Key Skills
Job Description
In a nutshell
As a Fulfillment Safety Coordinator, you are part of Picnic's Fulfillment team. In this role, you are operationally responsible for safety within our Fulfillment Centers (FCs). Together with the international Safety Team and colleagues on the shop floor, you ensure a physically and mentally safe working environment.
You work closely with Fulfillment Center Leads, Process Leads, Building & Infrastructure, the L&D team, and many other internal and external stakeholders. You travel regularly between various Picnic Fulfillment locations in the Netherlands to keep one foot in operations.
Tricks of the trade
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Analyzing operational safety: You combine quantitative data and qualitative observations to study the interaction between operational processes and teams.
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Developing and implementing safety measures: You plan, introduce, and manage safety measures to ensure employees can do their work safely every day and return home safely.
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Identifying and mitigating safety risks: After investigating potential safety risks in our operations, you design and implement safety improvements. You take the lead in this and collaborate with various teams to implement solutions directly or test them on-site first.
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Visiting and evaluating FCs: You visit Fulfillment Centers across the Netherlands to review, evaluate, and, where necessary, improve safety plans.
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Conducting Root Cause Analysis: You investigate incidents using Root Cause Analyses and implement preventive measures to prevent recurrence
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Coaching and quality-assuring Root Cause Analyses: You support operational teams in conducting thorough Root Cause Analyses, ensuring high-quality investigations and embedding effective preventive measures to prevent recurrence.
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Developing a strong safety culture: You train and guide operational teams to integrate safety with other KPIs and contribute to a strong safety culture.
We’re looking for
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A completed Bachelor's degree
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+3 years of work experience, preferably in an operational role
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Fluent in English, big pre for Dutch
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Strong communication skills and the ability to persuade others
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Operationally strong with the ability to efficiently implement new ideas and initiatives
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Business sense and an understanding of different operational KPIs
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Independent worker with strong prioritization skills, backed by quantitative or qualitative data
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Willingness to travel to various Fulfillment Centers across the Netherlands
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Valid category B driver's license
Picnic Perks
🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks
Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.
🚵🏼Health insurance discount & bike plan
We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate
✍🏼Learning & development
You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.
All the rest
At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.
Core Responsibilities
The Safety Coordinator is responsible for managing and improving operational safety within Fulfillment Centers by analyzing data and conducting site evaluations. They lead incident investigations, implement preventive measures, and coach teams to foster a strong safety culture.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and possess at least 3 years of relevant operational experience. Strong communication skills, a valid driver's license, and the ability to travel across the Netherlands are required.
Benefits
- Fresh lunch
- Coffee and snacks
- Health insurance discount
- Bike plan
- Personal development courses
- Mental wellbeing support
- 25 holidays
- Travel expenses coverage
- Pension plan
- Company phone
- Company laptop
About Picnic
Industry: Retail
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
At Picnic, we’re a team of inventors, builders, dreamers, and best-in-class operators! With our app-only business model and custom-built in-house supply chain, we're revolutionizing the way people buy groceries and eat every day. We're growing across the Netherlands, Germany, France, and beyond. One of the things that makes Picnic different is that we handle almost everything ourselves: from forecasting and building automated warehouses to designing custom electric vehicles and writing our own software. It gives us total freedom to experiment with bold, new ideas (which we do a lot!). We love to challenge ourselves and learn by doing. The best way to grow here? By taking ownership from day one and pushing boundaries every single day. As a diverse team of over 85 nationalities, there’s always something happening - whether you’re into sports, board games, charity work, dancing at our legendary Picnic festival, or licorice tasting (yes, really!). Our scale-up culture means you get to own your work and bring fresh ideas to life. If you’re looking to make a real impact, reach out. We’d love to hear from you!