Supply Chain Lead

About the Position

Supply Chain Lead

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Type: Full-time, Hybrid

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🌸 About Bloom & Wild Group

bloomon is revolutionizing the flower industry by disrupting the traditional supply chain. We're on a mission to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. By skipping the auction and wholesale, we shorten the journey for our flowers and harness technology, brand, and innovation to deliver delightful gifts and subscriptions across Europe.

Launched in Amsterdam in 2014 and now part of the Bloom & Wild Group, we've delivered over 20 million orders, making us the largest direct-to-consumer flower business in Europe. Our vision extends beyond flowers and plants, expanding our gifting offerings to include cakes, candles, and cocktails.

We are proud to be a certified B Corp™, committed to making long-term positive change for our community and the world.

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Responsibilities

As the Stock Planning Lead, you will:

• Build & Scale the Function: Architect our non-horticultural stock planning strategy, turning rapid business growth into a sophisticated, high-performing operational machine.
• Master Stock Availability: Ensure optimal stock levels across all sites, balancing high availability with minimizing waste and holding costs.
• Develop & Automate: Create scalable, custom, automated supply chain and inventory tools, and develop AI workflows to eliminate manual tasks.
• Process & KPI Leadership: Develop standardized processes and frameworks, leading weekly KPI reviews to shift the function from reactive problem-solving to proactive inventory and risk management.
• Team Transformation & Development: Provide oversight, coaching, and mentorship to a team of stock planners, transitioning them from manual execution to analytical decision-making.
• Strategic Growth & Inventory Control: De-risk the launch of new ranges by ensuring our operational infrastructure is mature enough to handle increased SKU counts.
• Operational Execution: Support with planning and execution when needed to ensure continuity.
• 3PW Performance Management: Measure and manage the performance of our 3PW partner against agreed SLA terms.
• Supplier Performance: Build internal operational performance reporting and supplier tiering, and implement initiatives to improve supplier performance.

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Requirements

• 5+ years experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain, or supply planning, with experience leading a team.
• Proven track record in supply chain scalability, managing exponential growth of SKUs using technology and automation.
• Tech-savvy and systems-oriented, with strong capabilities in building automated tools using G-suite and other platforms, and leveraging AI.
• Strong leader and mentor, excelling at coaching team members and managing stakeholders effectively.
• Continuous improvement mindset, adept at identifying system limitations and establishing feedback loops to resolve and automate them.
• Proactive and hands-on, willing to contribute directly to enable scale and cover gaps during peak periods or illness.
• Commercially and data-driven, motivated by protecting margins, eliminating P&L leakage, and optimizing working capital and cash flow.

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Nice to Have

• Experience with additional tools and platforms relevant to supply chain management.
• Knowledge of specific industries or sectors within supply chain management.

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We Offer

• Flexible working (core hours from 10-4pm)
• Work Abroad for up to 30 days each year
• Equity options from day 1
• Volunteer day per year
• Commute support (Swapfiets, NS business card, or expense reimbursement)
• Phone allowance
• 24 vacation days and an option to buy an extra 5 each year
• Happiness days (1 extra day each quarter)
• Celebration day per year
• Flexible bank holidays
• Mental health support through Open Up, including access to online therapy sessions
• Allies and champions groups
• Mental Health First Aiders and awareness training for managers
• In-person and virtual yoga every week
• Healthy snacks and drinks in our office kitchen
• Workplace pension contributions
• ClassPass membership with monthly credits for fitness classes, yoga, and more!
• Flexible training framework through our Bloom & Learn programme
• Internal & external Speaker Sessions on various inspirational topics
• Daily fresh and healthy lunch options
• BBQ-worthy rooftop terrace (Amsterdam HQ)
• Social & wellbeing monthly calendar
• Celebrations for birthdays, anniversaries, and other milestones
• Summer and End of Year events, team lunches, and post-peak celebrations
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms, and subscriptions!

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About the Company

We believe in leading change for good. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our values drive our priorities every day:

• Lead change for good: We have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most.
• Think deeply, act swiftly: We ensure there’s thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas.
• Care wildly: We pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference.
• Stay open, be curious: We’re open about what we’re doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other.

We really believe in the power of face-to-face connections and trust our teams to make the right decisions about where and how they work each day. Our working patterns are flexible and vary across the business, depending on the type of work, need for collaboration, and personal and wellbeing circumstances.

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Getting Hired

We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we’re keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we’re the right move for you.

We believe in leading change for good, so do let us know if there’s anything we can do to support your application process. Also, if you have any feedback, please help us to improve our candidate experience by sharing (anonymously) here.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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