About this role
Lead Supply Chain Improvement (temporary) Hilversum, reference 2026-01305
Job description
In this role, you will drive operational excellence by combining hands-on supply chain operations with continuous improvement initiatives. You will focus on optimizing end-to-end supply chain processes, improving cross-functional collaboration and ensuring accurate and efficient seasonal execution across the EMEA marketplace. Working closely with teams across Supply Chain, Logistics, Planning, Commercial and Technology, you will identify operational challenges, develop improvement strategies and translate business priorities into practical solutions.
You will also use data, performance metrics and operational insights to identify opportunities, improve service levels and support business objectives. Alongside your improvement responsibilities, you will remain actively involved in day-to-day supply chain activities, including order management, inventory monitoring, shipment tracking and exception resolution.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimize end-to-end supply chain processes, tools and ways of working.
- Identify operational challenges, analyze performance data and develop practical solutions to improve efficiency and service delivery.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration between Supply Chain, Logistics, Planning, Sales, Commercial and Technology teams.
- Develop and coordinate improvement plans, set clear objectives and monitor progress against operational KPIs.
- Support the implementation of new processes and organizational changes by ensuring clear communication, stakeholder engagement and process readiness.
- Build business cases and evaluate improvement opportunities based on their expected operational and financial impact.
- Identify opportunities to test new approaches, evaluate results and implement successful improvements on a broader scale.
- Manage day-to-day order activiti...