About the job

🔒 Confidential Executive Search - VP Procurement & Supply Chain📍 Southern Germany | Hybrid (3 days in office typically) with 30-50% international travel

We are currently conducting a strictly confidential search for an international, fast-evolving organisation with a significant global footprint.

This role represents a critical leadership appointment at group level, reporting directly to the CEO and leading a large international procurement and supply chain organization across EMEA, AMER, and APAC.

We are ideally looking for people with direct experience leading global transformations in Procurement/Supply Chain within a wholesale/trading/B2B distributor environment.

The OpportunityThe incoming executive will take ownership of a highly complex global supply chain and procurement environment undergoing substantial transformation and international scaling.

Key areas of responsibility include:• Global Supply Chain Management and S&OP• Procurement & Strategic Sourcing• Logistics, Customs & Trade Compliance• Operational Excellence & Process Transformation• Supply Chain Digitalisation• EHS & Product Compliance Governance• International leadership across multi-regional teams

The organisation is seeking a leader capable of combining:✔ Strong strategic thinking✔ Commercial and wholesale/B2B/trading business exposure✔ Pragmatic top-level leadership✔ Transformation and change management expertise✔ Demonstrated experience leading large, international Procurement & SCM organisations

Ideal BackgroundWe are particularly interested in executives with experience in:• International wholesale / distribution environments• Complex global supply chains• Procurement transformation• Multi-country operational leadership• Fast-scaling or highly dynamic businesses

Candidate Profile• Fluent German and English required• Strong multi-regional leadership and stakeholder management capabilities• Strategic but execution-oriented mindset• Comfortable operating in fast-moving international environments• Willingness to travel internationally (~50%)

Additional Information• Hybrid working model• Southern Germany location (can be shared alongside industry details during the process)• Executive compensation package up to approx. €195k + company car + other benefits• Fast-moving and highly confidential process