Responsibilities

• Operational Supervision: Plan, assign, coordinate, and monitor daily warehouse activities. Balance priorities and ensure work is completed safely, accurately, and on schedule. 

• Team Guidance and Development: Provide day-to-day direction, onboarding support, coaching, and practical training. Reinforce accountability, teamwork, and adherence to procedures. 

• Inventory Management: Oversee the receipt, inspection, recording, storage, and organization of materials. Maintain inventory accuracy through cycle counts, investigation, and corrective action. 

• Order Fulfillment: Supervise picking, packing, labeling, staging, and preparation of materials and orders for internal use or shipment. 

• Shipping and Receiving: Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments, documentation, returns, and communication with internal stakeholders and logistics providers. 

• Quality Control: Ensure incoming goods and warehouse transactions are checked appropriately. Escalate and support resolution of damaged, incorrect, or non-conforming materials. 

• Safety and Housekeeping: Maintain safe, clean, and organized warehouse areas. Ensure equipment is used correctly and safety requirements are consistently followed. 

• Systems and Data Accuracy: Ensure timely and correct ERP transactions, stock updates, and warehouse records. Support improvements in data quality and traceability. 

• Problem Solving and Escalation: Resolve operational issues within the authority’s role and escalate material, capacity, quality, safety, or schedule risks promptly. 

• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement practical improvements to warehouse layout, material flow, standard work, visual management, and waste reduction. 

• Cross-Functional Coordination: Work closely with Supply Chain, Production, Projects, Quality, Engineering, and Service to align priorities and material availability. 

Skills: 

• Strong warehouse and logistics knowledge with the ability to organize and prioritize daily operations. 

• Demonstrated potential to guide, coach, and develop a warehouse team. 

• Strong attention to detail, ownership, and structured problem solving. 

• Clear communication and effective collaboration across functions. 

• Proficiency in computer systems, data entry, Microsoft Office, and preferably ERP systems such as Oracle PeopleSoft. 

• Safe operation of warehouse equipment and consistent adherence to safety policies and procedures. 

Facilities Management Support  

Experience supporting workplace and facilities operations, including: 

• Conducting basic workplace and building-condition checks and escalating maintenance or safety issues. 

• Coordinating access and support for contractors, service providers, and facility-related activities. 

• Tracking maintenance requests and maintaining basic facilities records. 

• Monitoring facility consumables and arranging replenishment when required. 

• Supporting the readiness of workspaces, meeting rooms, common areas, and shared equipment. 

• Assisting with office/workshop moves, workspace changes, and facility-related equipment relocation. 

• Supporting housekeeping contractors, waste management, recycling, and environmental initiatives. 

• Escalating urgent facilities issues that may impact safety, operations, or business continuity. 

Qualifications

REQUIRED 

• Minimum MBO-level education or equivalent relevant vocational qualification. 

• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in warehousing and/or logistics, including experience coordinating work or guiding colleagues. 

• Valid forklift truck license and VCA Basic certification. 

• Working knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office. 

• Ability to communicate effectively English and Dutch (desired). 

• Sound understanding of safe warehouse operations, inventory control, shipping and receiving, and material handling. 

• Experience with ERP or warehouse management systems, inventory analysis, and cycle-count reconciliation. 

• Experience supporting quality inspections and technical documentation. 

• Fluency in Dutch  Language and the Right to Work in the Netherlands is required.

DESIRED 

• Experience supervising or acting as senior point of contact for a small operational team. 
• Practical experience with facilities or workplace operations, contractor coordination, maintenance requests, consumables, building checks, or service records.