Supply Chain Coördinator Production & Logistics - Amsterdam

Are you looking for an exciting Supply Chain Coordinator role within the industrial sector?

In Amsterdam, we are looking for an enthusiastic coordinator to join our soybean meal team. This role offers a unique opportunity to become a crucial link in our logistics chain. You will work daily with customers, commercial colleagues, and internal stakeholders to ensure our soybean meal products are available at the right place and at the right time. You will play a key role in aligning customer commitments, contract positions, inventory levels, and logistical capabilities. Through this close collaboration, you will directly contribute to a reliable and efficient supply chain.

What makes this role unique?

You will not only be involved in day-to-day operational planning but will also gain visibility across the entire soybean meal supply chain. You will help manage inventories in external warehouses, coordinate with production teams, logistics partners, and customers, and ensure product availability at the right time and location.

In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating the flow of soybean meal from production and storage through to delivery across Europe.

You will play a visible and important role as the central coordinator between Sourcing & Trading, Production, Quality, Logistics, Finance, Sales, Customer Service, Product Line Management, and customers. You are a problem-solver who continuously balances supply and demand, customer requirements, and operational capabilities.

The team's shared goal is to provide the best possible customer service while efficiently managing inventory, resources, and capacity. You will begin with a comprehensive onboarding period, working closely with the Senior Meal Planner. Step by step, you will grow into a role with increasing responsibility for planning, inventory management, and coordination across the soybean meal supply chain.

Do you have a strong sense of ownership and urgency when it comes to ensuring products are delivered on time and operations run smoothly? Then this could be the perfect role for you.

Our Amsterdam Soybean Processing Facility: What We Do (and Why It's Exciting)

Our soybean processing facility in the Port of Amsterdam is a vibrant hub of activity. We process soybeans shipped from Brazil, South America, Canada, and Ukraine into soybean oil and soybean meal.

Think giant ocean vessels, Siwertell unloaders, towering silos, crushing operations, and a refinery. It's an impressive operation. Join us and become part of a global supply chain that plays a vital role in feeding industries across Europe. As a Supply Chain Coordinator, you will be directly involved in keeping this operation running smoothly.

What will you do?

• Advise and collaborate with various internal departments on supply, demand, inventory levels, and operational capabilities.


• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, with frequent phone contact to align expectations and manage commitments.


• Take responsibility for efficient daily planning while proactively anticipating future developments within the supply chain.


• Work closely with Sales and Commercial teams regarding customer commitments, contract positions, product availability, and changes in supply or demand.


• Monitor and analyze inventory levels, customer demand, contract positions, and logistics flows, and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to determine the best operational solutions.


• Act as the key link between internal teams such as Production and Planning and external parties including customers, warehouses, and transport providers.


• Respond quickly and pragmatically to logistical challenges to ensure customer deliveries are maintained.


• Support the management of inventories at external storage locations and optimize product availability for customers.

What do you bring?

• A vocational (MBO) or bachelor's degree (HBO) in (Technical) Business Administration, Economics, Logistics, or Supply Chain Management.


• We welcome applications from both ambitious graduates with relevant internship experience and professionals with several years of experience in supply chain, logistics, or planning.


• A proactive mindset and the ability to address challenges independently.


• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.


• Good communication skills in both Dutch and English.


• Experience with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills are considered a plus but are not required.

What do we offer?

• A competitive salary and attractive benefits package.


• A full-time, 40-hour work week.


• 25 vacation days and a 13th-month salary.


• A comprehensive learning and development program within the food industry.


• A challenging position within a dynamic and international company.


• Significant opportunities for learning, development, coaching, and career growth.


• The possibility to progress into broader roles within Supply Chain Planning and Operations.

Interested?

Please submit your CV and motivation letter through the Apply button in the system.