Supply Chain Project Manager

Randstad Enterprise; Slough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Sourceright is seeking an experienced project manager in Slough to lead UK market readiness for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The role focuses on implementation, stakeholder readiness and governance, with aftercare, manual workarounds and escalations after go-live.

The assignment runs for 21 weeks through to the end of March, with an extension possible. Start date ideally mid-November and location at Slough.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering cross-functional projects and managing governance.
• Ability to train and onboard stakeholders across functions.
• Understanding of complex supply chains, logistics, and order flows.
• Comfortable establishing reporting cadences and clear accountabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead UK market readiness for EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) through to 31 December readiness deadline.
• Collaborate with logistics and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure system access and preparedness.
• Deliver training and onboarding for stakeholders on agreed ways of working.
• Define accountabilities and keep stakeholders informed of upcoming changes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Supply chain experience

Process cadence setup

Job description

Contract length: 21 weeks, through to end of March (extension possible)

Location: Slough

Start date: Ideally mid-November

Role Overview

Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services is currently seeking an experienced project manager to lead the UK market readiness and post go-live support for a major new EU supply chain regulation (EU Deforestation Regulation, EUDR), which comes into effect on 1 January. The process, vendor system and core project team are already in place. This role is about implementation, stakeholder readiness and governance, not designing a process from scratch. After go-live, you will be the focal point for aftercare, manual workarounds and escalations.

Key Responsibilities

• Project manage the UK market elements of EUDR readiness through to the 31 December readiness deadline
• Work with the logistics (cross-segment) team and other stakeholders to confirm they understand their role, have the system access they need, and are prepared for the first round
• Deliver training and onboarding for stakeholders on the agreed ways of working
• Confirm accountabilities across the process (who owns what) and keep stakeholders informed of what is coming
• After go-live, govern the aftercare: provide daily and weekly summary updates, track issues and manage escalations
• Support manual workarounds in the early weeks and make required help visible to leadership
• Work with the EUDR traceability tool (OSapiens) alongside the IT and project teams

Essential Skills and Experience

Project management: a track record of taking a plan, implementing it and running the follow-up, ideally on cross-functional projects

Stakeholder management: confident engaging, training and onboarding colleagues across functions, and handling escalations

Supply chain experience: understanding of complex supply chains, logistics and order (PO) flows

A process-oriented approach, comfortable setting up reporting cadences and clear accountabilities