Manager, Global Warehouse COE

About the role:

The Global Warehousing Center of Excellence defines and drives the strategic direction of Barry Callebaut’s warehousing operations worldwide. It ensures safe, standardized, and future-ready warehouse processes across regions, enabling scalable, cost-effective, and service-oriented execution. As the global authority on warehousing, the CoE provides strategic leadership, ensures compliance with all safety and regulatory requirements, and drives performance visibility and continuous improvement. It works in close partnership with regional and local teams to optimize operations, embed digital innovation, and future-proof the global warehousing footprint. Scope of the role: All production plants, all supply chain storage facilities (BC owned and 3PL/4PL operated warehouses) i all regions.

Key responsibilities:

• Owning and executing the global warehousing strategy in alignment with long-term business and supply chain priorities.
• Leading the standardization of processes, SOPs, and compliance with global safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Shaping and deploying the digital warehousing roadmap, including global WMS strategy and integration with ERP, yard management, and visibility platforms.
• Evaluating and guiding the adoption of automation, robotics, and emerging warehousing technologies.
• Defining and governing global KPIs to drive cost and service performance through transparency, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.
• Steering warehouse-related strategic discussions with regional logistics heads and key global stakeholders (e.g., digital, sourcing, finance, quality, costing).
• Contributing to global logistics network design, infrastructure planning, and warehouse footprint evolution.
• Driving global capability building through best practice sharing, training frameworks, and development of a global warehousing community of excellence.
• Monitoring industry trends, innovations, and risks to ensure long-term resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness of the warehousing function.

About you:

• Master’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or Industrial Engineering.
• Proven expertise in warehousing and logistics operations in an international context.
• 7+ years of experience in global warehousing or logistics operations, preferably in food, consumer goods, or contract logistics.
• Strong background in warehouse automation, digitalization, and transformation program delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale ERP/WMS implementations and/or warehouse automation projects.
• Strong change management, stakeholder alignment, and project leadership capabilities.
• Full professional proficiency in English (verbal and written).
• Travel requirements: max. 20%.
• Must be able to operate in a complex international matrix organization with strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Deep understanding of supply chain process integration, system design, and operational KPIs.
• Hands-on experience with ERP, WMS, and related logistics tools, including data-driven decision support dashboards.
• Demonstrated success in driving cross-regional standardization, efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Proven ability to engage across cultures and functions at senior levels.
• High personal drive, resilience, and accountability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

We offer:

• Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
• Annual bonus based on your work results.
• Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
• Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
• Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
• PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
• Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
• Group life insurance.
• Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
• As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
• Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
• Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
• And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
• Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
• You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
• Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
• Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
• We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
• Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.