Get certified and operating in a defensible specialty within 18 months: S&OP/IBP design, supply-chain risk and trade-compliance (post-2022 nearshoring), or sustainability/CBAM reporting — these are the parts of supply chain that command director-tier pricing while generic planning is being automated.

Lead one named transformation (network redesign, ERP cutover, S&OP rollout) with EUR savings attached, then use the trilingual stack to position for a pan-European supply-chain director seat at a multinational — this is the realistic 80-90th-percentile arc.

Build active LinkedIn and one annual published case-study or industry-panel appearance — the supply-chain talent market still runs heavily on personal referral, and moving from 'passive_profile' to 'active' typically doubles inbound recruiter activity at this seniority.