InSync · Renewables, Industry & Technical
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Supply Chain Manager salary & hiring benchmark
Post-disruption, Dutch manufacturers pay a premium for planners who can model scenarios rather than only execute the plan.
- Base salary
- €65K – €90K
- On-target earnings
- No variable
- Demand
- High
- Time to hire
- 38 days
- Briefing to signed offer
The band, in detail
What a Supply Chain Manager earns in the Netherlands
25th percentile
€65K
Lower quartile of offers
Median
€76K
Where most offers land
75th percentile
€90K
Top quartile of offers
Year on year
+4% vs 2025
Median base movement
Band by seniority
- Supply Chain / Demand Planner€48K – €62K
- Supply Chain Manager€68K – €88K
- Director Supply Chain / Ops€95K – €130K
Base excl. bonus. Includes logistics, packaging and FMCG operations.
- Region
- Amsterdam / Randstad +4% vs national median · rest of the Netherlands −3% vs national median
- Variable pay
- 10–20% bonus on service level, cost-to-serve and working capital
- Secondary benefits
- Lease car, bonus above market in logistics, 27 leave days
- What moves the offer
- S&OP ownership plus scenario modelling in ERP — planners who only execute stay mid-band.
What strong candidates bring
The skills that decide shortlists for this role right now — in the order hiring managers weight them.
- 01S&OP and demand planning ownership
- 02ERP fluency (SAP, Dynamics, Exact)
- 03Supplier and 3PL management
- 04Cost-to-serve and inventory optimisation
- 05Continuous improvement (Lean / Six Sigma)
Profile
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 5 – 10 years
- Market
- Netherlands / Annual gross base
- Benchmarked by
- InSync
Methodology
Frontrunners Group label networks + public NL market data · Q1–Q3 2026 · 800+ companies, Netherlands. Annual gross base salary, full-time, excluding 8% holiday allowance, bonus, commission and equity. Indicative — not a quote for a specific role.
Updated September 2026
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