Maintenance Operations Director — Warehouse Automation

Exotec; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Exotec is expanding its Maintanance Operations leadership in the Netherlands to deliver end-to-end deployment from design to handover. The director will lead a multi-site team, drive safety, quality, and customer satisfaction, and collaborate with Deployment, R&D, Sales, and partners to scale operations.

Fluency in English is required, Dutch language skills are a plus based on location. You will shape structure, governance, and growth across the Maintanance Operations organization, ensuring

Qualifications

• Senior operations leadership experience in a complex, multi-site or cluster environment.
• Experience leading a multi-level corporate structure, including leaders of leaders such as SAMs, Area Managers or equivalent regional managers.
• Demonstrated P&L ownership and strong command of operational, customer and financial KPIs.
• Strong understanding of OTD processes and end-to-end operational delivery.
• Ability to coach leadership teams, drive accountability and improve execution across multiple countries or sites.
• Operations, service, field service, maintenance or industrial automation background.

Responsibilities

• Lead project operations delivery: Supervise and support the Maintanance Operations team across your business scope, with a focus on structure, delivery excellence, and future team growth.
• Ensure successful deployment: Oversee projects from the design phase with clients through installation, system commissioning, and handover to the Maintenance team, ensuring milestones, customer expectations, and financial targets are met.
• Drive safety and quality: Supervise the application of on-site safety procedures and ensure Exotec standards and processes are respected by internal teams, subcontractors, and external partners.
• Build and scale the team: Be responsible for the structure, growth, and success of the Maintanance Operations team, while conveying Exotec's culture and ways of working.
• Collaborate across functions: Work closely with Project Integration on project studies and act as a key interface between Deployment, R&D, Maintenance, Sales, subcontractors, and customers.
• Improve deployment practices: Support Exotec in structuring, organizing, and continuously improving deployment processes as the business scales.

Skills

Executive leadership

P&L ownership

End-to-end delivery

Safety compliance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional

Fluent English

Dutch knowledge

Job description

Exotec is expanding its Maintanance Operations leadership in the Netherlands to deliver end-to-end deployment from design to handover. The director will lead a multi-site team, drive safety, quality, and customer satisfaction, and collaborate with Deployment, R&D, Sales, and partners to scale operations.

Fluency in English is required, Dutch language skills are a plus based on location. You will shape structure, governance, and growth across the Maintanance Operations organization, ensuring