Teamleader Warehouse & Work Preparators

Barry Callebaut Manufacturing Iberica SA.; Wieze; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry Callebaut Manufacturing Iberica SA. is seeking a Lead for Work Preparation, Maintenance Planning & Technical Warehouse at the Wieze site.

You will coordinate maintenance scheduling across 30 production lines and supervise both white- and blue-collar teams to ensure optimal uptime. You will own the technical warehouse budget of €7 million, collaborate with local and global procurement, and drive continuous improvements in maintenance efficiency and cost control.

Qualifications

• Master's or bachelor’s degree in a technical field is required.
• Proven experience in people management is essential.
• Strong skills in Power BI and Excel for KPI development and data analysis.
• Experience with CMS software (e.g., SAP, Maximo) is valued.
• Excellent budget planning and financial oversight capabilities.
• Fluent Dutch and English are required; additional languages appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of work preparators (White Collar) and storekeepers (Blue Collar) to optimize maintenance planning and spare parts management.
• Own the technical warehouse budget (€7 million) and drive cost-efficient procurement and inventory control.
• Oversee maintenance planning for 30 production lines and ensure on-time delivery of major overhauls.
• Manage major breakdowns with external suppliers, ensuring quality, safety and timelines.

Skills

People management

Power BI

Excel

Budget planning

Crisis management

Analytical skills

Education

Technical degree

Tools

SAP

Maximo

Job description

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At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide.We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role

As Lead Work Preparation, Maintenance Planning & Technical Warehouse, you report directly to the Technical Support Manager. You have a central role within the maintenance organization and collaborate with the Technical manager, Technical Support Manager, Operational Maintenance Manager, local and global engineering, ... This as well as with other departments within the Wieze organization: (SHE, QA, Operations, Purchasing, Finance, …) and suppliers/contractors. You are responsible for coordinating and optimizing the planning of technical maintenance to minimize equipment downtime and increase technician efficiency.

• You lead a team of work preparators (White Collar) who prepare both preventive and corrective maintenance tasks.
• You lead a team of storekeepers (Blue Collar) who manage the technical warehouse to ensure the correct spare part availability.
• You are the budget owner for the technical warehouse in Wieze, with a budget of €7 million.
• You are the main contact for these technical services and hold responsibility for final decision-making.

Key responsibilities include

Warehouse

• You are the budget owner for the technical warehouse in Wieze. With an actual value of over €7 million and more than 13 000 different spare parts in stock.
• You are responsible for the correct cost assignment of all spare parts €3,4 million/year.
• Collaborate with both local and global procurement teams to actively reduce spare part inventory (e.g. consignment stock, obsolete stock, item standardisation…).
• You coordinate and oversee stock cycle counts in partnership with the Finance department.
• You oversee the spare parts warehouse operations, focusing on reducing obsolete stock, optimizing costs, and establishing partnerships with reliable suppliers.

Work preparation

• You oversee the high-level maintenance planning for the whole Wieze Site. This includes equipment overhaul planning. By doing so you ensure on-time planning and preparation of maintenance activities for our 30 production lines (Upstream, Liquid & moulding).
• You lead a team of work preparators (White collar). They are responsible for:
  • short-term maintenance planning
  • long-term maintenance planning
  • work preparation
  • the maintenance scripts of the major overhauls
  • External preventive maintenances (blowers, dryers, …)
• You are the key person in managing major breakdowns that require external assistance. By effectively engaging with suppliers, you ensure completion that meets our requirements in terms of quality, timeline, safety, and other critical criteria.
• You Identify and implement improvement opportunities to enhance maintenance efficiency and increase equipment availability.
• You supervise work plans to guarantee the effective allocation of all resources (budget, work capacity,…).

About you

• Master's or bachelor’s degree in a technical field
• Proven experience in people management is essential.
• You speak and write fluent Dutch and English , and can make yourself understood in other languages.
• 5 years in a technical role
• Master's/bachelor’s degree or equal by experience
• Good technical insight
• Able to manage crisis situations
• You have good analytical skills, which you’re able to combine with a solution- and result driven approach
• Strong skills in Power Bi and Excel for the development, analysis, and visualization of KPIs to support data-driven decisionmaking
• Strong skills in CMS software (e.g., SAP, Maximo, etc.)
• Experience with the operation of a technical warehouse
• Strong skills in budget strategy and financial planning

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong.#oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.