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Picnic

App-based online grocery delivery service

Maintenance Operations & Continuous Improvement Manager

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFalkensee, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's degree (MSc) in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a comparable technical or analytical field is required.
  • At least 8 years of professional experience focused on maintenance, operational strategy, continuous improvement, or process engineering is required.
  • At least 2 years of direct leadership experience is required.
  • A strong interest in automation, robotics, and technical maintenance systems is required.
  • Demonstrated experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen is required, ideally in an automated high-volume environment.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with data analysis tools such as Tableau, Excel, Sheets, or SQL are required.
  • Strategic thinking and the ability to influence across departments and drive larger initiatives are required.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, including bringing different stakeholders together, are required.
  • Fluent English is required; German is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the maintenance area in day-to-day operations and support Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors in leading their teams effectively.
  • Establish appropriate structures and priorities and ensure, with the team, that equipment availability targets are achieved, without personally directing every operational detail.
  • Develop the long-term performance strategy for the maintenance area and take responsibility for key performance indicators in safety, quality, throughput, and operational efficiency.
  • Drive site-wide Kaizen initiatives, Lean methods, and root-cause analyses; identify structural improvement opportunities and embed continuous improvement in the working culture.
  • Analyze complex operational and technical processes using data, identify bottlenecks, and work with technical teams to develop solutions that sustainably improve equipment reliability and availability.
  • Coordinate Maintenance, Engineering, suppliers, Planning, Analytics, and Operations toward shared objectives and ensure processes work smoothly across the value chain.
  • Work with responsible teams to ensure site-wide compliance with safety standards, 5S principles, and operational best practices, focusing on structures and standards rather than daily technical detail management.

Desired Qualifications

  • German language skills are a strong plus.
  • Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen in an automated high-volume environment is ideal.

About the Company

Picnic

App-based online grocery delivery service

Picnic delivers groceries through a mobile app-based service. Customers order from a wide product range in the app, and centralized hubs plus optimized routing handle warehousing, picking, and last-mile delivery to homes. It differentiates itself by being app-only with no physical stores, which lowers overhead and enables free delivery in its regions (Netherlands, Germany, and France). Its goal is to make groceries affordable and convenient through a simple app experience while expanding across Europe and forming partnerships to enhance shopping.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding
$1.9B
Headquarters
Amsterdam-Duivendrecht, Netherlands
Founded
2015

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