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Logistics Manager

On-site in Haarlem·Full-time·Added today (last checked 30 Oct)

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

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Our summary

Salary: €3,634 a month
Work mode: On-site, Haarlem
Contract: Full-time
Languages: Dutch
Experience: 3+ years

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Working at NS means that you can make *the* difference in the dynamic world of sustainable mobility. You help keep the Netherlands accessible, for everyone. At NS, you get a lot of freedom. The possibilities to develop yourself are great. We promise you that no day is the same. And as one of the most beautiful employers in the Netherlands, we have even more to offer. For this position, including:

A salary between € 3,743 and € 6,491 gross per month; depending on your knowledge and experience, you will be placed in scale 60.
A 36-hour work week.
144 hours of statutory leave (based on a 36-hour work week) supplemented with extra leave depending on age (minimum one week).
The possibility to exchange 3 national holidays for 3 non-national holidays.
3% end-of-year bonus, 8% holiday allowance, and an excellent pension scheme.
Your train travel in 2nd class is free; travel in 1st class is possible with a small personal contribution.
Your family travels for free during off-peak hours.
Discount on European train travel once you have worked at NS for 1 year.
Professional development opportunities
A choice plan including, among others, a bicycle plan, extra pension accrual, or extra vacation days.

Want to know more? Then view the Employment Conditions here.

The role

Working at the most beautiful NS location among the trains.
With your department, you ensure that the technicians have all the necessary materials.
Leading people in a technical environment.

What you'll do

As a Logistics Manager, you are primarily responsible for leading, coaching, developing, and guiding a team of approximately 60 logistics employees.
You set up new workflows or modify current workflows, determine roles and task distribution, and establish which capacity is needed and ensure the necessary capacity is provided.

The logistics manager has the following tasks in this regard:

Monitoring the progress of the logistics processes.
Ensuring the timely delivery of all planned materials and services according to established standards (quality, quantity, cost, safety, and lead time).
Identifying any potential risks and making and implementing improvement proposals for them, with the aim of further optimizing (delivery) performance.
Translating and developing the general NS Train Modernization policy into a practical departmental policy.

In addition, performing various personnel matters is part of your package:

Recruitment & selection.
Performance and appraisal interviews.
Providing input for job descriptions.
Guiding the sickness absence process and dismissal cases.

These are the job requirements

A completed HBO (higher professional education) degree, preferably in a logistics, business administration, or technical direction.
At least 3 years of leadership experience, preferably within a similar production environment.
Knowledge and experience within a distribution center and its associated processes.
You are communicative, empathetic, you know what is going on, and you have good empathy.
You dare to make decisions and are result-oriented.
With your enthusiasm, you are able to motivate and stimulate your people.

Hiring process

Well? Are you that Logistics Manager who fights for their team and the results? Do you bring the experience to let our team grow and strengthen? Then we are looking for you!

Apply directly (but certainly before November 16th) via the application button. Within a few minutes, you will receive an automatic application confirmation; after the closing date, we will respond to your application as soon as possible.

You can address your application to Audrey van der Linde, corporate recruiter technical.
Any questions about the application process? Email our front office via recruitment@ns.nl
Would you prefer telephone contact? Then call our front office at 088-6713666.

About Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Industry: Railways

In their own words

About the company & team

You will become a Logistics Manager at NS Train Modernization in Haarlem, in the Logistics & Facilities department. Within 15 minutes, you can walk from Haarlem Central to NS Train Modernization. You start sometime between 07:00 and 08:30, so you can—if you wish—avoid the busy rush hour. A relaxed commute, good coffee, motivated colleagues working together with you at this beautiful location to modernize trains. Sounds good, right?

The Logistics & Facilities department consists of ±120 people. The Logistics DC/Material Transport department is a part of this, of which approximately 45 enthusiastic and experienced employees are a part. Characteristic of this department (and actually for all of NS) is that they enjoy working together to achieve the best result.

Additional information

A background check, including a VOG (Certificate of Conduct), is part of the application procedure. Please also consider the signing of an integrity statement and a non-disclosure agreement.
We find it important that everyone who works with us feels at home. You can see this in everything we do, and therefore also in our recruitment policy. Read more here.

With this vacancy, we wish to recruit our new colleague ourselves. This is therefore NOT a call for acquisition.

This position cannot be filled on an interim basis. For that, please view our hiring page.

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