General Information
Position
Supply Chain Management Expert (m/f/d) ad interim
Daily rate
By arrangement
Expenses
plus expenses
Project duration
09.02.2026
-
31.05.2026
Deployment country
Germany
Deployment city
Not published
Required availability
30 %
Industry
Luxury goods & jewellery
Function
Purchasing, Logistics & SCM
Service
Project management
Tasks & Objectives
Tasks
Our client, an international management consultancy, is looking for an experienced Supply Chain Management Expert (m/f/d) ad interim for a high-end / luxury fashion retailer to optimize the inbound supply chain organization, processes, and IT systems along the entire value chain.
Main tasks:
- Analyze, evaluate, and benchmark existing inbound supply chain structures against leading luxury fashion retailers
- Identification of measures to improve supply chain management and logistics performance in order to increase planning reliability and transparency in the supply chain (focus on data consistency and system interfaces)
- Support in evaluating the results of interviews and workshops to identify efficiency factors and optimization measures in supply chain management and logistics
- Provide specific support in deriving optimization levers aimed at improving process performance and ensuring process adherence
Personnel accountability
Not specifiedBudget accountability
Not specifiedRequirements & Expertise
Requirements
- Many years of experience in supply chain management or logistics within high-end / luxury fashion retail or department store environments (e.g., Oberpollinger, KaDeWe, Alsterhaus, Breuninger, Le Bon Marché, Galeries Lafayette, Selfridges, Harrods, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Isetan, Mitsukoshi, Lane Crawford, Globus, De Bijenkorf)
- Substantial expertise in end-to-end supply chain management with focus on inbound processes (procurement, inbound delivery, goods receipt, distribution, e-commerce fulfillment, retail replenishment)
- Deep understanding of organizational design, operating model development, KPI frameworks, and process optimization
- Experience in benchmarking and establishing efficient governance and performance management structures for supply chain organizations
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems (ideally Microsoft Dynamics AX), WMS solutions, and analytics tools (e.g., BigQuery)
- Expertise in Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Information Management (PIM), especially at the interfaces between content and supply chain
Linguistic proficiency
English
Business fluent
German
Business fluent