaching Consultant

Delivered personalized tutoring across IGCSE, CBSE, and SCERT syllabuses — simplifying complex concepts into clear explanations for non-technical audiences.

Education

Academic background

Master of Science in Physics

University of Calicut, Kozhikode, India · 2017 – 2019

Officially recognized as equivalent in Belgium

Bachelor of Education (Physical Science)

University of Calicut, Kozhikode, India · 2020 – 2022

Bachelor of Science in Physics

University of Calicut, Kozhikode, India · 2014 – 2017

Integration Programme (Inburgering/BON)

Aug 2023 – May 2024

Let's talk about what your team needs built.

Open to Odoo consulting roles in Brussels and remote-friendly teams across Belgium.