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Kijimea

Operations & Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain ManagementUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeGräfelfing, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree, preferably in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or International Business, or a comparable commercial vocational qualification.
  • At least four years of relevant supply-chain experience in healthcare, food, retail, or e-commerce.
  • Analytical strength and experience-based judgment, including making sound decisions with incomplete information while accounting for relevant risks.
  • Responsibility, pragmatism, quick comprehension, numerical aptitude, and perseverance.
  • Ability to work independently and proactively develop existing processes, carrying topics through to measurable outcomes without detailed instructions.
  • Demonstrated success structuring, standardizing, and automating manual processes.
  • Experience actively managing and developing service providers, with negotiation skills and assertive follow-through.
  • Ability to provide colleagues with professional guidance, share knowledge, and encourage adoption of change.
  • Proficiency with standard office software, ERP systems such as SAP, and AI tools.
  • Business-fluent German and English at least at C1 level.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic supply-chain projects, including identifying and integrating new warehousing and shipping providers and establishing new supply-chain and sales processes with existing partners.
  • Negotiate commercial terms and contracts with supply-chain service providers as the brand develops.
  • Analyze inventory movements, sales data, and logistics metrics, derive actionable recommendations, and independently implement improvements within the area of responsibility.
  • Visit partners to understand specific workflows and improve them jointly with service providers.
  • Use digitalization, automation, and artificial intelligence to optimize internal departmental workflows and external logistics processes.
  • Identify opportunities to improve existing workflows, establish clear structures and standards, and implement prioritized measures through measurable results.
  • Manage and develop logistics service providers against clear performance targets and ensure agreed improvements are sustained.
  • Contribute experience to the team, develop colleagues professionally, and gain their support for new processes and ways of working.
  • Act as the interface to external service providers and collaborate closely with Procurement, Product Management, Quality Assurance, and Controlling.
  • Travel occasionally to service providers and business partners.

Desired Qualifications

  • Additional language skills are an advantage.

About the Company

Company size
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Company stage
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Total funding
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Headquarters
Gräfelfing, Germany
Founded
2020

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