Lead a team of around 12 warehouse employees in a production environment in Leeuwarden. Set daily priorities, monitor KPIs and improve logistics processes. Day shift, full-time, fixed-term contract with the prospect of a permanent contract.
The role
As Warehouse Team Leader at our client company in Leeuwarden, you share responsibility for the warehouse department with the unit manager and the other team leaders. You lead a team of around 12 employees, set daily priorities with them and coordinate with production and other departments.
You balance day-to-day operations with the department’s longer-term development. You use KPIs to monitor performance and follow a multi-year plan to optimize processes, working methods and products. You work a day shift.
Your responsibilities
- Plan daily order picking and ensure incoming goods are processed and stored on time.
- Ensure products are packed and shipped on schedule.
- Set and monitor KPIs, analyze data and turn improvement opportunities into concrete actions.
- Apply continuous improvement and 6S, and further develop operational excellence and visual management.
- Monitor capacity requirements and align regularly with the unit manager.
- Coach employees and support their development, run team sessions to improve collaboration, and prepare and conduct performance reviews.
- Coordinate people matters such as onboarding, internal mobility, offboarding and absence management, and resolve issues together with HR.
- Identify problems and bottlenecks promptly, coordinate solutions with the production team and strengthen collaboration between departments.
What you bring
- A demonstrable level of working and thinking equivalent to Dutch HBO (higher professional education).
- A coaching leadership style and excellent communication skills.
- Experience developing an operational department using Lean principles.
- Strong analytical skills and a sound understanding of logistics processes, with the ability to identify improvement opportunities and turn them into concrete actions.
- Confidence and assertiveness as a leader.
- Working knowledge of Excel and the ability to analyze data independently and translate it into clear KPIs.
What we offer
- Full-time work on a day shift.
- A fixed-term contract with the prospect of a permanent contract.
- A competitive salary based on your knowledge and experience.
- 27 days of annual leave plus 13 additional days off (ADV).
- A pension scheme and travel allowance.
- Flexible start and finish times.
- Opportunities for personal development, with attention to both professional and interpersonal skills.