Senior Manager Customer Operations Europe

Movado; Rijswijk; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 8%

Pension contribution

Hybrid working

25 vacation days

Employee discount

Long-term service awards

Job summary

Movado B.V. is seeking a Senior Manager, Customer Operations to lead the Netherlands-based team and oversee German-language operations for key European regions. You will drive order-to-cash excellence, resourcing, and change initiatives across a diverse international portfolio.

The role requires a strong people leadership mindset, stakeholder management, and fluency in German. Hybrid work in the Netherlands is offered with extensive collaboration across regions and functions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a Customer Operations team in an international environment.
• Strong knowledge of Order-to-Cash processes and SAP.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Netherlands-based Customer Operations team.
• Own day-to-day operational delivery, priorities and risk management.
• Drive Order-to-Cash, order management, and customer service excellence.
• Build partnerships with Commercial, Finance, Operations, Logistics and IT.
• Monitor performance and adapt to changing priorities.
• Identify and lead process improvements and change initiatives.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, training and performance development.

Skills

People leadership

Customer operations

SAP

Process improvement

German language

Stakeholder management

Order-to-Cash

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

About the RoleWe’re looking for a motivated, service-minded and resilient Senior Manager, Customer Operations with a passion for people, operational excellence and continuous improvement.Reporting to the Director, Customer Operations EU, MENA & India, you will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day leadership, performance and delivery of our Netherlands-based Customer Operations team and work closely with other Customer Operations teams in other regions. One of the key regions you will oversee, will be the customer operations activity for Germany, making fluent German language skills, both written and verbal, an essential requirement for this role.Working across a diverse international region, you and your team will support our Wholesale, Marketplace, Travel Retail, Distributor and Independent Retail business partners across Europe, the Middle East, North Asia and India.About Movado B.V.One of the world’s premier watchmakers, our client designs, sources and distributes multiple brands in the Watch and Jewellery segments worldwide.What You’ll DoLead, coach and develop the Netherlands-based Customer Operations team, driving engagement, accountability and high performance.Own day-to-day operational delivery, priorities, escalations and risk management across the team.Drive excellence across Order-to-Cash, order management, customer service and operational compliance.Build strong partnerships with Commercial, Finance, Operations, Logistics, IT and other key stakeholders.Monitor business performance and ensure the team responds quickly and effectively to changing priorities.Identify and lead process improvements, change initiatives and projects that simplify how we work and improve the customer experience.Create a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and “right first time” execution.Support recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management and development across the team.What You’ll BringYou’re an experienced people leader who combines a strong customer-first mindset with commercial awareness and operational discipline.You’ll be comfortable working in a fast-paced, international environment, solving complex problems, making decisions and bringing people together to deliver results.As this role will oversee Germany, fluency in German, both written and verbal, is essential.You’ll be service-minded, resilient, collaborative and improvement-focused, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills and a genuine desire to develop both people and processes.Experience in Customer Operations, Order Management / Order-to-Cash, SAP and process improvement within an international business environment would be highly valuable.What we offerIf you’re excited by the opportunity to lead a talented Customer Operations team and help shape how we support our customers and commercial partners across a diverse international region, we’d love to hear from you.We offer the following benefits:8% holiday allowance on top of your base salary.5% pension contribution (shared employer/employee).Hybrid working (3 days in office).25 vacation days plus public holidays.Employee discount.Long term Service Awards.Movado Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.