Head of Consumer Products

Your impact as Head of Consumer Products
In this role, you are end-to-end responsible for the Consumer Products business in the Netherlands, across all disciplines, from operations and account management to client and business support. You combine strategic leadership with strong execution and drive sustainable growth, profitability, and operational performance in an environment marked by high complexity, margin pressure, and increasing client expectations.
A key part of your role is further expanding the business. You deliver growth by successfully implementing new clients, scaling operations, and developing future-proof supply chain solutions.
You act as a strategic partner for national and international key accounts, translating client needs into scalable solutions. At the same time, you play a central role in transformation and continuous improvement, in close collaboration with international stakeholders. You create clarity, drive accountability, and build a high-performance organization that continues to deliver under pressure while achieving sustainable growth.

About Arvato
Arvato is a leading international logistics service provider (3PL) in the field of supply chain management and e-commerce. With approximately 20,000 employees across more than 100 locations worldwide, Arvato serves clients in Consumer Products, Tech, and Healthcare.
Within the Netherlands, the Consumer Products vertical is the fastest-growing business unit, focusing on demanding sectors such as fashion, beauty, and e-commerce, where speed, flexibility, and flawless execution are critical to success.The dynamics of this sector are characterized by high volumes, strong seasonal peaks, short lead times, and continuous pressure on margins. At the same time, client expectations around speed, flexibility, and delivery reliability continue to rise.
From the headquarters in Gennep, you are responsible for Consumer Products (NL) across multiple locations, including Gennep, Echt, and Puttershoek, as well as additional sites as the organization continues to grow.
Arvato owns part of its real estate portfolio, which is exceptional within the 3PL market. This enables a long-term investment perspective rather than a focus on short-term contracts. The emphasis is on building sustainable, strategic partnerships and structurally developing capacity and solutions. This foundation translates into an organization with short decision-making lines, limited bureaucracy, and a strong focus on ownership. Leaders are given the autonomy and trust to run their own business and to make a real impact on performance and growth.
The ambition within Consumer Products is to significantly scale the business further, both in size and complexity. This requires the successful implementation of new international clients, further expansion of operations, and increased investment in automation and infrastructure.
More information: https://arvato.com/nl

Your responsibilities
You are responsible for the overall management and further development of the Consumer Products business unit in the Netherlands, combining strategic leadership with deep operational insight.

• Full P&L responsibility for the business unit, including revenue growth, margin improvement, and cost control in a low-margin environment;
• Leading and developing Site Directors and their teams across multiple locations, with a focus on performance, alignment, and accountability;
• Building and maintaining strategic relationships with international key accounts and acting as a senior stakeholder at executive level;
• End-to-end responsibility for complex client implementations, including multiple new clients going live this year, as well as large-scale automation solutions and new-build projects, including a strategic project planned to go live in 2029;
• Translating the global Consumer Products strategy into a concrete roadmap for the Netherlands and driving strong execution across the organization;
• Initiating and delivering commercial growth, including contract negotiations, pricing, and portfolio development;
• Safeguarding and continuously improving operational excellence, productivity, and delivery reliability across all sites;
• Collaborating closely with international stakeholders to realize scale advantages, standardization, and innovation.

Your position within the organization
You directly lead three Site Directors who are responsible for the different locations and client portfolios. Indirectly, you are responsible for an organization of more than 1,000 FTE. You report to the Head of Arvato NL and are part of the Dutch Leadership Team. In addition, you work closely with international stakeholders within the Consumer Products vertical to ensure alignment and accelerate the further development of the business.

Requirements:
What you bring
You are a leader who brings clarity and direction in a complex and dynamic environment. You combine strong content expertise with decisiveness and know how to bring people along, even when pressure is high and interests diverge.

You bring the following:

• Completed university degree, preferably in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a technical field;
• 10+ years of leadership experience within contract logistics (3PL), with proven responsibility for operations, P&L, and commercial results, including managing multi-site operations;
• Recent and in-depth experience within Consumer Products;
• Proven track record in leading large-scale, automated logistics operations and complex implementations;
• Strong commercial experience, including negotiating complex international contracts and pricing models;
• Demonstrated experience in leading senior leaders and building high performance organizations;
• Strong analytical capabilities and proven experience in financial steering;
• Experience with transformation, process optimization, and delivering scalable solutions;
• Fluent in English and Dutch.

Benefits:
Working at Arvato: what to expect
Arvato offers a senior leadership role with direct impact on the growth and positioning of the Consumer Products vertical in the Netherlands. In addition, you can expect:

• Annual salary of €165K – €200K, depending on experience;
• A performance-based bonus of up to two months’ salary;
• Company car; 25 vacation days, with the option to extend to 28;
• Solid pension scheme;
• An international, entrepreneurial environment with room for ownership and visible impact.

Interested?
Get in touch with Daan Timmermans via +31 6 34 21 99 93 or [email protected]

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