Group lead Deployment Team

Vanderlande; Veghel; On-site; EUR 66,960 - 80,352; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 vacation days

Flexible working hours

Hybrid workplace

Health & Wellbeing budget

Commuting allowance

Working from home allowance

Collective pension scheme

On-site health facilities

Training facilities

Company restaurant and coffee bar

Job summary

A leading global provider of automated logistics solutions is seeking a Group Lead for their Deployment team in Veghel, Netherlands. In this role, you will manage a team of deployment engineers, ensuring the smooth deployment of software while collaborating with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate has experience in team management and deployment strategies. This position offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits, including a hybrid work model and extensive vacation days.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team, preferably partially remote.
• Knowledge of test and deployment strategies in Warehouse Solutions.
• Advanced verbal and written skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of deployment managers and engineers.
• Oversee and guide deployments within production environments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for effective operations.

Skills

Team management

Deployment strategies

Agile development methods

Risk analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree

Job description

Are you ready to work for a dynamic and fast-growing company, in one of the most technically advanced Automated Material Handling service environments? Then this job will be right for you!

Based in The Netherlands, you will be part of one of the leading suppliers in automated Warehousing Solutions and the global market leader for value-added logistics process automation at airports and in the parcel market. Choosing this role, you will work in the Test & Deploy Team within our Service organization. This team ensures smooth testing and deployment of new software releases of our Vanderlande developed Material Handling Software at our customer sites in the Warehousing domain.

Ultimately our main goal is to create customer value and ensure a positive customer experience!

What will you be doing?

As a Group Lead Deployment team within Service, your primary focus will be leading a team of deployment engineers and deployment managers. You will facilitate their day-to-day work, resolve impediments, and develop and maintain the capabilities of your group to ensure smooth and efficient operations.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with Test Management and Change Coordination to guarantee seamless end-to-end deployments of new software features, bug fixes, and variations.

Responsibilities

We are seeking an enthusiastic, result-driven Group Lead with a hands-on attitude to:

• Lead, inspire and grow a team of deployment managers and engineers, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Support the team in the development and implement deployment concepts based on risk-oriented choices, aligned with Vanderlande CI/CD strategies.
• Guide in defining, reviewing, and communicating comprehensive runbooks with step-by-step procedures for deployment.
• Oversee and guide deployments within production environments, ensuring effective customer management.
• Establish policies, procedures, and requirements for the deployment approach, including relevant tooling.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure proper staffing and support the professional development of team members.
• Oversee people scheduling, manage escalations, and prioritize work effectively.

About the team

Within Vanderlande, Services is responsible for the Life-Cycle Services development, execution, and customer services of Material Handling Solutions worldwide. As Group Lead Deployment team within the Test & Deploy Team you are part of an internationally operating service organization. Apart from the traditional service delivery aligned with ITIL (Incident, Problem, Change Management) we are also dedicated to develop ourselves as a business partner for our customers.

What do we ask from you?

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, slight preference for a technical background, but not required;
• Experience in managing a team, preferably experience with a partially remote team;
• Knowledge of test and deployment strategies/methods/risk analysis and relevant tooling in Warehouse Solutions;
• Experience in working with agile development methods/teams including DevOps, CI/CD etc;
• Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary and highly international project organization;
• Advanced verbal and written skills in English, able to communicate and guide an international team.

What we offer

This position offers a competitive salary range of €6.000 to €7.200 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.

On top of your fixedsalaryyou’llreceive the following secondary benefits:

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.