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Are you looking to develop your career and satisfy your ambitions at a company where you can aspire to new heights, enjoy personal growth and thrive on achievement? At Vanderlande, we are seeking passionate and ambitious people, capable of making a positive impact on our key customer projects, while developing a successful and prosperous career in a challenging and rewarding international environment.
We are the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports - from London Heathrow to Singapore Changi - and in the parcel market, for main players such as UPS and FedEx. Furthermore, we are also a leading supplier of solutions for warehousing giants, including Walmart, which seamlessly integrate innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.
If you aspire to a position of responsibility - and want to make a difference by facilitating the delivery of what matters most to consumers, passengers and businesses - then the next step on your path to global opportunities is to join Vanderlande. As part of our network and unique culture of freedom and flexibility, you will be able to express yourself and become connected to our dedicated people, building strong relationships and rising to the challenge of industry-leading projects.
You will grow, take ownership and make every day better as you continue on the road to success with your spirit of adventure - and fulfil your ambitions for personal development through our Academy. Vanderlande will give you the necessary knowledge, tools and support, so that together we have the confidence and ability to exceed our customers’ expectations in over 100 countries.
To achieve our collective goals, you will seize the initiative and have a hands-on role working in a positive environment to deliver tangible, state-of-the-art products and improve the competitiveness of our highly visible customers. As an integral part of our team, you will have the enthusiasm and be driven to reach our destination before your next journey with Vanderlande begins…
So, if you would like to join a profitable and growing company that will enable you to reach your goals and focus on your future, then please contact us.
Job Title: Project Planner
Job Description: Job Description
Would you like to progress your career in a dynamic, rewarding and market-leading environment? If the answer is “yes”, then look no further than Vanderlande!
Your responsibilities
As a Project Planner, you will be responsible for planning all project activities. You will clearly set out decision moments and turnaround times for and with all of the disciplines involved in a project. You will set up a project plan, which ensures that opportunities and threats are identified in good time. Armed with your information and reports, project managers, project leaders and subcontractors and their teams will be in a position to set or adjust their course promptly, wherever they are in the world. You will play a central role in the projects in which you are involved. You will report to project management and be required to produce monthly project reports. Project planners are part of the Warehousing and Parcels Operations Team.
You will be responsible for your own projects at the Warehousing & Parcel Customer Centers. You will set priorities, identify problems and take the steps necessary to resolve them (as part of a multidisciplinary approach). You will be involved in every phase of a project: from engineering, supply and shipping to the commissioning of systems. As a project planner, you will work intensively with other disciplines, such as sales, project management, project engineering and the supply chain. You will be the key person in a project, as which you will maintain an overview of the consequences of the difference between the expectations of project management and the possibilities offered by the supply chain. You and your team will ensure that projects are completed successfully.
Your qualifications and skills
If you’re an experienced, enthusiastic and Analytical project planner you will excel at:
• Effectively translating the scope of a project into an overall project plan;
• Identifying the critical path in a project plan and the corresponding opportunities and risks
• Coordinating a project plan with the customer and subcontractors, so that an integrated project plan is achieved;
• Liaising with all of the internal and external parties involved in a project;
• Reporting on the progress being made with a project to the relevant Project Manager;
• Analysing and giving solicited and unsolicited advice on overall project plans;
• Preparing complex plans in consultation with project team members, subcontractors, suppliers, customers and stakeholders;
• Producing two-weekly or monthly project progress reports;
• If required, promptly delivering a detailed plan to internal stakeholders;
• Producing what-if analyses and alternative project plans;
• Training junior Planners;
• Preparing improvement proposals in relation to a project plan.
You should have:
• Senior secondary technical vocational education and training (Dutch MBO+) or Bachelor education (Dutch HBO);
• 2-3 years' experience of working in a project organization;
• Planning experience;
• Preferably knowledge of the Primavera and/or MS Project programs is an advantage;
• Strong communication skills and the ability to liaise at different levels. You have the ability to involve people and to convince them of the importance of sharing and receiving information in order to identify and maintain common project interests;
• Strong Excel skills;
• You will have the ability to work under (time) pressure and set priorities appropriately;
• You will be flexible and creative.
Contact
If the challenging profile appeals to you, apply now by filling in the application form and uploading your CV and cover letter. For more information, please contact Jasper Pijnenburg, Recruiter +413 49 44 08