Overview
European Parts Planning & Logistics Advisor (m/f/x) - Amsterdam
NIO Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
NIO Inc. is a pioneer and a leading manufacturer of premium smart electric vehicles in China. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, develops, jointly manufactures and sells smart premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in autonomous driving, digital technologies, electric powertrains and batteries. NIO differentiates itself through its continuous technological breakthroughs and innovations, such as its industry-leading battery swapping technologies, Battery as a Service, or BaaS, as well as its proprietary autonomous driving technologies and Autonomous Driving as a Service, or ADaaS.
About Firefly
Firefly is NIO's answer to the global compact electric car market: a new lifestyle mobility brand bringing smart, high-end compact electric cars designed for global urban life. Drawing inspiration from the energy and agility of its namesake, firefly embodies freedom, playfulness and confidence. The brand’s glowing firefly emblem and the motto freedom to glow capture its spirit of sophisticated innovation in a smaller, accessible package - powered by NIO’s global engineering expertise across Shanghai, Berlin, Oxford and Munich. The first model, the firefly – which shares the brand’s own name – is a smart, small electric car with a strong focus on design, safety, space, intelligence and energy efficiency for users with an active urban lifestyle. firefly was globally unveiled in December 2024 and sales started in China in April 2025 before gradually entering overseas markets covering 16 countries, with Norway and the Netherlands as first stops in Europe with a launch set for summer 2025. Learn more at www.firefly.world and on Instagram: firefly.car.
For our European Service Operation Team in Amsterdam we are looking for a European Parts Planning & Logistics Advisor (m/f/x).
Responsibilities
- manage relationships with 3PL providers and regional distributors, ensuring alignment with NIO’s quality and efficiency standards.
- resolve cross-border logistics challenges (e.g. custom clearance, tariff optimization).
- Central warehouse management (3PL): Oversee daily operations of NIO’s central warehouses managed by 3PL providers, ensuring SLA deliveries, inventory accuracy and cost control.
- Maintain close communication with headquarters in China, customers and 3PL to ensure timely and accurate transmission of logistics information. Frequent reporting of logistics market dynamics, policy changes and other information to provide reference for HQ decision-making.
- Inventory management: implement best practices for inventory planning and control, demand forecasting and stock replenishment. Minimize inventory levels while maintaining high product availability at lowest delivery lead times across Europe.
- Coordinate and handle occurring situations during the transportation of goods to minimize losses to the greatest extent possible.
- Responsible for optimized logistics processes such as transportation, warehousing and custom clearance for import and export of goods. Tracking the status of goods flows and ensuring timely delivery.
- Familiar with logistics regulations, laws and industry standards in the region to ensure logistics operations are carried out in full compliance.
- Coordinate in- and external cross functional collaboration to enhance systems related opportunities.
- Work closely with HQ in Shanghai on the seamless handling of parts supersessions.
- Prepare and lead weekly (SOP) meetings.
- Liaise with finance and internal control regarding EU SAP and logistics systems, inventory control in accordance with SAP.
- Secures timely invoicing of outbound shipments.
- Continuously and actively identifying process and systems improvement opportunities and initiate actions to deploy them.
- Complete other work tasks assigned by the leader.
Requirements
- 2-3 years of experience in parts and accessories logistics, preferably in an international context.
- Experience in inventory management in central warehouse.
- Experience in automotive is a bonus.
- Daily communication must be able to be held in English.
- Ability to analyze and understand large amounts of data.
- Strong supplier and logistics relationship management skills.
- Problem-solving abilities to address supply chain and inventory challenges.
- Flexibility to respond to dynamic after-sale tasks in an international setting.
- Driving license is a must.
This isn’t just another job. It’s an opportunity to join a movement to change the mobility experience for everyone. If you find that as exciting as we do, come join us!
To apply for this role please send your CV (in English).
Seniority level
Employment type
Job function
- Analyst, Project Management, and Strategy/Planning
Industries
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
We look forward to hearing from you!