Are you experienced in the field of Supply Chain? Do you love working internationally? Do you have an interest or experience in project management? Then apply now as our new Project Manager Supply!
Your Role
As a Project Manager Supply, your main focus is to capture Supply Chain requirements during the early phases of a project and consult the project for Supply Chain through the first stages. You liaise with many internal and external stakeholders like Sourcing, Supply Chain Planning, Sales, Project Lead Engineers and Project Management in order to secure supply in an early stage.
Your tasks and responsibilities
The Project Manager Supply forms a key part of the supply chain of Vanderlande. Their job is to obtain and secure supply chain requirements from projects from the sales phase onwards. As a Project Manager Supply, you guide sales on value and risks & opportunities during the BID phase. You are to secure agreements made during the Sell, Define and Detail phase in a dedicated VI Supply Plan. You inform and manage your stakeholders across various departments including S&OP, Project Manager, PLE and Sourcing.
During the early phases of a project your responsibilities and activities will be:
- First point of contact as Supply Chain representative for Sales and Project Management
- Analyze and advise projects in the sales phase on supply
- Capture project details in a supply plan and engage with stakeholders
- Identify project configuration and analyze planning
- Support in identifying critical items and create a plan to secure supply
- Facilitate and consult on project specific forecasting
- Liaise with sourcing to optimize supply and mitigate risks
- Advise on default and non-default supply routings
- Advise on how to reach cost optimization
- Capture, document and guard project supply chain agreements
- Handover the responsibility of supply to supply chain execution coordinator from supply phase onwards
- Capture supply chain lessons learned for improvement purposes
- Align with S&OP to validate project forecasts on monthly base by confirming correct volumes and timelines
- Log and visualize potential risks and roadblocks via critical Milestone Board and communicate to higher management
- Being a business partner to assigned Customer Center
Your profile
For this position, we require:
- Master degree in a Supply Chain related field of study
- Working experience (8-10 years) in supply chain related field
- Excellent social and communication skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Project Management and international work experience are a plus
- Drive to win, result and goal oriented with a hands-on mentality
You should apply when you are:
- An excellent communicator in English
- An expert in balancing stakeholders
- Able to collaborate easily with stakeholders
- A strong planner and organizer
- Result oriented and stress-resistant
- Strong in stakeholder engagement
- Able to demonstrate vulnerability
- Self-confident and independent
Your department
Vanderlande is dedicated to improving its customers’ business processes and competitive position. Vanderlande is the expert in automated material handling systems, which we mainly deliver to our customers by executing projects that focus on design, own manufacturing, 3rd party supply and installation of these systems. Our systems and associated services enable fast, reliable, goods handling in distribution centers, parcel and postal sortation facilities, as well as baggage handling at airports.
The Global Supply Chain organization plays a key role in the world-wide deliveries of products and services to Vanderlande solutions and consist of 3 Supply Chain Centers (SCC) in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Project Manager Supply EU is part of SCC Europe - Supply Chain Operations EU - Supply to Projects team, and is responsible to manage business priority Vanderlande projects in sell, define and detail phase within SCC Europe.
What we offer
This position offers a competitive salary range of € 5.400 - € 6.400 per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.
On top of your fixed salary, you will receive the following secondary benefits:
40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
Flexible working hours.
A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
Working from home allowance.
Collective pension scheme and discount on health insurance.
On-site company health centers with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.
Your application
If the role of Supply Chain Project Manager appeals to you, then please apply now by completing the application form, and uploading your CV and cover letter. For more information about the process, contact Stef Alferink, (Recruiter) via [email protected]
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What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
