Consultant Logistics Strategy

Bol.Com B.V.; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

bol.com is seeking a Consultant in Logistics Strategy to help future-proof its logistics chain. You’ll work on high-impact, long-term projects with internal and external consultants and project managers, translating strategic topics into goal-driven analyses and concrete proposals for execution.

Expect a collaborative, forward-looking environment where you shape end-to-end logistics, from network modernization to sustainability, while aligning stakeholders and delivering clear business cases for

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of relevant strategy consultancy experience.
• Ability to align project stakeholders and facilitate decision making.
• Translate abstract ideas into concrete business cases and investment proposals.
• Distinct ability to communicate complex insights in a clear, concise way.
• Capable of working within a fast-evolving, collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Align project stakeholders and facilitate broadly supported decision making.
• Scope and manage logistics issues in relation to corporate strategy.
• Conduct analyses and present persuasive findings.
• Translate results into recommendations and/or innovations.
• Analyze topics autonomously while leveraging team support for model results.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Hypothesis-driven approach

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Presentation / storytelling

Job description

Consultant Logistics Strategy

How will you future-proof our logistics chain?

By future-proofing the logistics backbone of bol. With peaks of 20 orders per second, 13.5 million customers, and an evolving partner network, thinking ahead is crucial. To ensure we can keep fulfilling our logistics promises as our order volume continues to grow, we must continuously optimize and renew our logistics chain. In harmony with bol’s future overarching strategy, and developing customer needs and social priorities.

You’ll focus on hypothesis-driven working. Not as a solo effort, but in collaboration with colleague consultants and analysts. With ‘strong together’ as your motto, you’ll translate strategic topics into goal-oriented analyses. And you’ll develop concrete proposals that you – and your colleagues – can hand off to the organization for execution.

As a valued member of the Logistics Strategy Team (10 professionals), you’ll work on large strategic projects, together with internal and external consultants and project managers. Projects with substantial impact, as they address how we can make our entire logistics chain more efficient, scalable, and (by extension) future-proof.

Logistics propositions, warehouses, distribution, returns, and logistic network management are all in scope. A complex arena with ample opportunities to create synergy, particularly when you consider bol is a driven pioneer in logistics and that we meticulously embed technological innovations in our working processes. The Logistics Strategy Team takes a long-term perspective (10+ years), so this role will vigorously test your strategic prowess, analytical talent, and conceptual skills.

• Align project stakeholders
• Facilitate broadly supported decision making
• Scope and manage logistics issues in relation to corporate strategy
• Conduct analyses and present persuasive findings
• Translate results into recommendations and/or innovations
• Analyze topics autonomously yourself, the analysts on the team will gladly assist with model results

Because you combine experience with tackling strategic issues with the drive to translate abstract ideas into concrete plans of action. You also initiate and accelerate these actions. You succeed by virtue of your sense of ownership, self-organizational skills, and talent to generate buy-in and get things done.

You know how to achieve success and get others to see things your way. You are also an accomplished stakeholder manager who can broach any topic with anyone, ask the right questions behind the questions, and frame issues in the larger context. You take a hypothesis-driven approach and can clearly distinguish need-to-haves from nice-to-haves. You feel at ease in a rapidly evolving environment.

• Sterling strategist

  You have at least 4 years of relevant strategy consultancy experience

• Logistics drive

  You are convinced that the e-commerce organization with the best logistics operation can convert that edge into a decisive advantage

• To-the-point

  You can think on your feet and have a knack for translating complex, abstract ideas into business cases and investment proposals

• Stakeholder shy

  You’re an old-school consultant: you don’t feel an urge to convince stakeholders and spell out opportunities

• Why make things easy

  You have a hard time conveying strategic insights in ‘plain English’

• One-way communication

  You have a world-class ability to present information, but you struggle to receive and process input

You’ll join a team of 10 driven professionals who shape the future of bol's logistics. We combine the determination of a scale-up with the impact of a market leader. The atmosphere is personable, characterized by trust and sincere involvement, which produces a congenial work dynamic. Our culture is open and informal, with minimal bureaucracy and maximum scope for innovation. We believe that everyone should exhibit leadership, and that we are all peers who can learn from each other and continuously improve. Working together always beats going solo! Our ambition? To make e-commerce logistics more sustainable with strategies that simulate efficiency and CO2 reduction.