Planning Team Leader Services - BA Netherlands

As part of the larger DNV Group, our 2,000 Business Assurance employees worldwide help our customers build sustainable business performance and create stakeholder trust. To our customers and the society at large, we are a trusted voice to tackle global transformations. 

With our extensive local presence, consolidated global experience across industries and acknowledged technical competence, we are an ideal partner for companies in all sectors. We partner with our customers to help them create value while meeting the world's economic, social, and environmental needs. 

DNV Business Assurance Netherlands is looking for a Planning Team Leader to lead the planners within a sector, reporting directly to the Sector Leader and ensuring effective day-to-day planning and resource coordination.

About the role

Due to successful growth in the past years within Business Assurance Netherlands it is relevant to ensure robustness in the different sectors. These are; Food & Feed, Healthcare, Verification Services, Information Security and Process Industry & Construction. By appointing Planning Team Leaders, we strengthen planning within each sector through dedicated leadership of the planners, coordination of workloads and close alignment with the Sector Leader on operational priorities.

Development opportunities for our employees is one of our main values and goals within DNV. We therefore open these positions internally first. Only after not being able to fill them with internal candidates we will open the roles to external candidates.
As Planning Team Leader, you report directly to the Sector Leader. Your direct reports are the planners within your assigned sector. You lead the planning team and coordinate its daily activities, while the Sector Leader retains overall responsibility for the sector.

This is a challenging, fast-paced and varied role with a range of activities and responsibilities.

• Leadership. You provide leadership and supervision to the planners within your sector, fostering a collaborative team culture. You set clear expectations, goals and performance standards, provide constructive feedback and support the development of your direct reports. You maintain close communication with the Sector Leader and cooperate with other Team Leaders and Group Leaders to align planning priorities and resource needs.
• Planning and resource coordination. You coordinate the day-to-day planning of the sector’s audit portfolio in line with priorities agreed with the Sector Leader. You allocate work across the planners, monitor planning progress and data quality, and coordinate the efficient scheduling of Auditors and Contingent Workers. You support timely contract renewals and the resolution of planning-related customer issues. You provide planning reports and forecasting information, identify capacity constraints and escalate risks to the Sector Leader. You improve planning processes and service delivery efficiency, and provide input on resource and competence needs without taking overall ownership of the sector portfolio or competence center.
• Stakeholder Collaboration. You work closely with the Sector Leader, planners, Auditors and relevant business partners to resolve planning issues and align priorities. You support and develop your direct reports and provide input for their performance assessments.
• Role model. You foster teamwork and cooperation by setting an example for the planning team. You take ownership of the team’s planning activities, understand the sector’s needs and ambitions, and create an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives contribute to the team’s success.

We are open to candidates with diverse backgrounds, experience and skills. However, there are some traits that a successful candidate is sure to have.

• Leadership Skills. You bring both soft and hard skills to optimize the performance of the planning team within your sector. You can motivate, inspire and empower planners through coaching, giving feedback and leading by example.
• Eagerness and openness to learn. The world evolves quickly, and we are constantly using new tools, techniques, and skills. You must have the drive to improve and the ability to learn new skills. 
• Energy. We are looking for vibrant, ambitious, energetic team players. 
• Excellent communication skills. You possess strong verbal and written communication skills, enabling you to convey complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences. You can effectively listen, engage in meaningful dialogue, and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Performance management; you can monitor planning results and support the development of your direct reports in a constructive and effective way. You have excellent analytical skills and can translate planning data into clear information for the Sector Leader.
• Intelligence and social skills. A degree is not essential, but you must have the ability to understand a portfolio of complex products and their planning requirements. You must also possess a high degree of social intelligence.
• Organization; You will receive good introductory training, but you need extensive background in customer management and/or management system certification. Diligence and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a structured way.
• Resilience. You can motivate yourself and get through setbacks in this position.

• Language proficiency. Fluent proficiency in both English and Dutch is necessary.

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.

This is a challenging role. You will have to work hard, but there are a lot of benefits in return. For the right person, this is the perfect challenge. 

• Flexible working. We do not have fixed working hours (start between 7:30 and 9:30) but we do have direct contact with clients, sales, and our auditors. Your location is Barendrecht, but we have also adapted to the new normal. You may work in the office and alternate with working from home (aiming for 60% office availability). 
• Grow in your career. We like to grow within DNV, and the right people can have long careers. Combined with our tremendous annual growth, this is an opportunity to grow with us. 
• Good benefits. We take good care of our employees with 30 days of annual leave (excluding holidays) and excellent benefits.
• Make a difference. You support companies in achieving their goals. 
  • We care. Our team really cares about our customers, and they are central in what we do.
  • We dare. We believe that transparency and quality are a benefit for our customers. 
  • We share. You share knowledge and advise customers with insights and trends.
• This is an add on role; Workload is 60-80 days in combination with the role of Planner
• Flexible working hours and 30 vacation days (based on full-time employment)
• Appropriate compensation and good fringe benefits
• Exciting international environment and potential development within our multinational company.
• Enthusiastic work environment among like-minded people
• Social and motivated team where you can contribute with your own ideas and actions
• A growth path and career in training and certification services with the opportunity to advance within the organization

 DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.