Process Excellence Lead P&D

Perfetti Van Melle; Breda; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

Work at a dynamic international brand

Family-oriented culture

Hybrid working: office & home

Job summary

Perfetti Van Melle is seeking a Process Excellence Lead for the global Plan & Deliver domain in Breda, NL. You will ensure that processes, data, systems and organizational capabilities align into a single scalable operating model.

You will integrate across business, process, data and IT to deliver value. You will shape an integrated roadmap, govern global standards, translate priorities into improvements, and lead a global Process Excellence network.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in process improvement, supply-chain transformation or operational excellence in a global environment.
• Experience across Plan & Deliver domains, including planning, inventory management, customer service, transportation and logistics.
• Proven experience in leading teams or large cross-functional networks.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders up to executive level.
• Practical experience in global process strategy and continuous improvement techniques and methodologies

Responsibilities

• Jointly shape the Plan & Deliver transformation and improvement roadmap with Group Plan & Deliver, while Group P&D owns functional priorities, direction and business outcomes.
• Safeguard the integrity, consistency and evolution of the global P&D process, data and technology template in partnership with Group Plan & Deliver.
• Translate business priorities into aligned process, data and technology improvements.
• Lead functional governance across process, data, IT and analytics.
• Align global standards with regional execution.
• Drive continuous improvement and support benefit realization, in alignment with Group Plan & Deliver.
• Build and lead the Process Excellence community across global and regional teams.
• Act as strategic Digital & Technology partner to Group Plan & Deliver and the functional leadership team.
• Lead the BPE Plan & Deliver pillar across demand planning, supply planning, S/OP/S&OE, inventory management, customer service, transportation and logistics.
• Ensure alignment between global standards and regional deployment.
• Facilitate governance discussions on process, data and system changes.
• Prioritize improvement initiatives with Group Plan & Deliver based on functional priorities, process performance and business value.
• Oversee roll out and adoption of the global P&D process, data and technology template across S/4HANA, PP/DS, Arkieva, o9, OTM and connected solutions.
• Enable End to End collaboration across Digital & Technology and global & regional teams.
• Strengthen capability and ownership across the P&D Process Excellence Network by leading and coaching GPOs and the extended BPE network.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

End-to-end processes

Data governance

Digital transformation

S/4HANA

Planning platforms

Supply-chain systems

Ambiguity management

Tools

Arkieva

o9

OTM

PP/DS

S/4HANA

Job description

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Process Excellence Lead P&D

Date: Oct 26, 2026

Location: Breda, NL, 4815 HK

The role

We are looking for a Process Excellence Lead (PEL) for our global Plan & Deliver domain. In this role, you ensure that process, data, systems and organizational capabilities work together as one integrated, scalable operating model. You act as integrator across business, process, data and IT. While Group Plan & Deliver owns the functional direction, process standards, priorities and business outcomes, you ensure the enabling capabilities are designed, aligned and continuously improved to deliver value.

Together with Group Plan & Deliver, you shape an integrated process, data and technology roadmap that connects functional priorities with coherent global and regional improvement initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Your impact

• Jointly shape the Plan & Deliver transformation and improvement roadmap with Group Plan & Deliver, while Group P&D owns functional priorities, direction and business outcomes.
• Safeguard the integrity, consistency and evolution of the global P&D process, data and technology template in partnership with Group Plan & Deliver.
• Translate business priorities into aligned process, data and technology improvements.
• Lead functional governance across process, data, IT and analytics.
• Align global standards with regional execution.
• Drive continuous improvement and support benefit realization, in alignment with Group Plan & Deliver.
• Build and lead the Process Excellence community across global and regional teams.

What you will do

• Act as strategic Digital & Technology partner to Group Plan & Deliver and the functional leadership team.
• Lead the BPE Plan & Deliver pillar across demand planning, supply planning, S&OP/S&OE, inventory management, customer service, transportation and logistics.
• Ensure alignment between global standards and regional deployment.
• Facilitate governance discussions on process, data and system changes.
• Prioritize improvement initiatives with Group Plan & Deliver based on functional priorities, process performance and business value.
• Oversee roll out and adoption of the global P&D process, data and technology template across S/4HANA, PP/DS, Arkieva, o9, OTM and connected solutions.
• Enable End to End collaboration across Digital & Technology and global & regional teams.
• Strengthen capability and ownership across the P&D Process Excellence Network by leading and coaching GPOs and the extended BPE network.

OUR PERFECT CANDIDATE

Your profile

Experience

• 10+ years in process improvement, supply-chain transformation or operational excellence in a global environment.
• Experience across Plan & Deliver domains, including planning, inventory management, customer service, transportation and logistics.
• Proven experience in leading teams or large cross-functional networks.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders up to executive level.
• Practical experience in global process strategy and continuous improvement techniques and methodologies

Skills

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end business processes.
• Knowledge of data governance, digital transformation, S/4HANA, planning platforms and supply-chain systems.
• Ability to structure complexity into clear direction.
• Strong influencing skills in a matrix organization.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and driving change globally.

WE OFFER

What makes this role unique

This role sits at the heart of Plan & Deliver transformation. You connect Group P&D strategy and priorities to execution by ensuring processes, data and technology work together as one integrated operating model to deliver measurable business impact.

A great place to work with plenty of room for personal development, learning and international collaboration. You will be part of a supportive and hands-on team that values empowerment, ownership, innovation and fun. We work and grow as ONE team!

Next to this you can count on the following:

• Bonus opportunity
• Work at a dynamic international company with leading global brands
• A family-oriented culture where we care about our people
• Hybridworking: partly in the office and from home