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Hybrid in Amsterdam·Added 7 days ago (last checked 6 Nov)
Our summary
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Amsterdam
- Languages
- Dutch
- Experience
- 8+ years



Skills
This job advert was originally written in Dutch.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- You have a university or HBO (higher professional education) degree and eight years of experience with Lean (Six Sigma) projects or relevant change management projects.
- You possess a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
- You have demonstrable experience in leading complex, cross-chain change trajectories and larger improvement projects.
- You can effectively manage multiple stakeholders with diverse interests and are a strong sparring partner for senior management.
- You take ownership of larger projects or program components and drive the successful realization and safeguarding of results.
- You are able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining overview and focus.
- You are able to coach colleagues and take a leading role in the further development and professionalization of the Lean team.
- You can easily translate a holistic view into concrete actions.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- An attractive gross monthly salary based on a 36-hour work week. This includes holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
- An excellent pension scheme, so that you are well prepared for the future.
- Flexibility in working: working from home is possible in consultation with your team and depending on your role. We will arrange an ergonomic home working environment for you.
- Room for relaxation with five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off. Additionally, you can purchase up to four extra weeks of vacation annually.
- Five 'Banking for better days': extra days off that you can use for personal development or volunteer work.
- Personal development is central: you receive a development budget of €1,000 per year, which you can save up to €3,000.
- A public transport annual pass with free public transport throughout the Netherlands for both business and private use.
The role
Are you a driven professional with expertise in Lean (Six Sigma) projects and change management? ABN AMRO's Strategy Execution & Implementation (SE&I) team is looking for a Senior Lean Consultant to realize strategic and regulatory-driven changes. With in-depth knowledge of banking domains and customer segments, we ensure effective and efficient changes. Join our team and make a tangible difference by increasing the bank's execution power. Apply now and help bring our strategy to life!
What you'll do
We are looking for a Senior Lean (Six Sigma) Consultant who loves using data to draw conclusions and achieve results. By analyzing data, you find connections and root causes to achieve truly impactful results. Your project management skills help you set up the right structure and ensure that deadlines are met. You are often responsible for projects from start to finish and work together with all involved parties to support the organization. Together with the involved teams, you ensure the correct implementation and adoption of changes. Your role varies per assignment: from initiating and executing to implementing and evaluating. You do it all.
As a Senior Lean Consultant, you work on diverse projects: from strategic improvement trajectories to complex and organization-wide change tasks where Lean skills are deployed for analysis, structure, and result realization. Often, these are cross-chain improvement projects where you advise and guide senior management on complex issues and decision-making. You take the lead on larger projects or workflows within programs and are responsible for the successful realization and safeguarding of results. You can count on your team: you always work together with colleagues within constantly changing project teams. You easily influence a complex stakeholder field, know how to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and maintain overview and focus in doing so. You manage based on content, progress, support, and implementation. This may focus on, among other things, realizing strategic objectives, improving customer and employee satisfaction, realizing cost savings, or the sustainable implementation of organization-wide changes.
Project example:
Within a current change program, Lean Consultants are working on future-proofing an end-to-end credit process. Together with Business, Operations, Risk, IT, and process experts, they design the desired future processes. In doing so, they focus on, among other things, shorter lead times, fewer handover moments, clear decision logic, and more digitalization and automation. The designed processes and requirements subsequently form the basis for implementation in systems and further realization within the organization.
Your work
As a Lean Consultant, you work on, for example:
- Improving the lead time and processing time within the credit application process.
- Designing a process to capture and use ESG data, so that we can provide specific ESG advice to Corporate Banking customers.
- Designing the setup, roles and responsibilities, and way of working for new or rapidly changing departments.
We offer
It is important to us to be a good employer. We therefore offer you a position with impact and excellent employment conditions that contribute to your job satisfaction, development, and wellbeing.
More information about our employment conditions and salary scales can be found in our cao that applies to this vacancy.
Interested?
Apply now! If you have a passion for lean consulting and change management and are looking for an opportunity to make a real impact, we would love to hear from you. Join Strategy Execution & Implementation, where you will work on challenging, complex projects and help shape the future of our organization.
For more information, please contact Stefan Wolfs, Lean Consultant, via stefan.wolfs@nl.abnamro.com or Femke oude Lohuis, Head of Sales & Operational Excellence Consultancy via femke.oude.lohuis@nl.abnamro.com
Your Future: Inclusive, Innovative, and Sustainable
At ABN AMRO, we believe in "Banking for better, for generations to come." Equal opportunities for everyone form an important foundation, in which we strive for an inclusive culture in which all employees feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision as a personal bank in the digital age aligns seamlessly with the need for surprising insights and innovative solutions, arising from a diverse interplay of cultures and experiences. We focus on customer experience, sustainability, and building a future-proof bank, whereby we investigate equal pay for equal work annually to ensure fair opportunities. Join a bank that embraces ingenuity and ambition, and make an impact together with us for a better future.
If you wish to apply for the B-Able or Reboot program, please ensure that you mention this in both the title and the content of your CV.
Use of AI during the application process
You may use AI to write your CV and motivation letter, as long as it remains your own story and shows who you are. We look at every application with attention and always do so personally, without AI. During interviews, the use of real-time AI is not permitted. With your permission, interviews can be recorded and supported by AI. In this way, we work together to ensure a fair, careful, and transparent application process.
About ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO is a banking company. The areas of work presented on its own careers site span corporate banking, private banking, finance, risk management, detecting financial crime, legal & compliance, IT, data & analytics, operations, marketing and human resources.
Its careers site frames working at the company as "een baan met betekenis" (a job with meaning) and highlights themes such as challenging work, making an impact, learning and development, employment conditions, diversity, hybrid working and wellbeing. It also offers entry paths for students and starters, including internships and traineeships.
- Industry
- Banking
Good to know if you are moving
- The careers site lists hybrid working ("Hybride werken") among its terms of employment, alongside learning and development and wellbeing programmes.
- The careers site is offered in both Dutch and English ("Taal NL EN").
- There are dedicated entry paths for students and starters, including internships ("Stages") and traineeships.
In their own words
About the company & team
As a Senior Lean Consultant, you are functionally part of the SE&I team within Strategy & Transformation. You work closely with various departments (think of: customer segments, product units, and Grids) but also other stakeholders (think of: IT, Risk, and Finance) to realize the intended change.
We are looking for a strong analytical and conceptual thinker with a hands-on mentality and a drive to change and improve. As a proactive professional, you apply an analytical, independent approach to your work. You possess excellent communication and advisory skills, and you are goal-oriented and solution-oriented. This allows you to optimally manage your stakeholders with a high level of responsibility.
Additional information
External recruitment agencies must have signed an agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., issued by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, in order to be allowed to submit CVs. Therefore, acquisition is not appreciated.
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