Supply Chain

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

Job summary

Real in Breda seeks a Temporary Co-Packing Manager to support continuity of co-packing activities across Benelux, stabilise operations and manage risks. You will review scope, propose workload, governance, capacity and process improvements, while handling master data, PO creation, SAP inputs, reporting and documentation.

This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Logistics, Planning, Customer Service, Marketing, Procurement and Quality to ensure service levels.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in supply chain, logistics, co-packing or operational project management.
• Strong analytical capability, including process mapping, workload measurement and capacity assessment.
• Ability to rapidly understand complex cross-functional processes and daily operational constraints.
• 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.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Supply chain experience

Logistics

Co-packing

Operational project management

Analytical capability

Process mapping

Capacity assessment

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.