Team Lead Logistics Operations

American President Lines; Bleiswijk; On-site; EUR 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gross monthly salary €2,946–€4,187

8% holiday pay

One-year contract

Evening and night shift allowances

200 vacation hours per year

Travel allowance

CEVAfit program

CEVA Academy

Job summary

CEVA Logistics in Bleiswijk, Netherlands, seeks a Logistics Team Leader to drive daily operations in one of the region's largest automated distribution centers. You will lead a team of about 20 operators and 2-4 coordinators, guiding unloading/receiving, stowing/picking or packing/expedition with a strong focus on KPI delivery.

You report to the Control Room Manager, work in shifts (day, evening, night) on a rotating basis, and drive people development, process improvements and safe, efficient

Qualifications

• People management experience in a similar logistics environment.
• Ambitious, proactive mindset, able to handle pressure.
• At least 3 years in a dynamic work environment.
• Fully available full-time; flexible across 2–3 shifts.
• Proficient in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, develop and evaluate team members.
• Lead daily operation and ensure KPI achievement and planning.
• Make decisions to optimize overall process with Control Room.
• Improve efficiency of people, resources and machines.
• Propose improvements to the logistics process.
• Conduct measurements, reports and analyses.
• Conduct performance and absenteeism interviews.
• Maintain clean and safe working environment.

Skills

People management

Ambitious

Stress management

English proficiency

Job description

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Team Lead Logistics Operations

CEVA Logistics is a leading international logistics service provider. In the Benelux region, we operate over 50 locations spread across 30 sites, where more than 11,000 colleagues contribute daily to our success.

YOUR ROLE

As a Logistics Team Leader, you are the center of our logistics operation. Together with your team, you determine the success of one of the largest and most automated distribution centers in the Netherlands. In the role of Logistics Team Leader, you will successfully lead a sub-process on unloading/receiving, stowing/picking or packing/expedition.

Your team consists of approximately 20 operators and 2 to 4 team coordinators who are specialized in the process. You motivate and inspire your team to achieve goals and work constructively on the development of your people. You scan the process, but also the people in the process, with a focus on individual and team development.

This is possible because you have daily contact with your colleagues in the Control Room. This is the control tower of our warehouse, which advises you on numbers, ratios, and planning. In the role of Logistics Team Leader, you report to the Operations Manager.

• Managing, coaching, developing, and evaluating employees in your team;
• Leading the daily operation and responsible for achieving KPI’s and plans;
• Making the right decisions for an optimal overall process in collaboration with your colleagues and the Control Room;
• Optimizing the efficiency of people, resources, and machines;
• Making improvement proposals with regard to the logistics process;
• Conducting measurements, making reports and analyses;
• Conducting performance and appraisal interviews, absenteeism guidance;
• Ensuring a clean and safe working environment.

WHERE WILL YOU WORK?

As Team Leader Control Room, you are responsible for a team of 10 employees, including Equipment Controlroom Specialists, Operational Controlroom Specialists, and Process Controlroom Specialists. You report to the Control Room Manager from your base in Bleiswijk. You will work in shifts:

• Day shift from 06:15 AM till 14:45 PM;
• Evening shift from 14:45 PM till 23:15 PM;
• Night shift from 23:15 PM till 06:15 AM;
• Alternating per week, you work in the day and evening shift;
• Every 3 weeks approximately, you work on a Sunday shift;
• Every 10 weeks approximately, you work on a night shift;

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• By nature, you are a people manager and have previously managed a team in a similar work environment;
• You are ambitious, a go-getter, and able to handle stress;
• You have gained at least 3 years of work experience in a dynamic work environment;
• You are inventive in your solutions and have a proactive work attitude;
• Full‑time available and flexible, 2 shifts, which may be divided into 3 shifts;
• Proficient in English, in writing and speaking.

WHAT DO WE OFFER YOU?

At CEVA Logistics, there are plenty of opportunities to get the best out of yourself and your career. In addition to a dynamic environment in which we achieve our goals together at a high pace and in a results‑oriented manner, we offer a position with room for fun and connection. This role can be the first step of a broad career path within our organization. The possibilities to follow your own path are endless!

In addition, we offer you the following:

• A gross monthly salary between € 2.946 and € 4.187 plus 8% holiday pay (classification depending on, among other things, your work experience and level of education);
• A one‑year contract with the prospect of permanent employment;
• Allowances for evening and night shifts;
• 200 vacation hours per year and the option to purchase or sell additional leave;
• Travel allowance from a 10 km home‑work distance;
• Access to our CEVAfit program; and
• Opportunity to develop yourself using a variety of tools in our CEVA Academy.

We look forward to welcoming you to CEVA Logistics for an exciting career!

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

As a global organization, and as part of the CMA CGM Group, diversity is critical to our business success; only when we can reflect the cultures, languages, behaviors and local knowledge of our customers, we can succeed. By employing people with different experiences and abilities, we expand our knowledge and increase our creativity and innovation.