Job Title

Senior Project Manager EF

Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager Enabling Functions, your key objective is to successfully lead strategic transformation initiatives across Vanderlande's Enabling Functions. These initiatives may range from organizational and process transformations to technology-enabled projects in areas such as IT, Data, Digital and AI.

As part of the Strategy & Transformation Office, you will work at the heart of Vanderlande's transformation agenda, partnering with senior stakeholders across functions including IT, Finance, HR, Legal and Procurement.

You thrive in a dynamic environment where strategy meets execution. You enjoy bringing structure to complexity, aligning diverse stakeholder groups, and translating business ambitions into tangible results. Through your leadership, you create momentum, build trusted relationships, and ensure successful project delivery in a fast-changing environment.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Project Manager, you lead multidisciplinary transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business value across Enabling Functions.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading complex transformation projects from business case through implementation and value realization.
• Managing cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment between business, process, technology and change activities.
• Driving projects across a broad range of domains, including operating model improvements, process optimization, organizational change, IT implementations, Data & Analytics, and AI-enabled initiatives.
• Establishing project governance, planning, budgeting, risk management and reporting structures.
• Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and acting as a trusted advisor throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Managing project risks, dependencies and change impacts while ensuring delivery within scope, budget and timelines.
• Collaborating with subject matter experts, business leaders, IT teams and external partners to achieve project objectives.
• Providing clear and concise executive reporting and steering committee updates.
• Ensuring successful adoption of project outcomes and realization of intended business benefits.

What You Bring

To be successful in this role, you bring:

• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Information Management, Technology, Finance, or a related field.
• A project management certification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, SAFe or Lean.
• Approximately 8-12 years of relevant experience in project, program or transformation management.
• A proven track record of delivering complex business transformation initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Experience working in consulting and/or leading transformation programs in a complex international environment.
• Affinity with technology-driven transformation, including IT, Data, Digital and AI-related initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with a pragmatic delivery mindset.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trust across all organizational levels.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes.
• The ability to independently structure, manage and drive projects while maintaining focus on outcomes and value realization.
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Experience with project management and reporting tools such as Microsoft Project, Power BI and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
• Willingness to travel occasionally (approximately 10%).

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience gained within a leading consulting firm or in a transformation function of a large international organization.
• Experience leading technology-enabled business transformations.
• Exposure to Data, Analytics, AI and digital innovation initiatives.
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• A strong consulting mindset: structured, proactive, stakeholder-focused and outcome-driven.

About Vanderlande

Vanderlande is headquartered in Veghel, with a global team and worldwide impact. We design and deliver automated logistics systems for airports and distribution (parcel) operations. We're part of Toyota Industries Corporation. Warehouse automation sits within TAL (Toyota Automated Logistics), a separate organization within the group.

What We Offer

We offer a position in an international and professional working environment with room for personal development and growth.

This position offers a competitive salary range of € 7.000 to € 8.900 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance).

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
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives

Ready To Apply?  

Are you interested in this position? Apply directly via our careers page with your CV. Questions about this role? Contact Carlijn Kneepkens (Recruiter) at [email protected].  

Diversity & Inclusion  

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.