Maintenance Excellence Lead - Lean, Automation & CI

Picnic; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Vacation days 25

Company car

Job summary

Picnic is seeking an experienced Continuous Improvement and Operations Manager for our Maintenance Value Stream in Rotterdam. You’ll own the long-term strategic direction and drive continuous improvement across all material handling equipment, partnering with site leadership and cross-functional teams to translate goals into scalable roadmaps.

You will lead Lean initiatives, data-driven analyses, and high-level KPIs spanning safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency, while fostering a culture

Qualifications

• 3+ years in maintenance, operational strategy, CI or process engineering.
• Strong interest or exposure to automation, robotics, and facility maintenance systems.
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen in high-volume automated environments.
• High analytical proficiency with data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance value stream day-by-day, coaching teams to meet equipment availability targets.
• Define and execute the long-term performance roadmap with KPIs across safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency.
• Lead site-wide Kaizen initiatives and root-cause analyses to drive structural process improvements.
• Analyze complex workflows using data to remove bottlenecks and improve system reliability.
• Bridge maintenance, suppliers, planning, analysts and operations for end-to-end flow.
• Oversee site-wide safety, 5S, and best practices without daily engineering management.

Skills

Lean methodologies

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Data analysis

Education

Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering

Tools

Tableau

Excel

SQL

Job description

Picnic is seeking an experienced Continuous Improvement and Operations Manager for our Maintenance Value Stream in Rotterdam. You’ll own the long-term strategic direction and drive continuous improvement across all material handling equipment, partnering with site leadership and cross-functional teams to translate goals into scalable roadmaps.

You will lead Lean initiatives, data-driven analyses, and high-level KPIs spanning safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency, while fostering a culture