Job Description Role purpose: The Associate Manager Logistics Excellence connects logistics teams across markets in Europe to improve performance, strengthen ways of working, and accelerate cross-market collaboration. The role creates visibility on performance, brings markets together to share pains, gains, and best practices, and drives improvement initiatives that raise logistics capability across the region.
This role also owns key cross-functional relationships and strategic topics, including management of the pallet consultancy partnership, advancement of the sustainability agenda, and delivery of more complex cross-market projects. In addition, the role drives Logos for Logistics and helps ensure strong alignment between local market needs and broader European logistics priorities.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the monthly Logistics United forum, creating a strong routine to review performance, share pains and gains, and exchange best practices across European markets.
- Connect logistics teams across markets in Europe, building collaboration, consistency, and shared problem-solving.
- Identify improvement opportunities across markets and translate them into structured actions and projects.
- Lead cross-market and more complex logistics projects from opportunity identification through execution and follow-up.
- Drive the regional sustainability agenda within logistics, helping turn ambition into practical actions and measurable progress.
- Manage the relationship with the pallet consultancy, ensuring effective partnership, clear priorities, and value delivery.
- Drive Logos for Logistics, ensuring strong coordination, engagement, and follow-through.
- Track logistics performance themes and surface key risks, opportunities, and recurring issues to the right stakeholders.
- Support the sharing and scaling of best practices across markets to improve efficiency, service, and ways of working.
- Work closely with market logistics teams and other stakeholders to align on priorities and maintain momentum on key initiatives.
Profile / experience: - 3-4 years experience in logistics, supply chain, or operational excellence roles.
- Strong logistics BU experience with a solid understanding of market-level logistics realities.
- Experience working across functions, teams, and geographies in a matrix environment.
- Ability to lead forums and discussions that create alignment, ownership, and action.
- Experience driving improvement initiatives or projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Structured and pragmatic way of working, with the ability to connect detail to the bigger picture.
- Comfortable balancing performance management, relationship management, and project delivery.
- Interest in sustainability and continuous improvement within logistics.
Key capabilities: - Cross-market collaboration;
- Stakeholder management;
- Performance dialogue and facilitation;
- Continuous improvement;
- Project leadership;
- Sustainability mindset;
- Strategic coordination;
- Strong communication and follow-through.
Success in the role: - European logistics teams are better connected and learn from each other more effectively.
- Logistics United is a high-value forum that drives clarity, action, and sharing of best practices.
- Improvement opportunities are translated into concrete cross-market actions and projects.
- The pallet consultancy relationship creates visible value for the business.
- Sustainability priorities in logistics are actively driven and embedded in the agenda.
- Logos for Logistics moves forward with strong ownership and engagement.
About us: Kraft Heinz is a global food company with a delicious heritage. With iconic and emerging food and beverage brands around the world, we deliver the best taste, fun and quality to every meal table we touch. We’re on a mission to disrupt not only our own business, but the global food industry. A consumer obsession and unexpected partnerships fuel our progress as we drive innovation across every part of our company.
Around the world, our people are connected by a culture of ownership, agility and endless curiosity. We also believe in being good humans, who are working to improve our company, communities, and planet. We’re proud of where we’ve been – and even more thrilled about where we’re headed – as we nourish the world and lead the future of food.
Why us?We grow our people to grow our business. We champion great people who bring ambition, curiosity, and high performance to the table as the guardians of our beloved and nostalgic brands. Good isn't good enough. We choose greatness every day by challenging the ordinary and making bold decisions. All while celebrating our wins - and our failures – as we work together to lead the future of food.
Challenging the status quo takes talent. We invest in your purpose and potential by developing skills and nurturing strengths that leave a legacy on our business and a lasting impact on your career. Because great people make great companies, and we’re growing something great here at Kraft Heinz.
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.