Pergolux
Team Lead Supply Chain
Frankfurt | DACH Team. Posted 23 days ago
The role
You will lead the team responsible for procurement, seafreight, inbound logistics, demand and supply planning, and customs. You will manage the end-to-end planning cycle and supplier performance to ensure stock availability across multiple markets.
What you will do
- Lead and develop the team responsible for procurement, seafreight, inbound logistics, demand and supply planning and customs
- Act as the escalation point for supply issues
- Own the end-to-end planning cycle from demand forecast to purchase plan, container plan and inbound schedule
- Build one reliable view of inbound stock across all markets
- Manage supplier performance, capacity and lead times
- Support scaling suppliers for new product lines
- Run freight procurement and forwarder management
- Build customs and trade compliance as an in-house capability
- Set and report supply chain KPIs
- Work closely with Product, Sales and regional operations managers on launches, campaigns and peak planning
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement or planning
- Experience leading a team with people who are newer to their roles
- Hands-on knowledge of seafreight, Incoterms and importing into multiple markets
- Strong planning and analytical skills
- Comfortable building models in Excel or Google Sheets
- Working with BI tools and an ERP or planning system
- Fluent English
Nice to have
- experience in e-commerce, consumer goods or furniture/outdoor products
- customs or trade compliance experience
- experience in a multi-market scale-up (EU, UK, US, AU)
- an interest in using AI and automation to remove manual planning work
Benefits
- Up to 30 vacation days, starting at 27
- One week per year remote workation in EU/UK
- International, collaborative team
- Regular team events (summer party, Christmas party, after-work gatherings) and retreats
- Modern setup and laptops (Apple or Windows)
- Employee discounts on PERGOLUX products
- Jobrad / Bike leasing program
About the company
PERGOLUX designs and sells Scandinavian-inspired outdoor living products, from pergolas to garden furniture, directly to consumers. The company has around 300 employees, 9-figure revenue, and operations across 8 markets.