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About the Role

You will play a central role in establishing and managing localized production globally. This involves working closely with the Supply Chain Manager and the founding team to bring three new international co-manufacturing sites online. Post-launch, you will oversee the operational management of these sites, ensuring smooth production, local compliance, and alignment of output with demand. This is a hands-on role focused on building and optimizing operations in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

Manage international order fulfillment from forecast to delivered shipment, coordinating manufacturing, 3PL partners, freight forwarders, and distributors.
Optimize cost-to-serve across international channels, identifying and resolving margin leakage.
Manage stock allocation and availability across international warehouses.
Own market-by-market labeling and product compliance, including EU multilingual can artwork, functional claim conditions, and country-specific recycling and packaging requirements.
Coordinate with designers and distributors to ensure artwork meets local regulatory standards before production.
Maintain a compliance framework and checklist for entering new markets.
Act as the operational point of contact for international distributors, managing ordering, forecasting, and service levels.
Support new market entry, from regulatory groundwork through to first shipment.
Negotiate and manage relationships with 3PLs, carriers, and freight partners.
Align sales and forecasts with production schedules.
Report on international operational performance, cost-to-serve, and service metrics.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in operations, export logistics, or supply chain within FMCG, food & beverage, or a regulated physical-product category.
Strong working knowledge of Incoterms, customs and export documentation, and international freight.
Familiarity with food or beverage labeling compliance, ideally including EU regulatory frameworks.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple markets and partners simultaneously.
Commercially minded, with the ability to analyze and improve cost-to-serve.
Confident communicator who can manage external partners and internal stakeholders.

Experience Level

5+ years

Benefits

The chance to shape and own the international operations function of a high-growth challenger brand.
Significant autonomy and direct impact on the business's expansion.
A collaborative, ambitious team.
Competitive salary and equity package.

About the Company

Living Things is one of the fastest-growing drinks brands in the UK, with listings in every major grocer, the best independents, and 20+ international markets.
We're less than three years into our mission to make soft drinks that are delicious and guilt-free and we're growing our team.
We're looking for people who want real ownership and the chance to build one of the UK's defining consumer brands.