Associate Manager Logistics Excellence
Key Skills
Job Description
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
Success in this role means:
- 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
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.
Core Responsibilities
The Associate Manager will connect logistics teams across Europe to improve performance, share best practices, and drive cross-market collaboration. They will also lead complex logistics projects, manage the pallet consultancy partnership, and advance the regional sustainability agenda.
Requirements
Candidates should have 3-4 years of experience in logistics, supply chain, or operational excellence roles. Strong stakeholder management, communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a matrix environment are required.
About The Kraft Heinz Company
Industry: Food and Beverage Services
Company size: 10,001+ employees
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands. We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others. No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 37,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious! Note: Kraft Heinz will never request payment from candidates during the recruitment process and all legitimate vacancies are published through our official careers channels.