SC Transformation Manager, East

Job Description

Role Purpose

Accelerate supply chain transformation across the EAST region by partnering with country teams to optimize inventory, strengthen risk management, advance process maturity through Log.OS adoption, and champion data-driven decision making-delivering measurable efficiency, resilience, and transparency at scale.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive inventory efficiency by implementing optimal stock policies, zero-based inventory, and bestin-class planning practices.

• Lead initiatives to reduce supply chain losses, focusing on waste reduction and cost optimization.

• Promote process maturity by driving Log.OS platform adoption and standardizing processes and capabilities across sites.

• Develop and deploy standardized reporting tools to enhance supply chain performance visibility in East Emerging Markets.

• Lead end-to-end transformation projects, ensuring alignment and effective execution with country supply chain teams.

• Monitor KPIs, track progress, and communicate outcomes to senior leadership.

• Identify capability and resource gaps, proposing actionable solutions to accelerate transformation.

Key Deliverables/ Success Measures:

• Inventory reduction achieved in line with EAST Glidepath targets.

• Supply chain losses and waste decreased in accordance with strategic plan; cost optimization initiatives executed and tracked.

• Log.OS process maturity milestones delivered as committed and aligned with global standards.

• Standardized reporting tools and performance dashboards deployed and actively used by all country teams.

• Capability gaps identified and closed; country teams equipped to execute transformation/CI initiatives independently.

• Measurable improvements realized in inventory turns, case fill rate, and supply loss reduction metrics.

• High engagement and sustained adoption of transformation programs, tools, and best practices across the region.

Expected Experience & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, economics, engineering

• Minimum 6 years of experience in Supply Chain in FMCG/ of which minimum 2 years in supply planning& inventory management

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement governance, tools, and frameworks.

• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills across cultures and organizational layers.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management capabilities.

• Strategic mindset with hands-on execution ability. • Fluent in English (additional languages a plus).

Location(s)

Amsterdam

 

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.