Head of Strategy and PMO | Operations & Supply Chain

Henkel; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid work model

Work from anywhere up to 30 days/yr

Global growth opportunities

Health & wellbeing programs

Parental leave

Employee Share Plan

Pension Fund

Disability Insurance

Health Insurance discount

Canteen discount

Job summary

Henkel in Amsterdam seeks a seasoned leader to head Global Operations & Supply Chain Strategy & PMO, shaping Henkel’s 2030 transformation agenda across Operations, Supply Chain, and Procurement. You will lead a team of 6+ strategy/PMO professionals and partner with the Global Leadership Team to drive value creation from strategy to execution.

You will orchestrate a global transformation portfolio, manage priorities and risks, and shape operating models, governance, and change management while

Qualifications

• 10+ years in strategy, transformation and/or Operations & Supply Chain.
• Proven ability to lead global transformations end-to-end.
• Exceptional executive communication and storytelling.
• Strong ownership and ability to drive topics to closure.
• Credibility with senior executives and stakeholder influence.
• Master's degree and fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Lead Global Operations & Supply Chain Strategy & PMO with 6+ leaders.
• Own end-to-end transformations across 100+ sites and 100,000+ customers.
• Orchestrate the transformation portfolio with priorities and risks.
• Identify value opportunities using performance insights and benchmarks.
• Shape operating models, governance, processes and change management.
• Drive strategic management cycles, leadership workshops and reviews.
• Act as sparring partner to Global Leadership Team for executive decisions.
• Build a culture of ownership, pace and impact within Strategy & PMO.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Transformation

Executive communication

People leadership

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Fluent English

Education

Master's degree in Engineering, Business or related discipline

Job description

About this Position

As the leader of Global Operations & Supply Chain Strategy & PMO, you will shape and drive Henkel’s 2030 transformation agenda across our global Operations, Supply Chain and Procurement organization. You will lead a team of Strategy & PMO professionals, partner closely with the Global Leadership Team, and drive high-impact transformations from strategy through execution and measurable value creation.

What you´ll do

• Lead Global Operations & Supply Chain Strategy & PMO, managing a team of 6+ Strategy/PMO leaders and translating our 2030 ambition into an executable transformation agenda.
• Own selected high-impact transformations end-to-end from problem definition and business case through implementation and value realization, across 100+ sites, 10,000+ employees and 100,000+ customers.
• Orchestrate the global transformation portfolio, ensuring priorities, resources, interdependencies and risks are actively managed and escalated.
• Identify new value-creation opportunities across Operations, Supply Chain and Procurement through internal performance insights and outside-in benchmarks.
• Shape operating models and organizational transformations, including organization design, governance, capabilities, processes and change management.
• Drive the strategic management cycle including Leadership Team workshops, strategy reviews and selected global communications.
• Act as a strategic sparring partner to the Global Leadership Team, facilitating global meetings, keeping drum beats and developing fact-based recommendations to enable executive decisions.
• Build a culture of ownership, pace and impact within Strategy & PMO, moving seamlessly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

What makes you a good fit

• 10+ years of experience across strategy, transformation and/or Operations & Supply Chain, ideally combining management consulting with leadership experience in a multinational corporate environment.
• Proven ability to move from strategy to execution and measurable value creation; experience autonomously leading complex, global transformations is essential.
• Strong analytical judgment with the ability to quickly identify problems and solutions to drive impact.
• Exceptional executive communication, with the ability to turn complex analysis into simple, compelling narratives and decision-oriented recommendations.
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset and ownership, comfortable creating structure from ambiguity, challenging the status quo and personally driving topics to closure.
• Credibility with senior executives and demonstrated ability to challenge, influence and align stakeholders without formal authority.
• Strong people leader able to develop high-performing professionals.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Business or related discipline preferred; fluent English essential.

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Pension Fund
• Disability Insurance
• Health Insurance discount
• Canteen discount

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.