Freelance Project Manager Warehouse - Brownfield Project

Our client is a rapidly expanding international consumer goods company strengthening its footprint across Central & Eastern Europe. To support this growth, they are launching a new warehouse and transport platform in the Czech Republic that will serve the entire CEE region.

As a Freelance Project Manager Warehouse your responsibilities are:

• Participate in the final tender and negotiation phase to select and contract the warehouse partner in the Czech Republic.
• Define and implement warehouse operating procedures (SOPs) together with the selected 3PL.
• Prepare the dedicated warehouse areas and align operational ways of working with the logistics partner.
• Establish KPI tracking, governance routines, and daily/weekly/monthly performance reviews.
• Set up the transport network for parcel and pallet flows across all Central & Eastern European countries.
• Negotiate with transport providers and manage commercial and operational discussions.
• Work closely with the IT team on the integration between the company ERP (Infor M3) and the 3PL WMS platform.
• Monitor warehouse and transport performance, customer service levels, stock accuracy, inbound/outbound activities, and delivery lead times.
• Analyze operational data and provide KPI reporting to management.
• Support business growth by identifying service and logistics optimization opportunities.
• Prepare the operational handover to the future Logistics Manager after the stabilization phase.

A successful Freelance Project Manager Warehouse should have:

• Proven experience managing warehouse setup, 3PL implementation, or logistics transformation projects in an international environment.
• Strong background in warehousing and transport operations.
• Experience running RFP/RFQ processes and negotiating with logistics providers.
• Knowledge of consumer goods, retail fashion, B2B distribution, or e-commerce logistics is a strong advantage.
• Fluent Czech and English are mandatory.

Our customer offers you:

• Strategic freelance assignment with direct exposure to European logistics leadership.
• Opportunity to build a warehouse operation from the ground up.
• International and entrepreneurial environment with strong growth ambitions in the CEE region.
• Expected start: ASAP.