Groupleader Project Planning

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Job Description

At Toyota Automated Logistics, collaboration, continuous improvement, and long-term thinking are at the core of how we work. We are looking for an experienced leader who is ready to shape project planning at a global level while empowering a team of professionals to perform at their best.

This is more than a leadership role—it’s an opportunity to influence how complex, international projects are planned and delivered, and to make a visible impact across our organisation.

Your impact

As Team Leader Project Planning, you bring direction, clarity, and energy to a team of project planners working across EMEA and APAC. You combine strategic oversight with a hands-on mindset, ensuring that planning is not only accurate and reliable, but also continuously evolving.

You will:

• Shape the future of project planning by strengthening capabilities, standards, and ways of working
• Enable people to grow by coaching, supporting, and creating an environment where individuals and the team can thrive
• Drive performance and predictability across the full project lifecycle—from early design to execution
• Champion continuous improvement, embedding a culture where learning and innovation are part of everyday work
• Stay connected to the work, contributing as a project planner and leading by example

Your influence reaches beyond your team. You work closely with stakeholders across the value chain and play an active role in the Project Execution Management Team.

What makes this role unique

• A true balance of leadership and hands-on contribution
• The opportunity to operate in an international environment with real strategic impact
• A role where you can shape culture, mindset, and ways of working, not just processes
• The chance to build and grow a high-performing team in a supportive, people-first environment

What you bring

You are an experienced leader who enjoys developing people as much as delivering results. You bring a strong foundation in project planning and the ability to navigate complexity with confidence and clarity.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

• Experience in an international, project-driven organisation

• Strong expertise in planning and scheduling

• Proven leadership experience, with a coaching-oriented approach

• The ability to connect, influence, and communicate across different levels and cultures

• A proactive, pragmatic, and improvement-driven mindset

• Fluency in English; Dutch is a plus

About us

Toyota Automated Logistics is a global organisation of more than 3,500 colleagues, working together to deliver automated logistics solutions to customers worldwide. Within our project delivery organisation, collaboration and continuous improvement are key to how we achieve reliable, high-quality outcomes.

We believe in creating an environment where people feel ownership, can develop their strengths, and contribute to meaningful, long-term success—both for our customers and for each other.

What we offer​

In the challenging and responsible position you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers.

We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.​

This position offers a competitive salary range of €5.600 to €6.700 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’ll 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)

• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year

• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.

• Working from home allowance.

• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance

• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists

• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives

Contact

Are you interested in this position. Then apply now!

For more information about the position, please contact Juliëtte van Kraaij via juliette.van.kraaij@vanderlande.com

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.