Nova Biomedical: One Global Brand. One Vision. Together under one name.

Advanced Instruments and Nova Biomedical are now united under one brand, Nova Biomedical, marking a major milestone in our journey to deliver greater value to our customers. By combining our strengths, we're accelerating innovation, supporting critical workflows, and delivering world-class service across the biopharmaceutical and clinical markets.

About the role

The Europe Distribution & Inventory Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of inventory, service levels, and distribution performance across all European operations, including 3PL (Third Party Logistics Providers) and internal warehouse networks. The primary objective of this role is to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient product distribution across Europe—maximizing customer service levels while optimizing inventory investment, transportation flows, and regional responsiveness.

This role partners closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, and the Director of Distribution & Planning to define inventory and service strategies aligned to regional market dynamics. It drives operational excellence across the distribution network by setting clear performance expectations, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring strong execution across all warehouse locations. This role is critical to ensuring business continuity, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency across a complex European distribution landscape, while supporting broader transformation initiatives within the organization.

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What you’ll do

• Distribution Excellence: Ensure seamless order fulfillment, on-time delivery, and consistent service levels across a multi-country European network, balancing centralized and in-market inventory strategies.

• Inventory Strategy & Optimization: Establish country and regional inventory strategies that account for demand variability, lead times, regulatory requirements, and service expectations while minimizing excess and obsolescence.

• 3PL & Warehouse Performance Management: Oversee and optimize the performance of 3PL partners and internal sites, including KPIs, cost control, capacity planning, and service reliability.

• Regional Complexity Management: Navigate country-specific requirements including customs, import/export regulations, VAT considerations, and local service expectations to ensure uninterrupted distribution across the EU and UK.

• Sustainability & Compliance: Ensure alignment with EU sustainability and regulatory requirements by consolidating, analyzing, and reporting relevant distribution and logistics data.

• Commercial Alignment & Demand Insight: Partner with regional commercial leaders to understand market demand, align inventory positioning, and proactively respond to customer needs and supply risks.

• Transformation & Continuous Improvement: Lead distribution-related projects tied to network optimization, warehouse consolidation, and shared services initiatives to improve efficiency, visibility, and scalability across Europe.

• Governance: Promote standard work and governance for inventory management across OUS locations, including parameter review cadence, escalation paths, and performance review routines.

• Operational Requirements: Work onsite full-time in Frankfurt, Germany. Maintain flexibility to occasionally participate in meetings outside local business hours to align with U.S.-based stakeholders. Travel periodically to warehouse locations as needed.

What we are looking for in you

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in materials management, logistics, production planning, warehousing, or supply chain leadership is required.

• Substantial knowledge and working experience with ERP/MRP/Kanban systems are required. SAP experience is preferred.

• Highly proficient in analytical data investigations, such as pulling data from ERP, defining and investigating trends, root cause analysis, and defining process improvement opportunities.

• Experience reviewing, analyzing, and consolidating operational or sustainability data for regulatory, compliance, or management reporting is required. Familiarity with EU sustainability reporting requirements is preferred.

• Highly proficient in computer skills and MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

• Excellent organizational skills with a commitment to meeting deadlines while ensuring overall quality of work.

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing tools, as well as a strong quality background, is advantageous.

• Experience in regulated industries is advantageous.

• ASCM CPIM or CSCP certifications are strongly preferred.

• Must be flexible and possess strong interpersonal communication skills. The candidate must possess the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Logistics, Procurement, Business Administration, a related field, or relevant employment experience.

Why work for Nova Biomedical

Our compensation and benefits programs are designed to align with all applicable laws and regulations in each country where we operate. Specific offerings may vary by location to ensure compliance with local requirements and to provide employees with support that meets or exceeds regional standards.

Work Location: Onsite, Frankfurt, Germany.

Nova Biomedical believes in transparency and integrity throughout all we do, including compensation. The provided salary range for this role represents the expected base salary or hourly rate for this opening. Actual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and may vary based on individual factors such as location, skills, and education.

About the company

At Nova Biomedical, we’re not just building instruments, we’re powering breakthroughs that improve lives. Our smart, science-driven solutions are trusted in over 100 countries to speed drug development and enhance patient care.

Our integration brings together more than 70 years of scientific excellence with Nova’s cutting-edge innovation, forming a powerhouse of precision, purpose, and possibility. With FDA-registered, ISO-certified manufacturing, more than 125 FDA approvals, and industry-trusted diagnostics, we’re setting new standards in quality and reliability. Nova Biomedical is proud to be a global leader in osmolality testing and biotechnology and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation, dedicated to advancing patient care and scientific discovery with a legacy that continues to shape the future of life sciences.

With headquarters in Norwood and Waltham, Massachusetts, and a global team of nearly 2,000 employees, we’re building a collaborative, empowered culture grounded in shared values: Customer Centricity, Ingenuity, Ownership & Accountability, Collaboration, and Integrity.

Working at Nova Biomedical means joining a mission-driven organization where your contributions matter. Whether you're in engineering, science, manufacturing, or support, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, invests in your growth, and is committed to making a real-world impact on global health.

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EEO Statement:

Nova Biomedical takes pride in being an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. As a part of our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, Nova Biomedical will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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