Key Skills
Job Description
Third Party Logistics (3PL) Operations Manager (Transport & Warehouse)
Location: Dommelen / Eersel (NL)
We are looking for a hands-on 3PL Operations Manager to drive the performance of our transport and warehouse partners across export, import, and domestic operations. In this role, you ensure smooth daily execution, strong KPI performance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement in a complex, international environment.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead monthly performance reviews with our main 3PLs, covering safety, quality, KPIs, and financials.
- Drive improvements in key transport KPIs and address operational issues with urgency.
- Serve as the main operational contact for Prague, breweries, domestic teams, and DCs.
- Manage asset and inventory processes, including counts, stock accuracy, and materials (pallets, thermal blankets, dunnage, etc.).
- Oversee warehouse utilization, stock projections, and reverse logistics of empties.
- Own operational escalations for shuttling operations, deliveries, and container flows.
- Validate 3PL, transport, warehouse, and D&D invoices and manage a USD 10–15M budget.
- Initiate and implement improvement projects (WPS, layout optimization, repack setup, CO₂ reduction).
- Act as SPOC for 3PLEX, DPO, and LCP audits.
- Build operational and tactical capacity plans based on volume forecasts.
- Lead and support the onboarding and optimization of 3PL setups.
What You Bring
- Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) with ±3 years in logistics or international supply chain.
- Strong understanding of transport, warehouse, repacking, and international flows.
- A proactive, analytical mindset with the ability to influence and manage stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills, service orientation, and ability to navigate complexity.
- Experience with SAP, TMS, WMS, and solid Excel capabilities.
- Fluent English; Dutch preferred.
What We Offer
We invest in your growth, well-being, and long-term success. You can expect:
- Competitive salary & bonus
- Cao à la Carte options (bike plan, fitness, travel costs, personal development)
- 44 days off (leave + extra days)
- Unique birth & parental leave
- Optional ANW survivor benefit insurance
- Strong pension plan
- 13th‑month payment
- Extensive learning & development opportunities (LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning, mentoring)
Your Opportunity
In this role, you can shape both our operations and your own career. We offer strong coaching, international exposure, and a meritocratic environment where your results truly matter. You’ll collaborate with teams across Europe, innovate, and build a global network—while steering your career in the direction you choose.
Core Responsibilities
The 3PL Manager will lead performance reviews with transport and warehouse partners to ensure operational excellence and KPI targets are met. They are responsible for managing inventory processes, overseeing budget validation, and initiating improvement projects to optimize logistics flows.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree or equivalent with approximately 3 years of experience in logistics or international supply chain management. Proficiency in SAP, TMS, WMS, and Excel is required, along with strong communication skills and a proactive, analytical mindset.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Bonus
- Cao à la Carte options
- Bike plan
- Fitness plan
- Travel costs
- Personal development
- 44 days off
- Birth leave
- Parental leave
- ANW survivor benefit insurance
- Pension plan
- 13th-month payment
- LinkedIn Learning
- Workday Learning
- Mentoring
About AB InBev
Industry: Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
As a company, we dream big to create a future with more cheers. We are always looking to serve up new ways to meet life’s moments, move our industry forward and make a meaningful impact in the world. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of beer brands includes global brands Budweiser®, Corona® and Stella Artois®; multi-country brands Beck’s®, Hoegaarden®, Leffe® and Michelob ULTRA®; and local champions such as Aguila®, Antarctica®, Bud Light®, Brahma®, Cass®, Castle®, Castle Lite®, Cristal®, Harbin®, Jupiler®, Modelo Especial®, Quilmes®, Victoria®, Sedrin®, and Skol®. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 137,000 colleagues based in nearly 50 countries worldwide. Content and sharing for LDA+. Enjoy responsibly.