Head of Supply Chain

Westfalia Fruit

Lead end-to-end supply chain operations for Westfalia Fruit, a multinational supplier of fresh produce. Oversee planning, logistics, and customer service in the Netherlands.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timePoeldijk • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Lead the local supply chain function, aligning with global strategies while tailoring execution to market needs.
- Represent supply chain on the Market Unit leadership team, contributing to overall business strategy.
- Implement global policies and planning processes, including S&OP, in collaboration with the Global Supply Chain team.
- Oversee demand and supply planning to ensure accurate forecasting, optimal inventory, and minimal waste.
- Manage warehousing, transport, and third-party logistics to ensure efficient and compliant product flow.
- Lead the customer service team to deliver high service levels, manage escalations, and meet fulfilment targets.
- Develop and coach a high-performing team across planning, logistics, and customer services.
- Monitor supply chain performance metrics and budget adherence, taking corrective action as needed.
- Collaborate across functions to ensure plans reflect sourcing, customer, finance, and quality requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement, cost-efficiency, and alignment between global KPIs and local execution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- Significant leadership experience within complex supply chain environments.
- Proven success leading planning, logistics, customer service, and operational teams.
- Experience operating within FMCG, fresh produce, or other perishable goods sectors would be advantageous.
- Strong understanding of S&OP, inventory management, logistics, and order fulfilment processes.
- Experience working within matrix organisations and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Strong analytical capability with experience using operational data to drive decision-making.
- Experience leading change, transformation, or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance customer requirements, operational efficiency, and business objectives.
- Fluent Dutch and English language skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

**What can Westfalia Fruit offer you?**
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary company bonus
- Company car (negotiable)
- 26 days paid vacation, plus national holidays
- Company pension scheme
- Company phone and laptop

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Hard Skills & Tools

S&OPinventory managementlogisticsorder fulfilmentdemand planningsupply planningperformance metricsbudget adherencecontinuous improvementoperational data analysis

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcollaborationanalytical capabilitychange managementstakeholder influencecommercial awarenesscustomer serviceteam developmentproblem-solving