Co-Packing Manager

Real; Rijswijk; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Real is seeking a Temporary Co-Packing Manager to support and ensure continuity of ongoing co-packing activities while stabilizing operations, controlling risks and maintaining service levels across Benelux.

The role conducts an end-to-end review of the co-packing scope, creating fact-based recommendations on workload allocation, governance, capacity and process efficiency, and maintaining master data administration, PO creation, system follow-up, reporting and document control.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in supply chain, logistics, co-packing or operational project management.
• Analytical capability including process mapping, workload measurement and capacity assessment.
• Comfortable working with SAP and Microsoft 365 for admin, PO creation and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure execution of ongoing co-packing activities across Benelux.
• Act as the operational point of contact for co-packing topics and urgent issues.
• Coordinate with Logistics, Planning, Customer Service, Marketing, Procurement, Quality and external partners.
• Create a complete inventory of current co-packing activities and map workload and capacity.

Skills

Supply chain

Logistics

Co-packing

Operational PM

SAP

Microsoft 365

Tools

SAP

Microsoft 365

Job description

• Start/End Dates: 01/10/2026 - 31/12/2026

The Temporary Co-Packing Manager supports and ensures continuity of ongoing co-packing activities, while stabilizing operations, controlling risks and maintaining service levels.

In parallel, the role conducts an end-to-end review of the Benelux co-packing scope. The review must create fact-based recommendations on workload allocation, governance, capacity and process efficiency.

The role also ensures continuity of the administrative of co-packing, including master data coordination, PO creation, system follow-up, reporting and document control.

Key responsibilities

• Business continuity and daily operations
• Ensure execution of ongoing co-packing activities across Benelux.
• Act as the operational point of contact for co-packing topics and urgent issues.
• Coordinate with Logistics, Planning, Customer Service, Marketing, Procurement, Quality and external partners.
• Support closure and governance of open operational topics with co-packing partners.
• Operational governance
• Maintain one transparent overview of requests, priorities, owners, deadlines, dependencies and status.
• Prepare and facilitate the required governance and decision forums.
• Administrative and system support
• Maintain accurate co-packing files and records, including instruction cards, specifications, sign-offs, price lists, supplier information, contact matrices and decision logs.
• Coordinate co-packing master data and material administration, including SAP code and BOM inputs, source-list or purchasing-contract follow-up, and escalation to the correct expert teams when ownership sits outside Logistics.
• Manage and follow up co-packing purchase orders, order changes and system transmission issues, ensuring that operational priorities and required dates are correctly reflected.
• Activity mapping and workload study
• Create a complete inventory of all current co-packing activities, including recurring, promotional, innovation, reporting, administration and project support activities.
• Time each activity and quantify frequency, effort, seasonality, complexity and required competencies.
• Build a fact-based view of current and expected capacity needs.
• Identify the sustainable resource profile and capacity required after the temporary assignment.
• Identify quick wins and structural opportunities to improve reliability, speed, cost and sustainability.
• Reduce firefighting by improving planning, prioritization, standard work and visibility.
• Implement feasible improvements during the assignment and document the remaining roadmap.

Candidate profile

• Strong experience in supply chain, logistics, co-packing or operational project management.
• Ability to rapidly understand complex cross-functional processes and daily operational constraints.
• Strong analytical capability, including process mapping, workload measurement and capacity assessment.
• Comfortable challenging established ways of working and converting findings into pragmatic recommendations.
• Experience in continuous improvement, organizational assessment or operating-model design.
• Knowledge of SAP, co-packing operations or excise processes is an advantage.
• Comfortable with administrative execution in SAP and Microsoft 365, including purchase orders, master data coordination, reporting and document control.

Success criteria

• Business continuity is maintained throughout the assignment.
• Priorities, risks and backlog are visible, controlled and governed.
• Actual workload and capacity requirements are measured and transparent.
• Quick wins are implemented.
• Administrative activities are documented, current and transferable, with no critical dependency on one individual.