Team Leader Logistics Planning

Frencken Group; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary in line with CAO Metalektro

27 holidays + 13 ADV days

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Frencken, a dynamic high-tech company, seeks a Team Lead Planning in the Netherlands to guide a planning team through complex challenges in logistics. You will shape department strategy, coach planners, and ensure production plans are executed effectively.

Ideal candidates have HBO/WO logistics degrees, 2–5 years in similar roles, strong ERP/Excel skills, and fluency in Dutch and English. The role offers an engaging, fast-paced environment with competitive compensation and CAO Metalektro-aligned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's (HBO) or Master's (WO) in Logistics or Industrial Engineering & Management.
• 2–5 years of experience in a similar role in the mechatronics or high-tech sector.
• Strong organizational and coordinating skills with extensive experience in logistics.
• Ability to understand the impact of supply chain decisions on the business.
• Excellent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.
• Well versed in ERP systems and highly proficient with Excel.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and supporting your team in an inspiring way.
• Leading team meetings and conducting performance reviews with team members.
• Being responsible for updating working methods and procedures within the regular planning department of Logistics.
• Overseeing the correct execution of the production plans that have been drawn up.
• Being responsible for reporting on the logistics performance for customers and initiating improvement actions where needed.
• Managing and reporting on the department's KPIs.

Skills

People management

Logistics coordination

Dutch & English proficiency

Excel proficiency

ERP systems experience

Education

Bachelor's (HBO) or Master's (WO) in Logistics or Industrial Engineering & Management

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

People manager | Tactical/strategic | Complex challenges

Frencken is a dynamic high‑tech company that develops and assembles industrial systems for the semiconductor industry, the healthcare market and a wide range of analytical applications. Working in both cleanroom and non‑cleanroom environments, we deliver high‑quality precision components, machine assemblies and vacuum systems to leading clients in the high‑tech industry.

To strengthen our logistics organisation, we are looking for a Team Lead Planning.

What does the role of Team Lead Planning involve?

As Team Lead Planning, you are responsible for the planning department, which consists of (Sr) planners. You provide input for defining the vision of the entire logistics department and execute the departmental strategy.

Your tasks also include, among others:

• Coaching and supporting your team in an inspiring way
• Leading team meetings and conducting performance reviews with team members
• Being responsible for updating working methods and procedures within the regular planning department of Logistics
• Overseeing the correct execution of the production plans that have been drawn up
• Being responsible for reporting on the logistics performance for customers and initiating improvement actions where needed
• Managing and reporting on the department's KPIs

Are you our Team Lead Planning?

You are a true people manager and know better than anyone how to create buy‑in within your team. You have tactical insight and feel completely at home in a dynamic and complex environment.

What you bring to the role

• A completed bachelor's (HBO) or master's (WO) degree in Logistics or Industrial Engineering & Management
• 2 to 5 years of experience in a similar role in the mechatronics or high‑tech sector
• Equipped with organisational and coordinating skills, combined with extensive experience in logistics
• Able to understand the impact of supply chain decisions on the business
• Excellent in command of the Dutch and English languages, both written and spoken
• Well versed in ERP systems and highly proficient with Excel

What do we offer?

Frencken is characterised by an informal and collegial atmosphere where every individual matters. We make sure you quickly feel at home with us. You will work for a dynamic high‑tech company, where you take responsibility for a logistics team that wants to make a difference.

• A good salary and benefits in accordance with the CAO Metalektro
• 27 holidays plus 13 ADV days
• Flexible working hours