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Supply Chain Establishment Manager

South HollandHybridHours negotiable<3months

Responsible for ensuring Day 1 readiness and business continuity.

  • Supports the design and implementation of the Day 2 operating model.
  • Serves as the critical operational link between Separation and Establishment teams.
  • Drives coordination, risk management, milestone delivery, and stakeholder alignment across workstreams.
  • Acts as the operational bridge between Separation and Establishment teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, decisions, dependencies, and risks.
  • Owns and maintains L1, L2, and L3 action and milestone tracking.
  • Monitors progress against key deliverables.
  • Escalates risks, delays, and critical decisions as required.
  • Coordinates across multiple workstreams.
  • Leads engagement with factories and operational teams.
  • Manages project-related data requests to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely delivery.

What you do

  • Proactively identify, track, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies across the program.
  • Develop recommendations and action plans to mitigate operational and project risks.
  • Facilitate factory engagement and data collection activities required for separation and establishment planning.

What they ask

  • 4–6 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain and/or Procurement within FMCG or a similarly complex operating environment.
  • Exposure to Planning, Manufacturing, Technology, Procurement, or Supply Chain Strategy.
  • Proven track record supporting end-to-end transformation, network design, or manufacturing capability projects across internal operations and external partners.
  • Strong project and program management capabilities, including planning, tracking, and governance.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple organisational levels.
  • Effective communication towards operational teams and senior leadership.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a structured approach to risk and issue management.
  • Ability to coordinate multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced, geographically dispersed environment.

Profile

  • Education: MSc.
  • Industry: Food (for an international consumer goods company).

Practical

  • This is a global role.
  • Reports to a Senior Supply Chain Establishment Manager.
  • Key interfaces include Separation Workstream Leads, Establishment Leadership, Supply Chain and Manufacturing Leadership, Factory Directors, and functional teams across Procurement, Logistics, Finance, HR, IT, Quality, Engineering, and Legal.

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