Continuous Improvement Lead

Walraven is an international family-owned business that has been developing smart fastening solutions for the installation industry since 1942. With locations across Europe and beyond, Walraven continues to evolve, focusing on further professionalisation, collaboration and smarter ways of working.

The ongoing rollout of Microsoft Dynamics 365 is creating new opportunities to better align and streamline logistics processes across and between Walraven’s six European warehouses. How can these opportunities be fully leveraged to ensure that improvements deliver results not just locally, but across the entire network? That is where you come in!

To further optimise and harmonise logistics processes across its European commercial warehouses, Walraven has exclusively appointed Objeqtive Recruitment to find an analytical and proactive Continuous Improvement Lead (Logistics)

You will analyse logistics processes across Walraven’s commercial warehouses, identify opportunities for improvement and translate your findings into practical solutions. You will look beyond individual locations, exploring how processes and systems can be better aligned and how improvements can be implemented across the international network.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Analyse and optimise: Review processes and performance relating to goods receipt, customer deliveries, transport and intercompany flows. Identify bottlenecks and develop concrete improvement proposals.
• Harmonise processes: Compare working methods across warehouses and develop standardised solutions that work in practice and can be applied internationally.
• Further develop systems: Work with IT and other departments to explore how Microsoft Dynamics 365 can be used more effectively.
• Implement improvements: Coordinate the implementation of new ways of working, monitor progress and ensure clear work instructions and sustainable embedding of improvements.
• Drive collaboration: Work closely with Warehouse Managers and international stakeholders. Even without direct line management responsibility, you know how to engage people, build support and turn improvements into tangible results.

You will report to the Group Warehouse and Logistics Manager and be physically based within the Supply Chain team in the Netherlands. You will also work closely with a fellow Logistics Engineer in the Czech Republic, who focuses on manufacturing processes. Your own scope will be dedicated entirely to commercial warehouses.

Your base location will be Mijdrecht, the Netherlands. The role has an international scope, covering warehouses in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Poland. You can expect to visit these locations approximately 6–12 times per year, with additional travel possible during system implementations.

Who are you?
You are analytical, curious and proactive. You want to understand why processes work the way they do, ask critical questions and take a fresh look at existing ways of working. You identify opportunities for improvement and independently translate them into practical, achievable solutions that contribute to a more efficient logistics operation.

You also know how to stay connected to day-to-day operations when working remotely. By analysing data and regularly consulting local Warehouse Managers and teams, you build a clear understanding of processes and bottlenecks. You combine their practical experience with your own insights, challenge existing practices when necessary and bring international stakeholders on board with improvements. You ensure that solutions are not only well designed, but also successfully implemented and sustained.

In addition, you bring:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent level of professional education in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering or a related field;
• Experience with logistics processes, warehouse operations, logistics engineering or continuous improvement;
• Strong process analysis and process management skills, with a focus on identifying improvements and standardising processes across multiple locations;
• The ability to work independently, strong organisational skills and experience coordinating improvement initiatives with a range of stakeholders, without necessarily having direct line management responsibility;
• Experience with ERP systems; knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 is an advantage;
• Strong English communication skills; Dutch is an advantage.

An international role that gives you plenty of scope to take initiative and make a visible contribution to the further professionalisation of the logistics organisation.

You can also expect:

• A base salary of up to €75K per year;
• A collective bonus scheme, a good pension plan and travel allowance;
• 38 days of annual leave;
• Hybrid working, combining home working, time at the Mijdrecht office and international travel;
• Opportunities for personal development and career growth in logistics, process optimisation and operational excellence.

Are you the person Walraven is looking for? We would love to hear from you!
Please contact Tamara van Keulen-Jongerius at tamara@objeqtive.nl or +31 6 10711998.

Objeqtive Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency with higher ambitions. We connect professionals with leading employers, recruiting for permanent and interim positions in Supply Chain, Logistics and Operations across the Netherlands.

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