Supply Chain Project Manager
Fulltime: 38 Hours
Action is on a continuous growth trajectory, driven by efficient cooperation, strategic planning, and decisiveness. By optimizing our Supply Chain, we maintain low costs, benefiting our customers directly. As a Project Manager in Supply Chain, you will spearhead various initiatives focusing on growth, optimization, processes, and systems. This role offers substantial responsibility and a variety of project types in a dynamic environment.
Daily Actions:
- Network Focus: Oversee the Supply Chain network comprising Distribution Centers (DCs), Hubs, and Cross-docks across Europe. With multiple DC openings annually, you will manage projects supporting our growth and development.
- Project Involvement: Engage in initiatives aimed at realizing optimal growth and executing the Supply Chain business and change agenda. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders is crucial.
- Goal Realization: Contribute as an expert to achieve project goals in cost, service levels, and growth, ensuring adherence to scope, time, and budget.
- Team Collaboration:
- Team Dynamics: Join the Project Office department, reporting to the Manager Portfolio and Project Office. Work alongside fellow project managers, subject matter experts, and business representatives.
- Support & Processes: Drive processes, systems, and optimizations within our rapidly expanding Supply Chain network.
This Is You
Your Traits:
- Assertive and energized by collaborative problem-solving.
- Practical, with strong leadership skills, guiding projects from inception to completion.
- A natural people person, inspiring stakeholders, and implementing projects successfully.
- Proactive with a cross-departmental vision and a can-do mentality.
- Calm under pressure, providing clear direction and maintaining oversight.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or similar.
- Experience in multiple complex projects, preferably in supply chain or retail.
- At least 5 years in a multidisciplinary, international, fast-growing, and dynamic environment.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive actionable insights from data.
- Experience in large-scale change management and project management.
- Proficient in professional-level English.
What we offer
- 24 vacation days with the option to purchase 5 additional days (based on 38 hours per week)
- A good pension plan, collective health insurance, and travel expense reimbursement
- Short – and Long term incentives
- Company car or mobility allowance
- Company laptop and smartphone
- An extensive range of courses and training at our own Action Academy
- 15% employee discount on your purchases at Action
- Flexible working hours
- A job at a dynamic, international organisation with plenty of room to grow
How we contribute to the society
If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you come and work with us. We work hard to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we sponsor more than 2,500 children worldwide who grow up in an SOS Children's Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 159 different nationalities? That we purchase 94% of our wood products and 100% of our cotton sustainably? And that almost all our stores only use energy-efficient LED lighting? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? Join our team and find out for yourself.
Interested?
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite everyone who recognises themselves in this vacancy to apply. So take action and apply for this position now!
What Happens Next
- Apply for the position.
- We’ll review your application and get back to you promptly.
- We’ll invite you for an interview to see if we’re a great match.
- If selected, you’ll complete an online assessment.
- Second interview: discuss the results and explore the role in depth.
- If it’s a match, welcome aboard as our new Carrier Manager!
Join our dynamic team and be part of something bigger!