Job TitleProduct Manager Supply Chain
Job Description
Are you ready to join an impactful supply chain team and shape the future of Vanderlande’s product portfolio? Are you a person who likes to work within multidisciplinary and international teams? Someone with a passion for stakeholder- and project management?
If the answer to these questions is 'yes', don't look any further and apply!
Your role
As Product Manager (Module Manager) Supply Chain NPI/LCM you drive early involvement of Supply in our innovation process that we execute jointly with the Technology (R&D) department. You are part of a multidisciplinary Module team where Commerce, Technology, Engineering, Service and other departments are represented. Together you manage the product portfolio and bring in Supply Chain requirements and improvements for the existing portfolio and future innovations.
Within each module, multiple NPIs and PLM improvement project are running. You will be responsible for the execution of these projects together with the project leaders in our team. During the projects you will lead a multidisciplinary team, consisting of Quality, Logistics, Sourcing and Costs Engineering, and align with the development and maintain organization (R&D). You ensure supply is represented in key decisions on core / non-core and make-buy, and safeguard that the equipment is setup in our supply chain in line with reliability, flexibility and competitiveness requirements.
The Global Supply Chain Development department has grown rapidly in the past couple of years. We are an energetic group of people who collaborate with other multidisciplinary teams, in order to enable a reliable, flexible and competitive supply of Vanderlande’s equipment to the projects, together! Continuous learning, open communication and celebrating successes are deemed important within our team. Are you the enthusiastic and motivated individual who likes to become part of our team?
Your tasks and responsibilities
As a Module Manager Supply Chain NPI/LCM you will be responsible for representing Supply Chain in the Module team and executing projects during the complete lifecycle of a product. This results in different tasks and responsibilities:
- Supply Chain representative in the Module Team
- Challenge R&D on design
- Making sure the running projects in your Module are executed on Supply Side
- Lead the multidisciplinary Supply Chain team during the execution of NPIs and PLM projects: from project scope in the R&D program and Supply Chain planning, to planning and status updates, meanwhile signaling discrepancies in the R&D planning and providing a solution or escalation.
- Ensure choice of best quality and lowest cost Production Technology, Suppliers and Components to be in line with relevant Sourcing strategy
- Lead projects during modifications and relocations
- Lead projects during phase outs
- Define and execute improvements in the process and tooling within the Development and QLTC Team
Your profile
To be successful in this position, we ask that you bring:
- A Bachelor or Master Degree in a technical field of study (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management)
- A minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Preferably experience in Project Management
- International work experience would be nice
You should apply when you are:
- A team player and self-starter
- Have a drive to constantly develop yourself
- An excellent communicator in English since our team is international
- Have strong planning and organizing capabilities
- Results oriented and stress resistant
- Decisive and entrepreneurial
Your department
The Global Supply Chain organization in Vanderlande is responsible to supply all the goods and services we need to execute our 270+ concurrent projects. For this, we work closely together with our internal stakeholders to meet business demands while leveraging synergies over the more than 1 Bln Euro spend we have with 7000+ suppliers. The GSC Development department is responsible for the Global Network Strategy, SC introduction and -Life Cycle coordination of new VI equipment, pricing of the goods and services delivered by SC and process(improvement) and tooling (development) used by the Global SC organization.
What we offer?
This position offers a competitive salary range of € 5.000 - € 6.250 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’ll 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).
- A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
- Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
- Working from home allowance.
- Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
- On-site company health centres 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 Product Manager Supply Chain appeals to you, then please apply now by completing the application form, and uploading your CV and covering letter.
For more information, please contact Stef Alferink (recruiter) by phone +31 413 755 087
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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.
