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Forward Deployed Engineer - Supply Chain

Optiply

Amsterdam
Full-time
2-5 years experience
Hybrid

Key Skills

Supply chain management
SQL
Python
Low-code tools
Data analysis
Workflow automation
API integration
Inventory management
Forecasting
Customer relationship management
Technical consulting
Problem solving
AI agents
ERP systems
WMS systems
Communication

Job Description

About us

Optiply is the AI-native platform transforming how e-commerce, retail and wholesale businesses approach supply chain optimization. Our supply chain agents automate procurement end-to-end, from demand forecasting to purchase order execution, resulting in 32% less inventory, 80% less manual work and dramatically higher product availability.

We’re not building a software tool; we’re enabling organizational transformation. Buyers go from spending entire days on purchasing decisions to having intelligent agents handle routine orders while they focus on strategic partnerships and growth. CFOs see immediate cash flow improvements. Procurement leaders see their teams work smarter, not harder.

Job Description

Forward deployed engineers work where the problem is: with the customer. Ours work in supply chain. You sit with a purchasing team, understand how they really buy, and build the logic that makes Optiply work for them, often in the same week.

This isn’t a pure software engineering role. You don’t need to write production code; you need to understand supply chain deeply and be able to build with SQL, Python and low-code tools. Combined MOQs, container shipments, promotions, phase-outs, multi-store setups, suppliers with very different lead times: you design the logic, build it, and make sure it keeps working.

You’ll report to Sander van den Broek, co-founder, and work side by side with our supply chain team.

This is what you'll be doing

Build & Solve
  • Custom Workflows: Translate non-standard purchasing rules into automated workflows using SQL, Python and other tools
  • Complex Analyses: Dig into customer data to answer the questions that move real money: cash flow, OTIF, container planning, service levels, deadstock. Your best prototypes can become product features.
  • Data & Integrations: Find out why data in Optiply doesn’t match a customer’s ERP, WMS or webshop (Exact, AFAS, NetSuite, Picqer, Monta, Shopify and more). Work with our integration team on the fix and decide what’s a workflow job and what’s an integration job.
  • Account Health: Track health KPIs per customer, such as service level, on-time/in-full, advice adoption and deadstock.
  • Automate Customer Success: Build and improve the AI agents and automations behind our CS process, so the team spends its time on customers, not admin.

With Customers
  • Improvement Sessions & QBRs: Sit with purchasers, supply chain managers and finance to understand how they really work, show results and agree on what’s next.
  • On Site: Visit customers across the Netherlands and Belgium to kick off complex setups. Build relationships with decision makers before there’s a problem, not after.
  • From Meeting to Solution: Take a customer’s problem out of the meeting room, turn it into a live solution, and follow up until it works.
  • Sales & Onboarding Support: Join business case meetings and complex onboardings as the supply chain expert in the room.

This is who we’re looking for

You get a kick out of solving problems standard software can’t, and you’d rather build the fix yourself than write a ticket about it. You’re as comfortable in a SQL query as in a room with a customer’s purchasing team.

  • Supply Chain Know-how: 3+ years in a supply chain, purchasing, inventory or technical consulting role. You understand service levels, ABC/XYZ, EOQ, MOQs, lot sizes, lead times, safety stock and forecasting, and how they play out in practice.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree (HBO or WO) in Industrial Engineering & Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management or a related quantitative field. A Master’s, e.g. in Operations Management & Logistics, is a plus.
  • Builder Mindset: You’re comfortable with SQL and have worked with automation or low-code tools like or you’re eager to master them. You understand APIs and how data moves between systems.
  • Agentic Mindset: You use AI tools every day and think about how agents can replace manual work, for us and for our customers.
  • Customer Skills: You explain complex logic in plain language, listen well and build trust quickly.
  • Languages: Fluent in Dutch and English (mandatory).

This it what we offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Free lunch at the office
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Hybrid work model and flexible schedule
  • Proactive career management
  • Up to 1 month of “work from anywhere”
  • Bike plan
  • Annual company gathering
  • Thematic events (dinners, karting, boat trips, etc.)
  • Friday drinks

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About us

At Optiply, we move with purpose. We ship fast, iterate with data, and automate the complex.Our software has real-world impact. It doesn't just predict; it acts. Every line of code reduces global waste and optimizes the planet's resources.We're a team-first culture. Collaborative, direct, and always learning together.Headquartered in Amsterdam, our team works across Europe to redefine supply chain intelligence.

Core Responsibilities

You will work directly with customers to translate complex supply chain rules into automated workflows using SQL, Python, and low-code tools. Additionally, you will perform data analysis to optimize inventory and cash flow while building strong relationships with purchasing teams.

Requirements

Candidates must have 3+ years of experience in supply chain, purchasing, or technical consulting and a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field. Proficiency in SQL and a strong understanding of supply chain concepts like EOQ, lead times, and safety stock are required.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Free lunch at the office
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Hybrid work model
  • Flexible schedule
  • Proactive career management
  • Work from anywhere
  • Bike plan
  • Annual company gathering
  • Thematic events
  • Friday drinks

About Optiply

Industry: Software Development

Company size: 11-50 employees

With Optiply, purchasing based on gut feeling makes way for purchasing based on data. Always at the right time, with the perfect quantity, ordered with one click from the best supplier. Optiply's user-friendly purchasing software includes: 📈 Data-driven forecasting, with 40+ forecasting models and A.I. purchasing algorithm 👨‍💻 Purchase management, with purchasing agenda: just check, order and you're done! 📦 Stock optimization, by giving priority to your bestsellers you bring your stock back into balance. 🚚 Supplier management, add multiple suppliers and let Optiply choose the best option for you. 500+ shops work with Optiply and achieve on average: ✅ 80% Less stockouts ✅ 26% less stock ✅ Time Savings ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bralex: “With Optiply we sell more with less stock. And that is exactly what you want as a webshop owner!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Party shop: "No more worries about purchasing" For more information, visit www.optiply.com We are looking for new colleagues! Visit www.jobs.optiply.nl

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