Team leader Production

About us
The concept of De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture is clear and simple: we design our own tough, contemporary, easy-to-assemble and attractive furniture. With our brands WOOOD, BePureHome, vtwonen and Exotan, we sell our items in more than 50 countries and 1500 points of sale around the world. With over 200 employees, De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture has specialised in developing, producing and distributing interior products for DIY stores, department stores, furniture specialty shops and online retailers in Europe for over 40 years. The culture within the organisation fits that of a real family business: no-nonsense, dynamic and with a flat organisational structure. More than 30% of our collection is produced in our own factory in Zwaagdijk-Oost and to realise further growth, we have built a new head office with distribution centre and showroom on the motorway in Hoorn.

Working at De Eekhoorn means being challenged, getting the best out of yourself every day. It is important to us that you enjoy going to work. De Eekhoorn is an international and growing company with an open culture. You will work together with enthusiastic colleagues who, like you, like to go the extra mile.

We are looking for a Team Leader Production!
We are very proud to produce our tough, contemporary, attractive and easy-to-assemble furniture ourselves in the Netherlands. With beautiful, durable and modern materials, we want to offer customers a nice, warm and modern interior. We are looking to the future and we want to be able to move with the changes around us. That is why we are looking for reinforcement! Are you a natural leader with a passion for production processes and team development? And do you like to step in at a time when professionalisation is taking place and your contribution is of great importance? Then we are looking for you as Team Leader Production!

As Team Leader Production, you are the operational manager of the shift leaders and production employees (over 40 colleagues in total) who mainly work in two shifts. We are looking for someone who knows how to strike a good balance between people-oriented and task-oriented management. You ensure that the planning is achieved and you implement the policy. You are the link with the Supply Chain department so that deliveries arrive at customers on time! Besides managing, you are involved in ensuring optimal production and personnel planning, and you think proactively about the improvements we can make to become even better together. In this position, you report to the production manager.

What will you do?

• You will manage the production team both people- and task-oriented at operational and tactical level;
• You manage by results and proactively bring forward improvement proposals.
• Thanks to your good planning and coordination with the Supply Chain department, our beautiful furniture reaches the customer on time;
• Within your duties, you set an example in the field of safety and create a safe environment for your colleagues;
• You are the first point of contact for your team and you keep your colleagues motivated;
• You pick up the HR-related calls so that you keep a good feeling with the team.

And do you have?

• Enthusiasm and energy! You can motivate your colleagues.
• 2 to 5 years' work experience in a similar position;
• Technical insight and affinity with production processes;
• Preferably you have knowledge of/experience with LEAN;
• Communication skills in Dutch and English;
• Ability to work well with different teams;
• Stress resistance and the ability to make quick decisions;
• You have experience with various ERP systems.
• A customer-oriented and quality-conscious mindset;
• As passionate about woodworking and interior design as we are!

What we offer you:

• A good salary within the collective labour agreement of the interior design and furniture industry;
• A beautiful working environment with a modern living room feel;
• The chance to grow together to the next level;
• Discounts on on them beautiful products;
• You will contribute to beautifully decorated spaces from our leading brands in the Benelux (from home to office);
• A fun and motivated team who want to make a success of it together with you;
• Opportunities to keep developing yourself (e.g. through our Online Academy).

Application procedure