The roles we cover
Supply chain
Distribution, sales & operations planning, demand and supply planning, inventory, logistics and transport. At all three levels, permanent or on assignment.
The roles we cover
The whole function, at three levels
Function leadership
- Supply Chain Director
- Head of Supply Chain
- Logistics director
- Head of Operations
- COO with supply chain responsibility
Management and subject ownership
- Head of S&OP
- Head of Planning
- Head of Demand & Supply Planning
- Head of Logistics / Distribution
- Warehouse and terminal manager
- Transport manager
- Head of Customer Service & Order Management
Specialist and operational
- Demand planner
- Supply planner
- Production planner
- S&OP manager
- Inventory manager
- Logistics and distribution lead
- Transport coordinator
- Supply chain analyst
- Supply chain systems owner (ERP, APS, WMS)
We consider adjacent roles case by case: quality, HSE and supply chain sustainability.
Two services
Permanent, or on assignment
Permanent: search
We find and assess the person who will own the role for good. Executive Search for function leadership, Specialist Search below.
On assignment: interim for hire
An experienced professional in your organisation for three to twelve months, with an agreed scope and result.
Insights
Insights on the domain
Who you talk to

Thor Bang-EllingsenPartner and founder
Thor has worked in procurement and supply chain for almost 15 years, as a leader, an adviser and the person who built the teams. He has assessed procurement functions in more than 40 companies, in the Nordics and internationally, and seen how procurement, planning and logistics have to work together for the supply chain to deliver. He knows what a CPO or a supply chain director needs from their people. That is the judgement you get when you call.
- Phone
- +47 940 96 046
- tbe@byname.no
- linkedin.com
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