For an international organization operating across the Benelux, we are looking for an experienced Temporary Co-Packing Manager to support and stabilize ongoing co-packing operations.
This is a hands-on interim assignment combining day-to-day operational responsibility with a broader process and capacity improvement project. You will ensure continuity of current co-packing activities while reviewing the existing operating model, workload, governance and processes.
The objective is to leave behind a more structured, efficient and sustainable co-packing operation.
Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Ensuring continuity of ongoing co-packing activities across the Benelux.
- Acting as the operational point of contact for co-packing topics, priorities and urgent issues.
- Coordinating with Logistics, Planning, Customer Service, Marketing, Procurement, Quality and external partners.
- Creating clear visibility of requests, priorities, owners, deadlines, risks and dependencies.
- Supporting operational governance and facilitating relevant decision-making meetings.
- Managing and following up purchase orders, master data, SAP inputs, BOMs and related administration.
- Maintaining accurate documentation, reporting, specifications, supplier information and decision logs.
- Mapping all current co-packing activities and identifying where time and resources are being spent.
- Conducting a workload and capacity assessment, including activity frequency, complexity, seasonality and required competencies.
- Identifying bottlenecks, inefficiencies and opportunities for process improvement.
- Implementing practical quick wins during the assignment.
- Developing recommendations around future workload allocation, capacity, governance and ways of working.
- Creating a clear roadmap and handover for activities that continue after the assignment.
Your Profile
We are looking for someone who combines strong operational experience with an analytical and improvement-focused mindset.
You ideally bring:
- Strong experience within Supply Chain, Logistics, Co-Packing or Operational Project Management.
- Experience working in complex, cross-functional operational environments.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with process mapping, workload analysis and capacity assessment.
- A practical understanding of continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
- The confidence to challenge existing ways of working and translate findings into pragmatic recommendations.
- Experience with SAP and Microsoft 365.
- Comfort working hands-on with purchase orders, master data, reporting and documentation.
- Experience with co-packing operations, operating-model design or excise processes is considered an advantage.
What Success Looks Like
By the end of the assignment, daily operations should be stable and controlled, with clear visibility of priorities, risks and workload. The organization should have a fact-based understanding of its required capacity, documented processes and responsibilities, implemented quick wins, and a clear roadmap for further improvement.
Practicalities
- Location: Rijswijk, Netherlands
- Duration: 2–3 months
- Department: Logistics / Supply Chain
- Start: 1st of October 2026
- Contract: Temporary / Interim