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Picnic

App-based online grocery delivery service

Technical Site Manager - Maintenance Operations & Continuous Improvement

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

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.
  • Strong interest in automation, robotics, and technical maintenance systems is required.
  • Demonstrated experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen is required; experience in an automated, high-volume environment is ideal.
  • 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 functions and drive larger initiatives are required.
  • Communication and collaboration skills, including bringing together different stakeholders, are required.
  • Fluent English is required; German language skills are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the maintenance function in day-to-day operations and support Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors in leading their teams by establishing appropriate structures and priorities and ensuring the team achieves equipment availability goals, without personally directing every operational detail.
  • Develop the long-term performance strategy for the maintenance function and own key performance indicators for 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 working practices.
  • 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 to align stakeholders on shared goals 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.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in an automated, high-volume environment is ideal.
  • German language skills are a strong plus.

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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