Job Title
Supply Chain Marketplaces Lead Europe
Job Description
Job Summary
The Supply Chain Marketplaces Lead – Europe owns the design, implementation and continuous improvement of Philips’ end-to-end supply chain operating models for strategic digital marketplaces across Europe. The initial focus is TikTok Shop and JD/Joybuy, with scope to support additional platforms as business priorities evolve.
The role converts commercial growth ambitions and marketplace requirements into scalable supply chain solutions across planning and data, logistics and operations, governance, and financial enablement. Working with a high degree of autonomy, the role leads cross-functional transformation from concept through implementation, stabilization and continuous improvement, without relying on formal authority.
Your role
Marketplace strategy and transformation
· Own the end-to-end roadmap for marketplace supply chain operating models across Europe, from design through go-live, stabilization and continuous improvement.
· Translate marketplace, customer and commercial requirements into scalable processes, systems, controls and ways of working.
· Lead cross-functional delivery, proactively managing scope, dependencies, risks, decisions and issue resolution.
· Create reusable capabilities and scale relevant practices from established eCommerce supply chain models without compromising existing customer performance.
Planning, inventory and data
· Establish and coordinate the European planning model for strategic marketplaces, working laterally with demand planning teams in the relevant zones.
· Use marketplace forecasts, point-of-sale and sell-out data, campaign calendars, promotions and other demand signals to improve planning quality and responsiveness.
· Drive inventory visibility, availability and inventory-health management through clear planning cadence, accountability and exception management.
· Define business data, reporting and technology requirements and coordinate implementation with IT, Digital and marketplace teams.
Logistics and operations
· Design and implement the appropriate fulfilment and logistics model for each marketplace with Philips Distribution, Logistics, third-party logistics providers and platform partners.
· Drive replenishment, inventory deployment, operational readiness and go-live execution; monitor service levels and marketplace SLAs.
· Lead operational issue resolution and identify opportunities to improve end-to-end cost to serve while protecting service and scalability.
· Establish robust processes for returns, reverse logistics, inventory recovery and after-sales requirements.
Governance and financial enablement
· Establish governance, decision rights, escalation paths, KPI routines and cross-functional action tracking across Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, IT and external partners.
· Act as the central Supply Chain coordination point for marketplace transformation and build strong operational relationships with TikTok, JD/Joybuy and future platform partners.
· Assess and actively manage inventory ownership, revenue recognition, working capital and end-to-end cost-to-serve implications of proposed operating models.
· Escalate strategic choices, major risks, resource constraints and investment requirements with clear options and recommendations.
· Support the evolution of the marketplace supply chain organization and, as the capability grows, the potential leadership of dedicated resources.
You are part of
The eCommerce Europe Supply Chain organization, reporting directly to the Supply Chain Business Partner eCommerce Europe. The role initially has no direct reports and leads primarily through influence, cross-functional coordination and program leadership. It works laterally with demand planners and closely with Commercial, Finance, IT, Distribution, Logistics, third-party logistics providers and marketplace customer teams.
You are the right fit if you have
· A bachelor’s…