Job Description
Senior EU Ecommerce Operations Consultant – 3PL + VAT + Marketplace Expansion
Overview
We are an established ecommerce company (700–1000 orders/day) shipping mainly to NL/DE/FR.
We are transitioning from direct dropshipping to:
- Stocking bestsellers in a Polish 3PL
- Structuring VAT correctly
- Launching on Amazon.nl and bol.com
We are looking for a senior consultant who has executed this type of setup multiple times and can take ownership of coordination and implementation.
What You Will Do
- Review and validate 3PL proposals
- Lead structured communication with selected 3PL
- Define VAT structure together with VAT provider
- Identify required registrations and compliance steps
- Coordinate warehouse onboarding
- Prepare roadmap for marketplace expansion
- Identify operational risks before scaling
- Help us determine how to make 3PL + marketplace expansion profitable. At first glance margins look tight and we need someone who can properly model and validate the economics.
Engagement
- Hourly contract
- 10–20 hours per week
- 4–6 weeks initial engagement
- Direct collaboration with founder
Required Experience
You must have:
- Real-world experience setting up EU 3PL operations
- Experience with Poland or CEE warehousing
- Strong VAT + OSS knowledge
- Marketplace launch experience (Amazon EU and/or bol.com)
- Experience with 500+ orders per day ecommerce businesses
- Done this more than once. We are not looking for someone learning on this project.
Important
To ensure you have read this post fully:
- Start your proposal with the word: 3PL26
- In your reply, mention one specific operational risk of using a Polish 3PL for NL/DE fulfillment
- Do not use AI-generated responses. Generic or templated proposals will be ignored
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