Teamleader Warehouse & Work Preparators

About the role

As Lead Work Preparation, Maintenance Planning & Technical Warehouse, you report directly to the Technical Support Manager.
You have a central role withing the maintenance organization and collaborate with the Technical manager, Technical Support Manager, Operational Maintenance Manager, local and global engineering, ...
This as well as with other departments within the Wieze organization: (SHE, QA, Operations, Purchasing, Finance, …) and suppliers/contractors.
You are responsible for coordinating and optimizing the planning of technical maintenance to minimize equipment downtime and increase technician efficiency.
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You lead a team of work preparators (White Collar) who prepare both preventive and corrective maintenance tasks.
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You lead a team of storekeepers (Blue Collar) who manage the technical warehouse to ensure the correct spare part availability.
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You are the budget owner for the technical warehouse in Wieze, with a budget of €7 million.
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You are the main contact for these technical services and hold responsibility for final decision-making.

Key responsibilities include

Warehouse:
● You are the budget owner for the technical warehouse in Wieze. With an actual value of over €7 million and more than 13 000
different spare parts in stock.
● You are responsible for the correct cost assignment of all spare parts €3,4 million/year
● Collaborate with both local and global procurement teams to actively reduce spare part inventory (e.g. consignment stock,
obsolete stock, item standardisation…)
● You coordinate and oversee stock cycle counts in partnership with the Finance department
● You oversee the spare parts warehouse operations, focusing on reducing obsolete stock, optimizing costs, and establishing
partnerships with reliable suppliers

Work preparation:
● You oversee the high-level maintenance planning for the whole Wieze Site. This includes equipment overhaul planning. By
doing so you ensure on-time planning and preparation of maintenance activities for our 30 production lines (Upstream, Liquid &
moulding).
● You lead a team of work preparators (White collar). They are responsible for:
o short-term maintenance planning
o long-term maintenance planning
o work preparation
o the maintenance scripts of the major overhauls
o External preventive maintenances (blowers, dryers, …)
This in cooperation with the technical team leaders, engineering, operations,…
● You are the key person in managing major breakdowns that require external assistance. By effectively engaging with suppliers,
you ensure completion that meets our requirements in terms of quality, timeline, safety, and other critical criteria.
● You Identify and implement improvement opportunities to enhance maintenance efficiency and increase equipment availability.
● You supervise work plans to guarantee the effective allocation of all resources (budget, work capacity,…).

About you

• Master's or bachelor’s degree in a technical field
• Proven experience in people management is essential.
• You speak and write fluent Dutch and English , and can make yourself understood in other languages.

● 5 years in a technical role
● Master's/bachelor’s degree or equal by experience
● Good technical insight
● Able to manage crisis situations
● You have good analytical skills, which you’re able to combine with a solution- and result driven approach
● Strong skills in Power Bi and Excel for the development, analysis, and visualization of KPIs to support data-driven decisionmaking
● Strong skills in CMS software (e.g., SAP, Maximo, etc.)
● Experience with the operation of a technical warehouse
● Strong skills in budget strategy and financial planning