Head of Maintenance & Continuous Improvement

Picnic Technologies; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days per year

Car lease option

Healthy breakfasts, lunches, snacks at

Doenpensioen pension plan

Laptop and smartphone

Dynamic scale‑up culture with impact

International team and events

Learning and leadership trainings

Job summary

Picnic Technologies in Rotterdam seeks an experienced Continuous Improvement and Operations Manager to own the long‑term direction of maintenance for material handling equipment. You will translate site goals into scalable roadmaps and drive operation-wide improvements in safety, quality and throughput.

You will coach engineers and supervisors, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and embed lean practices to optimize automated workflows and equipment availability.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical field or SCM and 3+ years in maintenance or improvement roles.
• Proven Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen experience in automated environments.
• Strong data analysis capability with tooling experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance value stream day-to-day and coach teams to meet availability targets.
• Define and execute long-term performance roadmaps across safety, quality, throughput.
• Drive site-wide continuous improvement and optimization using Lean methods.
• Analyze workflows to remove bottlenecks and improve reliability with technical teams.
• Bridge maintenance, suppliers, planning, analysts and operations for end-to-end flow.
• Oversee safety standards, 5S, and best practices without micromanaging daily engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Lean/Kaizen

Data analysis

Cross-functional influence

Automation interest

English fluency

Education

MSc in Supply Chain Management

Engineering background

Tools

Tableau

Excel

SQL

Job description

Picnic Technologies in Rotterdam seeks an experienced Continuous Improvement and Operations Manager to own the long‑term direction of maintenance for material handling equipment. You will translate site goals into scalable roadmaps and drive operation-wide improvements in safety, quality and throughput.

You will coach engineers and supervisors, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and embed lean practices to optimize automated workflows and equipment availability.