About this role
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.
Other facts
About The Kraft Heinz Company
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others.
No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 37,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious!
What you'll do
- The SC Transformation Manager will drive supply chain transformation initiatives across the EAST region, focusing on inventory efficiency, waste reduction, and process maturity. They will lead end-to-end transformation projects and ensure alignment with country supply chain teams.
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