Vanderlande Industries · Standplaats: Veghel · 19 augustus 2025
Warehouse Director Solution Management
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secteur d'activité
Corporate functions
emplacement
Veghel, Netherlands.
Type de contrat
Full time
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Shape the future of warehouse automation - and lead global growth at Vanderlande.
At Vanderlande, we are shaping the future of warehouse automation for the world's leading e-commerce and retail players. Our end-to-end solutions-spanning advanced material handling systems, intelligent software, and life cycle services-drive seamless operations in the general merchandise, fashion, and food industries.
Do you have the vision to turn complex market needs into scalable solutions? Are you ready to lead innovation and growth with global brands?
If so, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact and play a pivotal role in accelerating Vanderlande's ambitious growth journey.
Your responsibilities
Work backwards from the market and customers to understand needs, pains and gains.
Analyze market dynamics to understand our competitive environment and our required positioning and portfolio.
Driving financial planning and solution P&L through business cases and roadmap prioritization
Determine partnership and opportunities and work with the product managers to translate this into win-win partnerships.
Develop global marketing and sales strategy
Drive sales targets through preparing market introductions, increasing product awareness, training of sales etc.
Interact regularly with (potential) customers in meetings and events to sell the solutions
Your profile
10+ year product development, product management and/or business development experience in a B2B environment with high complexity technology
Strong business accumen, an entrepreneurial mindset
Excellent communication and listening skills and ability to create high-level view and prioritize strategically
Ability to influence without power and create lasting impact
Is willing to travel internationally up to 20%
Is familiar with the intralogistics business and has a relevant network
Your team
The Warehouse solutions team is located on our Veghel campus, our head quarter, and drives the strategy and product development. Our team works closely together with development, sales and operations to ensure that our solutions deliver smooth customer warehouse operations and meet our internal business targets. Per customer segment a solution is developed with standardized material handling equipment, warehouse execution software and life cycle services, which is configurable per project.
As a Dir. solution management, you are responsible from solution development to achieve global business success (+150 M EUR yearly revenue). The next 5 years are about delivering on an ambitious growth plan, with a focus on winning new customers. You will work closely with our talented system engineers to define the best solutions to our customers problems and guarantee the systems performance over its lifetime. In this role you work closely with the product managers of the individual hardware and software modules to steer the development (upstream) and with our regional customer facing offices to listen to our customers and support sales with various marketing activities (downstream).
The market outlook for warehouse automation is healthy and the main challenge is to drive our solution development and business development efforts to grow market share, in an environment that is used to sell and deliver customized projects.
What we offer
This position offers a competitive salary range of €8.000 to €9.800 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.
On top of your fixed salary, you will receive the following secondary benefits:
40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
Flexible working hours.
A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
Working from home allowance.
Collective pension scheme and discount on health insurance.
On-site company health centers with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.
Shape the future of warehouse automation - and lead global growth at Vanderlande.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
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